Week | Topic | Lab Exercise |
1 | Observational Errors | — |
2 | Summary Statistics | The Hubble Law |
3 | Probability Distribution Functions | — |
4 | Cumulative Distribution Functions | Radioactive Decay |
5 | Normal Distribution | — |
6 | Correlation and Covariance | Weighing the Earth |
7 | Sampling Distributions | — |
8 | Midterm | The HR Diagram |
9 | Estimation | — |
10 | Hypothesis Testing | Discovery of the Atomic Nucleus |
11 | Linear Least Squares | — |
12 | Regression | Discovery of the Higgs Boson |
13 | Liklihood | — |
14 | Bayes Theorem | Lab 7 |
15 | Final Exam | Oral Presentations |