Here is a class-by-class guide to suggested readings from the texts.

(“Ross” refers to the required text for the course: Introductory Statistics (3rd Ed.) by Sheldon Ross. “Phillips” refers to the suggested additional text, How to Think About Statistics by John L. Phillips.)

• Class 1 (Mon Feb 1): Ross, Ch 1; Phillips, Ch 1
• Class 2 (Wed Feb 3): Ross, Sec 2.2: Frequency Tables and Graphs & Sec 2.3: Grouped Data and Histograms; Phillips, Ch 2: Frequency Distributions
• Class 3 (Mon Feb 8): Ross, Sec 3.2: Sample Means & Sec 3.3: Sample Medians;  Phillips, Chapter 3: Measures of Central Tendency
• Class 4 (Wed Feb 10): Ross, Sec 3.5: Sample Variance and Sample Standard Deviation; Phillips, Chapter 4: Measures of Variability