STAT 200: Statistical Analysis (Section B1) (Spring 09)


Instructor: Xuming He
Time and Location: 2:00 - 3:20 TuTh, Location Room 1, Illini Hall (Some classes will be held in Room 113, Illini Hall)
Text: None required.
Prerequisite: This section is open for freshmen only.
Office Hours: 2:00 - 3:30 Wed and anytime by emails



This Discovery section of STAT 200 will teach principles of statistical design and analysis by case studies and fun stories. Statistical computing will be done in a free software environment R . We have no pre-determined syllabus, and the teaching and learning will be fully adaptive to you, your background, and your ambition. (For a general list of topics covered by STAT 200, click here .)

The instructor, with 20 years of teaching and research experience, is dedicated to help you discover how much statistial thinking and statistical computing can do and how much fun you can have at the same time.

All you need to bring to class is your curiosity, desire to excel, and determination to work harder than 95% of your peers on campus. Whatever you will do in your future career, you will find your time well spent here.

If you have any questions about the course, please contact the instructor.

  • Test 3 (due May 15 as final exam)

  • Go to Illinois Compass to check grades
  • Quiz/Test Dates
  • What you need to know (weekly update)
  • Problem 1 for discussion
  • Problem 2 for discussion
  • Problem 3 for discussion
  • Article for discussion (posted March 12)
  • Homework #3 (due March 5)
  • Homework #4 (due April 6)
  • Homework #5 (due April 20)
  • Homework #6 (due April 29)

  • Class notes of Feb 10
  • Class notes of March 5
  • Class notes on least squares line (March 10)
  • Class notes on risk and odds (March 19)
  • Class notes of April 2
  • Class notes of April 7
  • Class notes of 4/21
  • Class notes of 4/30
  • Proposals for class projects (updated March 10)
  • An exercise on regression

  • Guideline for project report (new)


    Xuming He (x-he@uiuc.edu)
    Department of Statistics, University of Illinois
    101 Illini Hall, 725 S. Wright St.
    Champaign, IL 61820
    Ph: 217-333-4792
    Fax: 217-244-7190