| Lecture | Date | Section | Topic | Homework |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8/24 | |||
| 2 | 8/26 | |||
| 3 | 8/29 | Geometry | Measuring the Earth | |
| 4 | 8/31 | The Longitude Problem | Dimensional anaylsis problems | |
| 5 | 9/2 | The Pythagorean Theorem | ||
| 6 | 9/5 | Numbers | Division Algorithm and Modular Equivalence | |
| 7 | 9/7 | Tests for Divisibility | Modular arithmetic problems | |
| 8 | 9/9 | Check Digit Schemes | ||
| 9 | 9/12 | Primes and Irrationals | ||
| 10 | 9/14 | Ancient & Modern Methods for Writing Numbers | Scientific notation problems | |
| 11 | 9/16 | Logarithmic Scales | ||
| 12 | 9/19 | Logarithmic Scales - con'd | ||
| 13 | 9/21 | Growth | Percentage & Exponential Growth | Percentage growth problems |
| 14 | 9/23 | Compound Interest | ||
| 15 | 9/26 | Geometric Means and Average Growth | ||
| 16 | 9/28 | Pascal's Triangle and the Binomial Theorem | ||
| 17 | 9/30 | Apportionment | Hamilton's Method | |
| 18 | 10/3 | Alabama and Other Paradoxes | ||
| 19 | 10/5 | Methods of Adams, Jefferson, and Webster | ||
| 20 | 10/7 | Apportionment Using a Computer | ||
| 21 | 10/10 | Huntington-Hill Method | ||
| 22 | 10/12 | Voting | Preference Ballots and Borda Count Method | Midterm 1 review problems |
| 23 | 10/14 | Midterm 1 | ||
| 24 | 10/17 | |||
| 25 | 10/19 | Instant Run-Off Method | Voting theory problems | |
| 26 | 10/21 | Method of Pairwise Comparisons | ||
| 27 | 10/24 | Weighted Voting & Banzhaf Power Index | ||
| 28 | 10/26 | Shapley-Shubik Power Index | Voting theory problems #2 | |
| 29 | 10/28 | Probability | Fundamental Counting Principle | |
| 30 | 10/31 | Permutations & Combinations | ||
| 31 | 11/2 | Equiprobable Spaces | ||
| 32 | 11/4 | Independent & Complimentary Events | ||
| 33 | 11/7 | Weighted Averages & Expected Value | ||
| 34 | 11/9 | Risk and the Law of Large Numbers | Probability problems | |
| 35 | 11/11 | Statistics | Mean, Median, Mode (and Histograms) | |
| 36 | 11/14 | Normal Distributions & z-Values | ||
| 37 | 11/16 | 68-95-99.7 Rule | Midterm 2 review problems | |
| 38 | 11/18 | Midterm 2 | ||
| 39 | 11/21 | Collecting Data: Sampling | ||
| 40 | 11/23 | |||
| 41 | 11/25 | |||
| 42 | 11/28 | (Un)Fair Coin Principle | ||
| 43 | 11/30 | Statistical Inference | Statistics problems | |
| 44 | 12/2 | Being a Critical Consumer of Statistics | ||
| 45 | 12/5 | Review |