MAT 105: Mathematical Applications
Dates: 2015-01-21 - 2015-03-04
Course Materials
Syllabus
| Date | Lecture Notes | Supplemental Items |
| Jan 21 | Lecture 1 | Examples, Gas Prices, Exchange Rates, Alcohol Content, BAC Information |
| Jan 28 | Lecture 2 | Group Work Answer Key, Examples |
| Feb 2 | Snowed Out |
| Feb 4 | Lecture 3 | Group Work Answer Key, Simpson's Paradox |
| Feb 11 | Lecture 4 | Expenditure Share Tables |
| Feb 16 |
Lecture 5 | Treasury Yields, Vanguard Mutual Funds, WI Marginal Income Tax Rates,
ROTH IRA Income Limits
Proposed 2015 Federal Spending,
Proposed 2015 Federal Revenue,
Owners of US Debt (Pages 52-53)
Student Loan Choice Excel File
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| Feb 18 |
Lecture 6 |
Polling: Question Order, Polling: Question Wording, Biased Question Examples, "Dewey defeats Truman" and Modern Polling, The Bradley Effect: #1 #2 |
| Feb 23 | Lecture 7 | Coffee Drinks, Top Selling Books, Carbon Footprint Infographic, Water Infographic, Health Care Infographic, Health Care: Spending vs Outcomes, Quantcast: Yelp, EIA: Petroleum Prices, Spurious Correlations, Gas Price History |
| Feb 25 | Lecture 8 | |
| March 4 | >Lecture 9 | |
