{"id":1628,"date":"2019-05-10T16:08:01","date_gmt":"2019-05-10T16:08:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-concepts-statistics\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=1628"},"modified":"2020-04-02T05:45:19","modified_gmt":"2020-04-02T05:45:19","slug":"pacing-guide","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-concepts-statistics\/chapter\/pacing-guide\/","title":{"raw":"Pacing","rendered":"Pacing"},"content":{"raw":"<div class=\"wp-nocaption aligncenter wp-image-260\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-260\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2025\/2017\/07\/10205220\/stopwatch.png\" alt=\"icon of a stopwatch\" width=\"200\" height=\"212\" \/><\/div>\r\nThe Concepts in Statistics textbook contains eleven modules\u2014approximately two modules every three weeks for a sixteen-week semester. If you need to modify the pace and cover the material more quickly, the following modules work well together:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><strong>Module 1: Types of Statistical Studies and Producing Data<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Module 2: Summarizing Data Graphically and Numerically<\/strong><\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Module 3: Examining Relationships: Quantitative Data<\/strong>\u00a0and <strong>Module 4: Nonlinear Models<\/strong><\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>Module 5: Relationships in Categorical Data with Intro to Probability<\/strong>\u00a0and <strong>Module 6: Probability and Probability Distributions<\/strong><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nThe following module contains less material and can be covered faster than the average pace. This allows for some time to review basic math concepts at the start of the term or to weave in additional practice during the term.\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><strong>Module 11:\u00a0Chi-Square Tests<\/strong><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nWe recommend NOT doubling up the following modules, because they have more material to cover and\/or are more challenging. Students will need more time for mastery and completion of assignments.\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><strong>Module 9: Inference for Two Proportions<\/strong><\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong style=\"font-size: 1em;\">Module 10: Inference for Means<\/strong><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h2>Contribute!<\/h2><div style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">Did you have an idea for improving this content? We\u2019d love your input.<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1KLHsmG_7fxw1NObjeFAOJ3N6K3tOiJiUwbrt-6ZVd80\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-weight: 600; color: #077fab; text-decoration: none; border: 2px solid #077fab; border-radius: 7px; padding: 5px 25px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; line-height: 1.5em;\">Improve this page<\/a><a style=\"margin-left: 16px;\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1vy-T6DtTF-BbMfpVEI7VP_R7w2A4anzYZLXR8Pk4Fu4\">Learn More<\/a>","rendered":"<div class=\"wp-nocaption aligncenter wp-image-260\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-260\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2025\/2017\/07\/10205220\/stopwatch.png\" alt=\"icon of a stopwatch\" width=\"200\" height=\"212\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The Concepts in Statistics textbook contains eleven modules\u2014approximately two modules every three weeks for a sixteen-week semester. If you need to modify the pace and cover the material more quickly, the following modules work well together:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Module 1: Types of Statistical Studies and Producing Data<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Module 2: Summarizing Data Graphically and Numerically<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Module 3: Examining Relationships: Quantitative Data<\/strong>\u00a0and <strong>Module 4: Nonlinear Models<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Module 5: Relationships in Categorical Data with Intro to Probability<\/strong>\u00a0and <strong>Module 6: Probability and Probability Distributions<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The following module contains less material and can be covered faster than the average pace. This allows for some time to review basic math concepts at the start of the term or to weave in additional practice during the term.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Module 11:\u00a0Chi-Square Tests<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We recommend NOT doubling up the following modules, because they have more material to cover and\/or are more challenging. Students will need more time for mastery and completion of assignments.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Module 9: Inference for Two Proportions<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong style=\"font-size: 1em;\">Module 10: Inference for Means<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Contribute!<\/h2>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">Did you have an idea for improving this content? We\u2019d love your input.<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1KLHsmG_7fxw1NObjeFAOJ3N6K3tOiJiUwbrt-6ZVd80\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-weight: 600; color: #077fab; text-decoration: none; border: 2px solid #077fab; border-radius: 7px; padding: 5px 25px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; line-height: 1.5em;\">Improve this page<\/a><a style=\"margin-left: 16px;\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1vy-T6DtTF-BbMfpVEI7VP_R7w2A4anzYZLXR8Pk4Fu4\">Learn More<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t <section class=\"citations-section\" role=\"contentinfo\">\n\t\t\t <h3>Candela Citations<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t <div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <div id=\"citation-list-1628\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <div class=\"licensing\"><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Original<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>Pacing Guide. <strong>Provided by<\/strong>: Lumen Learning. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC BY: Attribution<\/a><\/em><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Shared previously<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>Stopwatch. <strong>Authored by<\/strong>: Adrien Coquet, FR. <strong>Provided by<\/strong>: Noun Project. <strong>Located at<\/strong>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thenounproject.com\/term\/stopwatch\/1094680\/\">https:\/\/thenounproject.com\/term\/stopwatch\/1094680\/<\/a>. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC BY: Attribution<\/a><\/em><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t <\/section>","protected":false},"author":17533,"menu_order":2,"template":"","meta":{"_candela_citation":"[{\"type\":\"original\",\"description\":\"Pacing Guide\",\"author\":\"\",\"organization\":\"Lumen Learning\",\"url\":\"\",\"project\":\"\",\"license\":\"cc-by\",\"license_terms\":\"\"},{\"type\":\"cc\",\"description\":\"Stopwatch\",\"author\":\"Adrien Coquet, FR\",\"organization\":\"Noun Project\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/thenounproject.com\/term\/stopwatch\/1094680\/\",\"project\":\"\",\"license\":\"cc-by\",\"license_terms\":\"\"}]","CANDELA_OUTCOMES_GUID":"","pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-1628","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":1557,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-concepts-statistics\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-concepts-statistics\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-concepts-statistics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-concepts-statistics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17533"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-concepts-statistics\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1628\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1855,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-concepts-statistics\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1628\/revisions\/1855"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-concepts-statistics\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/1557"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-concepts-statistics\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1628\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-concepts-statistics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-concepts-statistics\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=1628"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-concepts-statistics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=1628"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-concepts-statistics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=1628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}