STAT 6166 Spring 2005 Statistical Methods in Research I Room G186 McCarty A Mon Fri 3rd Period 11 00 12 15 Instructor Ramon C Littell Professor of Statistics 404 McCarty C 352 392 3040 littell ufl edu Office Hours TA Sebastian Armasu sarmasu stat ufl edu Course Objective To train graduate students in the sciences in statistical concepts and methodology for research planning and data analysis Text Ott and Longnecker 2004 A First Course in Statistical Methods Duxbury Other Materials Additional handouts will be posted to the class website Web Site http www stat ufl edu CourseINFO htm Policies and Additional Information 1 Office Hours Period 1 8 00 to 9 30 am on Tuesday and Thursday Help outside these times is available by appointment Call or email to schedule an appointment 2 Lecture materials or other notes interesting websites pointers to recent interesting articles etc will be available in pdf format on the IFAS Statistics 3 The class website will be used to distribute additional information handouts etc to everyone in class Be sure your campus email address is current because you are accountable for any information we posted in this manner 4 Instructor is not available for questions on exam materials starting the day before an exam Homework and Exams 1 There will be 10 homework assignments which usually will be assigned on Mondays and Wednesdays They are due for grading two days later on Wednesdays and Fridays Each assignment is worth 10 points 2 There will be three exams on Fridays of the second fourth and sixth week of class Each exam in worth 100 points 3 Grading Grades will be based on the total of 400 points from homework and exams 90 100 A 80 89 B 70 79 C 60 69 D 4 All Exams are closed book You are encouraged to ask the proctors any questions regarding clarification or interpretation of exam questions but please do not ask about your answer 5 Answers to the exams and homework will be provided as quickly as possible after the homework due date or after the exam The answers will be posted to the website 6 Missed Exams If you must miss an exam inform the instructor as soon as possible before the scheduled exam It is unlikely a make up exam will be offered except if the student cannot change the timing of the conflicting event 7 Late homework will not be accepted and will be recorded as a 0 grade If you are going to miss a class or have a scheduling conflict submit the assignment before the due date Some problems on each assignment will be collected and graded Neatly written assignments usually put the grader in a better mood Do not simply turn in computer printouts 8 Please do not ask us to alter you grade on an exam on homework unless we made a calculation mistake added the total wrong or took points off a correct answer etc If you think this is what happened then you should provide the exam and a written explanation of the reason you believe we made a mistake to me within a day of the return of the exam No verbal explanations will be accepted Pre requisites and Computing Requirements 1 STA 6166 has a pre requisite of one previous statistics course But the course begins with introductory material and some students take it successfully as a first course 2 You will need a computer for the home work assignments Examples will be illustrated with Excel SAS and JMP but you may use any program you choose Data sets for the exercises will be posted on the website as Excel SAS and JMP files Schedule Week TOPIC 1 Getting Started Thinking about Data 2 3 4 5 6 READING Data Collection and Summarization Populations samples parameters and statistics 1 1 3 9 Probability distributions and graphical representations 4 1 4 10 Sampling and Sampling Distributions 4 11 4 13 Statistical Inference Scientific Conclusions from Data Estimation and Hypothesis Testing of a Mean 5 1 5 7 Estimation and Hypothesis Testing of Two Means 6 1 6 6 Inference about Population Variances 7 1 7 4 Introduction to Analysis of Variance and Design of Experiments The One Way Classification and CRD 8 1 8 2 ANOVA for One Way Classification 8 3 8 4 More on ANOVA and DOE ANOVA Means Comparisons 8 6 Other Designs 9 1 9 4 Categorical Data Analysis Inference about Proportions 10 1 10 3 Contingency Tables 10 5 Odds and Odds Ratios 10 6 Introduction to Linear Regression Regression and Correlation 11 1 11 5 Concepts of multiple regression 12 1 12 5 Logistic Regression 12 6 University Policies Academic Dishonesty All members of the University Community share the responsibility to challenge and make known acts of apparent academic dishonesty Acts of academic dishonesty will not be tolerated and will be referred to the Student Honor Council Information regarding University policies about academic dishonesty and the University s honor code may be found at http www dso ufl edu judicial procedures academicguide html Academic accommodations If you have a documented disability and wish to discuss academic accommodations with me please contact me as soon as 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