STAT 6166, Fall 2005,Statistical Methods in Research ISTAT 6166, Fall 2005, Statistical Methods in Research I Section 8489 Room 100, Griffin-Floyd Tu 8:30 – 9:20 am and 9:35 – 10:25 am; Th 9:35 – 10:25 am Instructor: Professor Mary C. Christman 352-392-3724 406, McCarty Hall C [email protected] Instructor Office Hours: Period 4, i.e. 10:40 to 11:30 am on Tu and Th or by appointment Teaching Assistant: Upasana Santra [email protected] 401, McCarty Hall C Teaching Assistant Office Hours: TBA Course Objective: To train graduate students in life sciences in statistical concepts and methodology for planning experiments and analyzing data Texts and Course materials: Required: JMP In version 5, The Statistical Discovery Software for Windows/Macintosh/Linux, Duxbury Thomson. $79.95 (ISBN: 0-534-99747-3). Course Packet for STA 6166, available either as downloadable modules from the class website or as a hardcopy from Orange and Blue Textbooks. Web Site: http://www.stat.ufl.edu/CourseINFO.htm Grading: Homework 20% Reports 25% Quizzes 25% Final Exam 30% Final Exam Date: 3 – 5 pm on Monday, 12 December Policies and Additional Information: 1. Office Hours. Office hours are listed above. Help outside these times are by appointment only. Call or email to schedule an appointment. 2. Occasionally, additional materials or other notes (interesting websites, pointers to recent interesting articles, etc.) will be placed on the class web site. Check often to ensure you are not missing anything important! 3. The class Email account will be used occasionally to answer questions or possibly to send out additional information to everyone. Be sure your campus email address is current in the system because we will be using the listserv created by ISIS. 4. There will be 1 exam, a cumulative final. We will not be available to answer questions on exam materials for the 24 hrs before an exam. The final exam will be open notes but closed mouth.You may NOT share information or calculators with other students during the exam. You may not use a computer unless explicitly allowed. I encourage you to ask the proctors any questions regarding clarification or interpretation of exam questions but please do not ask us about your answer. 5. Very short quizzes (10-15 min) will be given at the start of class (so do not be late!) on random dates which will NOT always be announced ahead of time. During the semester there will be a total of 15 quizzes, of which the 10 best grades will count. No make-up quizzes will be provided. Also, please note that these are timed tests and you will be allowed only the allotted time to complete the work. Please plan accordingly. 6. Answers to the quizzes and homework will be provided as quickly as possible after the event. The homework answers will be posted to the website. We will try to post answers quickly. 7. Missed Exams. If you must miss an exam (very few excuses are permitted) let me know as soon as possible before the scheduled exam. It is unlikely a make-up exam will be offered unless the student was ill or had an acceptable conflicting event. Acceptable conflicting events are field work for research or presentations at meetings. No other conflicts will be accepted. Please do not ask for a change in date due to reunions, weddings, parties, etc. The request will definitely NOT be granted! 8. 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, return the assignment before the due date! It is the responsibility of the student to work all of the assigned homework problems independently (which means by yourself, on your own). The experience gained from doing these problems is invaluable and necessary for the understanding of the material we shall be covering. Please note that obtaining help from fellow students or others on a homework assignment is considered cheating by the University and will not be allowed unless explicitly stated. 9. Please do not ask us to alter your grade on an exam or 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. 10. We do not give extra credit, so please do not ask. Plan ahead and study so that it does not become an issue. 11. A tentative schedule and reading list are provided. It is recommended that you do the reading ahead; you will get much more out of the lectures if you do. Please plan on bringing your course packet and if possible, a laptop, to every class. 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.htmlAcademic accommodations: If you have a documented disability and wish to discuss academic accommodations with me, please contact me as soon as possible. Information on Disability Resources can be found at http://www.dso.ufl.edu/drp/services/ Recommendations for Alternative Resources Any good introductory text in Applied Statistics should be useful. Examples include: Ott and Longnecker, 2001. An Introduction To Statistical Methods And Analysis, Fifth Edition. Duxbury/Thomson. Devore and Peck, 2005. Statistics: The Exploration And Analysis Of Data, Fifth Edition. Duxbury/Thomson. Sokal and Rohlf, 1987. Introduction To Biostatistics, Second Edition. W. H. Freeman and Co. Glover and Mitchell, 2002. An Introduction To Biostatistics. McGraw- Hill. Additional resources are the following web sites: http://www.uark.edu/misc/andym/gf5/gf5_frame.htm contains tutorials on using JMP. http://www.jmp.com contains information on ordering JMP. http://www.duxbury.com/statistics_d/templates/student_resources/0534391869/bkSite/jmp/jmp_index.html contains tutorials on using JMP. http://web.utk.edu/~leon/201Tutorials/default.html contains tutorials on using JMP.