Statistics 302 H Fall 2006 Instructor James Matis matis stat tamu edu Blocker 404C 845 3187 Office Hours MWF 11 12 TuTh 8 9 or by appointment Grader TBA Prerequisite Math 141 or 166 or equivalent i e course in finite math with some probability Text Principle of Biostatistics 2nd ed M Pagano and K Gauvreau Notes Notes are available on the web at stat tamu edu matis Software The course will use a statistical software package called SPSS You are entitled to receive a copy of this package at no additional cost Details are given at http software tamu edu Exams Two in class exams will be given tentatively on October 13 and November 10 The final exam will be given as scheduled on Monday December 11 from 8 10 am All exams will be closed book but you may bring in a page of formulas Make up A student may be excused from an exam only for one of the University approved reasons see www tamu edu There will be a general comprehensive make up exam for students with approved absences at the end of the semester Homework Homework will be assigned on a regular basis It will be graded and returned Late homework will receive half credit Project An individual project is an integral part of this course The objectives of this project include 1 obtaining data either from your own research or from some other scientific paper from the published literature 2 applying some statistical procedure introduced in the text 3 writing an article which addresses the scientific issue and presents your statistical analysis and 4 giving an oral report of your findings Grading The weighting to determine the grade is Project 25 3 Exams 20 60 Homework 15 However a bounce back weighting where the final accounts for 40 of the grade with the project regular exams and homework counting for 20 30 and 10 respectively will also be calculated You will receive the higher of the two weighted scores ADA Plagiarism and Academic Integrity Statement TAMU STATEMENT ON DISABILITIES The Americans with Disabilities Act ADA is a federal anti discrimination statute that provides comprehensive civil rights protection for persons with disabilities Among other things this legislation requires that all students with disabilities be guaranteed a learning environment that provides for reasonable accommodation for their disabilities If you believe you have a disability requiring an accommodation please contact the Office of Support Services for Students with Disabilities in Room 126 of the Koldus Student Services Building The phone number is 845 1637 TAMU STATEMENT ON PLAGIARISM The handouts used in this course are copyrighted By handouts I mean all materials generated for this class which include but are not limited to syllabi quizzes exams lab problems in class materials review sheets and additional problem sets Because these materials are copyrighted you do not have the right to copy the handouts unless I expressly grant permission As commonly defined plagiarism consists of passing off as one s own ideas words writing etc which belong to another In accordance with this definition you are committing plagiarism if you copy the work of another person and turn it in as your own even if you should have the permission of that person Plagiarism is one of the worst academic sins for the plagiarist destroys the trust among colleagues without which research cannot be safely communicated If you have any questions regarding plagiarism please consult the latest issue of the Texas A M University Student Rules under the section Scholastic Dishonesty ACADEMIC INTEGRITY STATEMENT An Aggie does not lie cheat or steal or tolerate those who do For further information on academic integrity see Honor Council Rules and Procedures at www tamu edu aggiehonor Syllabus Stat 302 200 Topic Lectures 1 Data Presentation data types tables graphs 2 1 2 4 2 2 Summary Statistics central tendency dispersion Chebychev s inequality and empirical rule 3 1 3 2 3 4 2 3 Probability Distributions theory binomial normal 7 1 7 2 7 4 7 5 2 4 Sampling Distribution of the Mean concept central limit theorem application 8 1 8 4 2 5 Confidence Intervals two sided one sided Student s 9 1 9 4 2 6 Hypothesis Testing general types of errors power sample size 10 1 10 7 3 7 Comparing Two Means paired t two sample t 11 1 11 3 2 8 Correlation scatter plots correlation coefficients 17 1 17 4 2 9 Simple Linear Regression concepts model evaluation 18 1 18 4 4 10 Inference on Proportions normal approximation single proportion concepts comparing two proportions 14 1 14 7 3 11 Contingency Tables chi square test odds ratio 15 1 15 3 3 12 Analysis of Variance one way ANOVA multiple comparisons 12 1 12 5 3 13 Nonparametric Methods sign test signed rank test rank sum test 13 1 13 5 2 14 Multiple Regression model indicator variables interactions 2 15 Rates 4 1 4 3 2 16 Life Tables computation application years lost 5 1 5 4 2 17 Sampling Theory simple random sampling stratified sampling cluster sampling 21 1 1 18 Supplemental Topics diagnostic tests 6 4 multiple 2x2 tables 16 116 3 logistic regression 20 1 survival analysis 21 1 21 4 1 40 Milestones for Course Project I Pre proposal due October 4 1 1 Select some topic and clear it with the instructor 1 2 Obtain copy of the scientific paper 1 3 Read paper to decide if you want to pursue the topic 1 4 Write a paragraph describing the general scientific problem 1 5 Hand in the paragraph with a copy of the first page of the article as an attachment Alternatively describe your original research problem and data II Proposal due November 1 20 of grade This is a written document not to exceed 5 pages that 2 1 Introduces the scientific problem 2 2 Discusses the previous literature at least one citation 2 3 Discusses claims of the paper you selected 2 4 Describes data using at least one numerical descriptive measure and at least one graph and 2 5 Discusses specific aspect of the problem that you will address using some statistical inference III Review Paper due November 29 50 of grade This paper should be in the form of a scientific paper not to exceed 10 pages exclusive of Appendix One common outline you could follow is 3 1 Introduction scientific problem previous literature claims of paper your scientific question 3 2 Methods data statistical methodology 3 3 Results your statistical analysis 3 4 Discussion interpretation of your findings 3 5 Conclusions optional 3 6 References 3 7 Appendix with at least a copy of the original paper IV Oral Presentation 30 of grade This