STA 6166
Statistical Methods in Research I


Last Updated: 12/13/2006 @ 11:30 AM


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Final Score Calculations

Final Score Cut-Offs:  A=90.0000-100     B+=82.5000-89.9999   B=73.50000-82.4999      C+=64.0000-73.49999    C=50-63.9999

Current Scores/Total Points (CODE=(100*LN(UFID))+SQRT(UFID))

Chi Square, F Distributions (Upper .025 Tail Probabilities)

Chi
Square, F Distributions (Upper .05 Tail Probabilities)

Z, t Distributions (Upper Tail Probabilities)

Bonferroni t-Table

Quiz 1 Solutions

Quiz 2 Solutions

Quiz 3 Solutions

Quiz 4 Solutions

Quiz 5 Solutions

Exam 1 Solutions:  Version A    Version B

Exam 2 Solutions

Exam 1 Grade Distribution




Instructor Office Hours:  M 9:00-10:00  Tu 10:30-11:30   Th 3:00-4:00  @ Griffin/Floyd 228

TA (Upasana Santra) Office Hours: M 2:00-3:00, Tu 2:00-3:00  @ Room 417 McCarty C
TA (Seung Cheol Han) Office Hours: MWF 8:30-9:20AM  @  Room 2353 Turlington Hall

Textbook: R.L. Ott and M.T. Longnecker (2004). A First Course in Statistical Methods, Thompson/Brooks-Cole

Textbook is on Reserve at Marston Science Library

Syllabus - HTML

Syllabus - WORD


Chapter 1 Slides (PPT)

Chapter 2 Slides (PPT)

Chapter 3 Slides (PPT) - Updated 8/25/06

Chapter 4 Slides (PPT) - Updated 9/1/06

Philly Rain Random Samples (EXCEL) - First 100 Samples

Philly Rain Sample Means - All 1000 Sample Means, SDs, CIs

Philly Rain Sample Means - Summary

Chapter 5 Slides (PPT)

Chapter 6 Slides (PPT)

Experimental Design Issues (PPT)

Chapter 7 Slides  (PPT)

Chapter 8 Slides  (PPT)

Amoeba Analysis (PPT)

Amoeba Analysis (EXCEL)

Chapter 9 Slides  (PPT)

Lacrosse Helmets Analysis (PPT)

Growth Rate 3-Factor ANOVA (EXCEL)

Chapter 10 Slides (PPT)

Chapter 11 Slides  (PPT)

Simple Regression Simulation  (EXCEL)

Variance Stabilizing Transformations  (PPT)

Chapter 12 Slides (PPT)

Texas Weather Complete/Reduced Models  (PPT)

NASA Propellant Mixture/Nozzle Area Experiment (EXCEL)




Assignments

Assignment 1: Due Wednesday, September 13

Potato Dataset

Hints for Assignment 1


Assignment 2: Due Wednesday, October 4

Titanic Dataset (Text file)

Titanic Dataset (EXCEL file)

Titanic Dataset - Passengers Only  (Text File)

Titanic Dataset - Passengers Only  (EXCEL File)

Airline Dataset (Text file)

Airline Dataset (EXCEL file)

Airline Description File

Animal Feed Dataset (Text file)

Animal Feed Dataset (EXCEL file)


Assignment 3: Due Wednesday, November 1

Winescore Dataset (Text file)

Winescore Dataset  (EXCEL file)

Winescore Dataset for ease of plotting  (EXCEL)

Theophylline Dataset  (Text file)

Theophylline Dataset  (EXCEL File)

Theophylline Dataset for ease of plotting  (EXCEL)

Theophylline Description File


Assignments 4/5: Due Wednesday, November 15

Shrinkage Data (Text File)

Shrinkage Data (EXCEL File)


Assignments 6/7: Due Monday, December 4

Mice Growth Data  (Text File)

Mice Growth Data  (EXCEL File)

Television Station Sales Data  (Text File)

Television Station Sales Data  (EXCEL File)




Practice Problems (Do not turn in)
Chapter 1: 1,2,5,6
Chapter 2: 1,2,4,5,6,7,8
Chapter 3: 1,6,8,10,11,12,17,19,22,23,25,27,28,29,31
Chapter 4: 1,3,12,15,16,18,19,21,22,26,27,28,33,34,41,43,44,46,47,48,53,54,55,57,58
Chapter 5: 2,3,4,5,7,9,11,12,13,16,17,19,21,23,24,25,26,28,29,32,33,34,35,40,41,43,47,48
Chapter 6: 1,2,3,4,5,6,8,9,12,14,15,16,18,19,20,21,29,30,31,32,33,37,38
Chapter 7: 1,2,3,7.10,11,12,13,15,16
Chapter 8: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,15
Chapter 9: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,10,11,12,13,14,19,20,21,22,23
Chapter 10: 1,2,7,8,10,11,13,14,16,17,20,21,28,29,30,31,32,41
Chapter 11: 1,2,3,4,5,9,10,16,17,18,19,20,26,27,31,32,37,38,47,48,53
Chapter 12: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,11,12,13,14,15,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25



Computing Resources/Information

Summary Statistics, Simple Plots in SAS/EXCEL, JMP

Generating Random Samples in SAS/EXCEL/JMP/SPSS

SAS

Program to obtain summary statistics, scatterplot, and boxplots  (.sas)

Description of SAS Procedures for Common Statistical Analyses

SPSS

SPSS General Instructions for Procedures

EXCEL

Some Useful EXCEL Functions

Obtaining Summary Statistics and Plots by Groups (Factor Levels)  in EXCEL

EXCEL General Instructions for DATA ANALYSIS Toolpack

Generating Histograms in EXCEL

EXCEL Program for Summary Statistics/Boxplot (n<=1000)

EXCEL Program for Normal Probability Calculations/Plot (n<=1000)

EXCEL Program for 2-sample t-test/CI's (and test of equal variances) based on summary statistics

EXCEL Program for 1-Way ANOVA based on summary statistics

EXCEL Program for 2-sample z-test and CI's for proportions

EXCEL Program for Chi-Square Test

EXCEL Program for Simple Linear Regression Including CI's/PI's for Means and Individuals (n<=1000)

EXCEL Program for Levene's Test (Up to 6 Groups, 1000 Total Observations)