Categorical Data Analysis
STA 4504, Section 5404
STA 5503, Section 0043
Spring 2000

Course Information

Instructor

This instructor for this section is Brett Presnell. His office hours and other contact information are given on Presnell's home page.

Syllabus

Here is the syllabus for the course (in PDF format).

Calendar

A calendar showing what we've done so far.

Handouts

• Formula sheet for the first exam, in case you want to familiarize yourself with it.
• Formula sheet for the second exam.
• Lecture Notes: copies of the transparencies used in class (chapters 1, 2, and 4 were done on the blackboard). Provided in three formats, 1, 2, and 4 slides to a page, for those who wish to conserve paper (pdf files).
  • Chapter 3 slides. (2 to a page version) (4 to a page version).
  • Chapter 5 slides (2 to a page version) (4 to a page version).
  • Chapter 6 slides (2 to a page version) (4 to a page version).
  • Chapter 8 slides (2 to a page version) (4 to a page version).
• Downloading and using data from the General Social Survey.

SAS

• SAS code for examples done in class (and for some of the exercises)
• SAS Manuals This is a link to nearly a full set of SAS manuals. You might specifically be interested in the entries for PROC FREQ , PROC GENMOD, PROC CATMOD, and PROC LOGISTIC. Simple "PROCS", like MEANS, SORT, and UNIVARIATE can be found in the SAS Procedures Guide, while more involved procedures are in the SAS/STAT User's Guide.

R and Rweb

• The R page for this course: everything you need to know about R (yeah, right).

Other Things

• Some data sources:
  • General Social Survey (15 March 1999 release).
  • SDA: Survey Documentation and Analysis: Click on SDA Archive to see some of the available survey data sources. The General Social Survey is also available here. The Multi-Investigator Survey might yield some interesting information (how do things like order or wording of questions effect response?).
• An Example of Misinterpreted Odds Ratios
  • The Effect of Race and Sex on Physicians' Recommendations for Cardiac Catheterization
  • Misunderstandings about the Effects of Race and Sex on Physicians' Referrals for Cardiac Catheterization
  • Race, Sex, and Physicians' Referrals for Cardiac Catheterization