STAT 651 (Section 602: MWF - 13:50-14:40, Blocker 150) Statistics in Research (Spring 2018)

Instructor: Suhasini Subba Rao (office: Blocker 432).

Statistical packages: You can use any, but I will be using JMP (a click version of SAS), which is available free to you.

I will post the lecture notes each week.

Handout and Syllabus.

Data we will be using in class

Statistical Tables (we will be using this frequently in class)

Article on the influence that CO2 beverages may have on obesity

Week 1:

• Lecture 1. Read about Paul the Octopus
• Lecture 2.

Week 2:

• Lecture 2.
• Lecture 3.
• Lecture 4.
• Lecture 5 and Homework 1 (due Friday, 2nd Feb).

Week 3:

• Lecture 5 and Homework 1 (due Friday, 2nd Feb).
• Lecture 6 and Homework 2 (due Friday, 9nd Feb).

Week 4:

• Lecture 7
• Lecture 8

Week 5:

• Lecture 8
• Lecture 9
• Lecture 10
• Lecture 11 and Homework 3 (Due Friday 23rd Feb)

Week 6:

• Lecture 12 and Homework 3 (Due Friday 23rd Feb)
• Lecture 13 and Homework 4 (Due Monday 5th March).

• Lecture 13
• Lecture 14
• Lecture 15 Homework 5 (Due Friday 23rd March).

• Lecture 15 Homework 5 (Due Friday 23rd March).
• Midterm Exam: Monday 2nd April (you can use a 4-sided cheat sheet and a calculator (any type))
• Lecture 16.
• Lecture 19

• Lecture 19.
• Lecture 20

• Midterm on 2nd April.

  Midterm covers lectures 1-16 and lecture 19.

  Bring normal and t-tables, calculator (any type), pencil and four sides of cheat sheet.

• Lecture 19.
• Lecture 20

• Classes cancelled this week. Sorry for short notice. Please practice all the material up to last week.

• I leave you in extremely capable hands of Dr. Chen, who will be teaching the class this week.
• Lecture 20
• Lecture 21
• Lecture 22

• Lecture 22
• Lecture 23
• Homework Due Monday
• Lecture 25
• Lecture 26

• PROJECT (due 8th May, 2018, by noon). To be handed in the main statistics office or me in person (NOT the TA, I grade the projects!). You have a choice of:

  • Health
  • Forest
  • Use your own data.
• Up to three people are allowed in each group. However, if there are more than two people in a group, at least one must be from a different department (same college is fine).

• Example of a sample project/report

• 6 (single sided) pages of cheat sheet
• z, t tables
• Wilcoxon Tables, Table 5 and 6
• Any calculation, just not phone
• Scrap paper

JMP Help

• Tutorial on JMP

• My basic handout on JMP/Statcrunch commands.

Past Midterm Exams:

• Midterm 1 and Midterm Solutions 1.
• Midterm 2 and Midterm Solutions 2.
• Midterm 3, JMP1 and JMP2. Midterm Solutions 3.
• Midterm 4, Midterm Solutions 4.
• Midterm 5 , Midterm Solutions 5.
• Midterm 6 Midterm Solutions 6
• Midterm Solutions 7
• Midterm Solutions (2018)

• Spring 2008 final.

  Solutions to Spring 2008 final.

• Fall 2008 final.

  Solutions to Fall 2008 final.

• Fall 2010 final.

  Solutions to Fall 2010 final.

• Fall 2012 final solutions.

• Fall 2013 final solutions.

• Spring 2014 final (solution unavailable).

• Fall 2014 final and Fall 2014 solutions