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Syllabus: EXST7087 - Statistical Techniques I Spring 2004 |
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EXST7005 Class Meets : Tuesday and Thursday from 9:00 am to 10:30 am, web materials for EXST7087 will be made available as soon as possible after class |
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Professor: JAMES P. GEAGHAN |
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Office |
67 Agriculture Administration Building |
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Office hours |
Send email questions to jgeaghan@lsu.edu, put "EXST7087" on the subject line |
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Telephone |
(225) 578 - 8303 |
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Internet materials |
http://www.stat.lsu.edu/faculty/geaghan/jpghome.html |
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Lab Assignments: Students will be responsible for finding SAS support on site. Assignments can be obtained from the internet and returned to the instructors via email. |
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Lab Instructor |
Lisa Morris and Aleksandra Mozuliova |
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Office |
71 Ag Admin Building |
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Office hours |
TBA by Instructor |
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Lab Times |
Tuesday 12:00 am - 2:00 pm, Wednesday 8:30 am - 10:30 am |
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Grading Points: |
3 exams @ 100 points each |
300 |
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1 final @ 150 points |
150 |
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Quizzes: 2 Lab practicums and daily quizzes @ 25 points each |
75 |
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Weekly lab assignments @ 100 points total |
100 |
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TOTAL |
625 |
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Exam Schedule: |
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First Exam |
Thursday, February 19, 2004 |
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Second Exam |
Thursday, April 01, 2004 |
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Third Exam |
Thursday, April 29, 2004 |
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Final Exam |
Tuesday, May 11, 2004 from 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM |
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Course Grading: |
(Exam1%+Exam2%+Exam3%+Lab%+0.75*Quizzes%+1.5*Final%)/625=Score |
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Letter grade |
Guaranteed minimum letter grade assignment |
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90 - 100 points, minimum grade of |
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80 - 89.9 points |
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70 - 79.9 points |
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60 - 69.9 points |
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TEXT (recommended, not required): Freund, Rudolph J. and William J. Wilson. 2003. Statistical Methods, Academic Press, N.Y. (revised edition (1997) acceptable, 1993 edition unadvisable)
Catalog Course Description : EXST7005 Basic concepts of statistical models and use of samples; measures of variation and central tendency; normal, t, chi-square, and F distributions; tests of hypothesis, analysis of variance, regression, and correlation; emphasis on field oriented life science research problems.
Course outline
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Reference Text: Freund and Wilson |
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Topic |
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2003 |
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I Introduction |
Chapt 1 |
Chapt 1 |
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Course Objectives |
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Definitions |
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II Location and Dispersion |
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19 |
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III Coefficient of Variation & Other measures |
28 |
28 |
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IV Exploratory Analysis Plots |
32 |
32 |
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V Probability & Sampling Distributions |
62 |
62 |
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Discrete Distributions |
76 |
76 |
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Continuous Distributions |
81 |
81 |
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Normal Distribution and Z tables |
83 |
83 |
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Distribution of Sample Means |
91 |
91 |
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The Chi Square Distribution |
101 |
102 |
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The t distribution |
104 |
105 |
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The F distribution |
106 |
106 |
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VI Tests of Hypothesis |
117 |
117 |
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Testing Hypotheses of Means |
159 |
161 |
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Testing Hypotheses of Variance |
169 |
169 |
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Equality of 2 Population Means |
185 |
185 |
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VII Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) |
219 |
219 |
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VIII Post-ANOVA Techniques |
242 |
242 |
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IX ANOVA (unequal sample size) |
270 |
270 |
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Factorial Treatment Arrangements |
417 |
417 |
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Randomized Block Design |
464 |
464 |
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X Regression and Correlation |
287 |
287 |
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X Multiple-Regression |
333 |
333 |
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Last Update: Thursday, January 15, 2004