SYLLABUS: EXST7015 - Statistical Techniques II – Fall 2004

 

Class Meets: Tuesday and Thursday from 1:30 to 3:00 in room 155 Coates Hall

 

Professor: JAMES P. GEAGHAN

 

Office

67 Agriculture Administration Building

 

Office hours

Tuesdays and Thursdays, 3:15 - 4:00 or call for appointment anytime

 

Telephone

388 - 8303

 

Internet materials

http://www.stat.lsu.edu/faculty/geaghan/jpghome.html

 

Labs are taught in Room 11, Ag Admin Bldg.

 

Lab Instructor

Lisa Morris

 

Office

71B Agriculture Administration Building

 

Office hours

TBA by Instructor

 

Lab Times

meet for 2 hours (1) Tuesday at 4:40 PM and (2) Wednesday at 11:40 AM

 

Grading Points:

2 exams count 100 points each

200

 

1 final counts 150 points

150

 

Term paper

50

 

Daily design

25

 

Weekly lab assignments count 100 points

100

 

TOTAL

525

 

Exam Schedule:

 

First Exam

Thursday, September 30, 2004

 

Second Exam

Thursday, November 04, 2004

 

Term paper

Tuesday, November 30 @ 1:42PM, (due during class period, no extensions)

 

Final Exam

Monday, December 06, 2004 from 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM 

 

Course Grading: (Exam1% + Exam2% + Lab% + 0.5*Paper% + 0.25*Daily% + 1.5*Final%) / 525 = SCORE

 

Letter grade assignment

Guaranteed minimum grade

 

90 - 100 points, minimum grade of

A

 

80 - 89.9 points

B

 

70 - 79.9 points

C

 

60 - 69.9 points

D

 

TEXT: Freund, Rudolph J. and William J. Wilson. 2003. Statistical Methods, Academic Press, N.Y. (Be sure to get second edition (2003) or revised edition (1997), not original 1993 edition)

 

Catalog Course Description: EXST7015 Statistical Techniques II (4) F, S Prereq: EXST7005 or equivalent. 3 hrs. lecture; 2 hrs lab. Credit will be given for only one of the following: EXST7013, EXST7014, EXST7015. Multiple classification analyses of variance and covariance, sampling designs, parameter estimation, multiple regression and correlation, tests of specific hypotheses, and factorial experiments; emphasis on field-oriented life science research problems.