STAT 451 - STATISTICAL METHODS


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Syllabus

Selected Book Answers



Office Hours:

Jon (Math 204)

Mike (Math 306)
  • Tuesday 10-12
  • Wednesday 11-1
  • Thursday 12-2, 3-4:30
  • Tuesday 9:30-10:30
  • Wednesday 11-1
  • Thursday 1-3

Homework Assignments

Note: To download an SPSS file, right-click the file and select "Save Target As" or "Save Link As".

Assignment Solutions SPSS Data Due Date
Homework #1 Solutions - HW #1
Comments - HW #1		 N/A Friday, September 11
Homework #2 Solutions - HW #2
Comments - HW #2		 prob3-2.sav   prob3-16.sav
prob3-20.sav   marijuana.sav		 Friday, September 18
Homework #3 Solutions - HW #3
Comments - HW #3		 prob3-56.sav   prob3-56.txt
prob3-60.sav   prob3-60.txt
sunscreen.sav
nitrogen.sav   nitrogen.txt
cloud.sav   cloud.txt		 Friday, September 25
Homework #4 Solutions - HW #4
Comments - HW #4		 cellphone.sav   cellphone.txt Friday, October 2
Homework #5 Solutions - HW #5
Comments - HW #5		 dist.csv   hw5.r Friday, October 16
Homework #6 Solutions - HW #6
Comments - HW #6		 dist.sav   dist.txt
wingspan.sav   wingspan.txt
salary.sav   salary.txt		 Friday, October 23
Homework #7 Solutions - HW #7
Comments - HW #7		 cicapture.r   cisim.r Friday, October 30
Homework #8 Solutions - HW #8
Comments - HW #8		 prob5-52.sav   prob5-52.txt
prob5-88.sav   prob5-88.txt
prob5-106.sav   prob5-106.txt
cicapture2.r   cisim2.r		 Friday, November 6
Homework #9 Solutions - HW #9 stare.sav   stare.txt
epsilepsy.sav   epilepsy.txt
dist.csv   dist.txt		 Friday, November 20
Homework #10 Posted on Friday, 12/4 prob6-61.sav.sav   prob6-61.txt
prob7-32.sav   prob7-32.txt
hand.sav   hand.txt
rust.sav   rust.txt		 Friday, December 4

On-Line SPSS Manual

  • Table of Contents - pages 1-2
  • Chapter 1 (Introduction to SPSS) - pages 3-16
  • Chapter 2 (Examining Distributions) - pages 17-38
  • Chapter 3 (Looking at Data: Relationships) - pages 39-66
  • Chapter 4 (Sampling Distributions) - pages 67-72
  • Chapter 5 (Inference for Population Means) - pages 73-82
  • Chapter 6 (Inference for Two-Way Tables) - pages 83-85

    Course Handouts

    Date Chapter Notes Data/Code
    8/31 1 Course Overview guess.sav
    9/2-9/9 2 Surveys and Scientific Studies
    9/9-9/11 3 Graphical Data Summaries
    9/14-9/16 Measures of Center
    9/18-9/23 Measures of Spread dist.sav
    9/25 4 Probability
    9/28-9/30 Conditional Probability
    9/28 Review Sheet - Test #1
    10/2-10/9 Random Variables and Probability Distributions
    10/9 N/A An Introduction to R
    10/9 N/A Some R Examples bacteria.csv
    Rexample.r
    10/12-10/14 Normal Distributions and Probabilities
    10/16-10/19 Random Sampling and Sampling Distributions
    10/19 Normal Approximation to the Binomial
    10/21-10/23 5 Inference about a Population Mean
    10/26-10/30 Tests of Significance for a Population Mean
    10/30 Review Sheet - Test #2
    11/2-11/4 t-Distribution Based Inferences
    11/4-11/6 Inferences for the Median median.r
    11/4 Selected Practice Problem Solutions
    11/6-11/9 Not in Book The Method of Bootstrapping bootstrap.r
    11/13-11/16 6 Inferences for Two Population Means
    11/18 Wilcoxon Rank Sum Test
    11/20-11/23 Matched Pairs Procedures
    11/23 Sample Size Determination Problems

    • Have a safe and relaxing weekend!

    The notes for Friday (11/20) and Monday (11/23) on matched pairs procedures and sample size determination are available above for you to download at your leisure.

    Homework #10 was assigned on Friday (11/20) and is due after the Thanksgiving break on Friday (12/4).

    CHANGES: My Thursday office hours have changed to 12:00-2:00pm and 3:00-4:30pm. Please make a note of this change!

    Exam #2 was returned on Friday, November 13 along with solutions to all problems. The five-number summary of exam scores was (*,71,84.5,89,100) and a letter-grade distribution was discussed in class.

    Last modified: 20-November-2009
    Mail comments to: jgraham@mso.umt.edu