STAT 457
STATISTICAL METHODS LAB
Section 01, CRN
70726, Tuesday 11:10-noon
Section 02, CRN 71686, Tuesday 12:10-1 PM
Instructor: Mike O’Lear email: m.olear@mso.umt.edu
Office Hours: Mon—noon to 1PM Tues—1 to 3 PM Wed—2 to 3 PM Fri—1 to 2 PM
Announcements:
This page was last updated on 12/7/10
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Class Documents:
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Usefulness of Statistics |
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By Hand Examples:
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2 way
table example (hand written) |
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StatCrunch
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“R” Statistical Package
NOTE: Some of these R tutorials below are a bit
dated, in that they use older versions of R, but the information is still as
useful for you now.
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R
Reference A—R Intro from CRAN site |
R Reference B |
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R Reference C |
R Reference D |
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Weekly Labs
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Lab Number |
Date |
Topic(s) Covered |
Assignments and Files |
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Lab 1 |
8/20/10 |
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lab 1 (due on
9/7) |
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Lab 2 |
9/7/10 |
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2 way
tables with StatCrunch |
What we learned from
Lab 1 lab 2 (due on 9/14) |
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Lab 3 |
9/14/10 |
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Quantitative
variables using StatCrunch ·
Beginnings
of R |
What we
learned from Lab 2 lab 3 (due on 9/21) |
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Lab 4 |
9/21/10 |
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2 way
tables using R ·
More
introduction to R ·
good
reference for your” R library”—CRAN site R Intro |
What we
learned from lab 3 lab 4 (due on 9/28) |
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Lab 5 |
9/28/10 |
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using R
for quantitative data ·
some more
functions for categorical data investigation |
lab 5 (due on 10/5) |
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Lab 6 |
10/5/10 |
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More lin.
reg. with R ·
lin. reg.
with transformed variables |
Lab 6 (due 10/12) |
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Lab 7 |
10/12/10 Note
that various .pdf’s and tutorial scripts (posted here and above in the R
section) might be helpful on these topics: |
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R Commander
Introduction ·
Control
statements (e.g., if, for, while, etc.) ·
Some simple
simulations using R |
Lab 7 (due 10/19) |
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Lab 8 |
10/19/10 |
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More
simulations |
Lab 8 (due 10/26) |
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Lab 9 |
10/26/10 |
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Lab 9 (due 11/9) Lab 8 due today |
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11/2/10 |
· no class, voting day |
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Lab 10 |
11/9/10 |
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Is the
Central Limit true???? ·
Q – Q
plots, used to check for “normality” ·
Confidence
Intervals—a simulation |
Lab 10 (due 11/16) Lab 9 due today |
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Lab 11 |
11/16/10 |
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Using tools
learned previously, determine the identity of 7 distributions from their
samples (size 150) |
Lab 11 (due 11/23) Lab 10 due today |
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Lab 12 |
11/23/10 Have a nice Thanksgiving |
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Hypothesis
tests of single p ·
Type I and
II Errors ·
Power
function using R |
Lab 12 (due 11/30) Lab 11 due today |
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Lab 13 |
11/30/10 |
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Lab 13 (due TODAY,
before you leave lab!!) Lab 12 due today, also |
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Lab 14 |
12/7/10 Thank
you for an enthusiastic/cooperative semester from all participants |
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Lab 14 (do not turn in unless you need “quota” of labs
turned in—if turned in, do so no later than 12/13) |
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12//10 |
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You
may email final project to me as last option |
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