STAT 0200 Syllabus

Basic Applied Statistics

Fall 2005

M 4:00-6:15 p.m. Smith Hall 215

W 4:00-5:05 p.m. or 5:10-6:15 p.m. McKenna Hall 137 (or Smith Hall 215)

 

Instructor:               Dr. Dean Nelson

Office:                      PH 136

E-Mail:                    den@pitt.edu

Phone:                      (724)838-8044

Office Hours:          MW 2:45-3:45 p.m., Th 9:00-10:00 a.m., and by appointment.

Online Info:             http://courseweb.pitt.edu/

Required Texts:      Introduction to the Practice of Statistics (5th edition) by Moore and McCabe

 

Course Overview:  This is an introductory course in statistics for psychology students.  Emphasis will be placed on applying and interpreting statistical techniques in the context of analyzing data.  The course will consist of a combination of lecture sessions and computer classroom labs.  The lectures will introduce and explain the reasoning and development of statistical techniques.  The computer classroom labs will give you the opportunity to use statistical software (SPSS) to apply those techniques to data and interpret the results.

 

Administrative Notes:

  1. If you have a disability for which you are or may be requesting an accommodation, you are encouraged to contact both your instructor and the Director of Learning Resources Center (LRC), Lou Ann Sears, Room 105 Faculty Office Building (724) 836-7098 (voice) / (724) 836-7128 (TTY), as early as possible in the term.  LRC will verify your disability and determine reasonable accommodations for this course.
  2. Grading will be plus/minus.
  3. Make-up exams will be given only in case of excused absences.
  4. Expectations of academic integrity are described on pages 4-6 in the current Student Handbook

 

Course Requirements: 

Work for this course will include the following

  1. Reading the text book
  2. Participation in class/computer lab
  3. Completion of written homework assignments
  4. Short written/computer quizzes.
  5. Exams, given 3 times, equally spaced throughout the semester.

 

Grades:

Grades will be determined in the following manner:

Homework                                           20%

Quizzes                                                20%

Lab attendance and participation           15%

Exams                                                  45%

 

Homework will be accepted late ONLY if it is handed in at the beginning of the next class. The score will be reduced by one point (on a ten point scale).  Quizzes may be made up by appointment.  There are 9 labs, each worth appr. 11% of your lab grade.  The lowest quiz score, and the lowest homework score will be dropped before the final grade is computed.

 

 

Course Schedule:

Date

Content Covered

Quiz

Homework

Aug      29

4.1, 4.2 - Probability Models

 

 

            31

SH 215 :  4.3 – Random Variables

 

 

Sep      5

Labor Day

 

 

            7

Mc137: 1.1 – Distributions/Graphs

 

 

            12

1.2 – Distributions/Numbers

Quiz 1

HW 1

            14

Mc137: 1.2 – Distributions/Numbers

 

 

            19

1.3 – Normal Distribution, 2.1, 2.2 – Scatterplots and Correlation

Quiz 2

HW 2

            21

Mc137: 2.1, 2.2 – Scatterplots and Correlation

 

 

            26

2.3 – Least Squares Regression

Quiz 3

HW 3

            28

Mc137: 2.3 – Least Squares Regression

 

 

Oct      3

Review, Test 1

 

HW 4

            5

SH 215: 3.1, 3.2 - Experimental Design

 

 

            10

3.3, 3.4 – Sampling and Statistical Inference, 5.1, 5.2 – Sampling Distributions

Quiz 4

HW 5

            12

SH 215: 6.1 – Confidence Intervals

 

 

            17

6.2, 7.1 – Hypothesis test for mean of a population

Quiz 5

HW 6

            19

Mc137: 7.1 – One-sample t-test

 

 

            24

8.1 – Hypothesis test for proportion of a population

Quiz 6

HW 7

            26

SH 215: 8.1 – One-sample z-test

 

 

            31

Review, Test 2

 

HW 8

Nov     2

SH 215:

 

 

            7

7.2 – Comparing Two Means

Quiz 7

HW 9

            9

Mc137: 7.2 – Two-sample t-test

 

 

            14

8.2 – Comparing Two Proportions

Quiz 8

HW 10

            16

Mc137: 8.2 – Two-sample z-test

 

 

            21

9.1, 9.2 – Analysis of Two-Way Tables

Quiz 9

HW 11

            23

Thanksgiving

 

 

            28

Mc137: Analysis of two-way tables

Quiz 10

HW 12

            30

12.1, 12.2 – One-way Analysis of Variance

 

 

Dec      5

Mc137: One-way ANOVA

Quiz 11

HW 13

            7

Review

 

 

12@3:20

SH 215: Test 3

 

 

 

Exams:

Each of the 3 exams will test the material covered since the last exam.  There will be a review session prior to each exam.

 

UPG has a Learning Resources Center (FOB 104, 105) that offers free tutoring, drop-in help for composition, information about study skills and test taking, a variety of software, disability services for those who qualify, and handouts. For more information, call Lou Ann Sears (724) 836-7098, stop by FOB 105, or email los3@pitt.edu