STAT401 - Applied Methods in Statistics - Fall 2016

Do not worry about your difficulties in mathematics; I can assure you that mine are still greater. -Albert Einstein (1879-1955)

• Syllabus, Textbook, and R download page
• Al's email, Office Phone: 994-5145, Office: Barnard (EPS) 304, Office Hours and Schedule.
• Useful links:
  • Montana State University
  • Department of Mathematical Sciences
  • Registrar:
    • Stat Course Catalog
    • Final exam schedule for Fall 2016
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• Exams:
  • 12/13 at 2pm in Wilson 1-144, FINAL EXAM 3 on Chapters 1-6.
    
    • You will be given this formula sheet, a z-table, a t-table and a chi-square table.
    • Go back and practice all of the problems on Fall 2000 Exam 2 (including #26 and 27) and Spring 2001 Exam 2 (including #14, 15, 18).   NOTATION warning: these exams use pi instead of p for the population proportion, and p instead of p-hat for the sample proportion.
    • Practice Exams: Fall 2000 Exam 3 (ignore: 1-10, 19-25, 39-41, 44); Spring 2001 Exam 3 (ignore: 1-15, 17, 23, 27-29).  NOTATION warning: these exams (1) use pi instead of p for the population proportion, and p instead of p-hat for the sample proportion; (2) use an X²   to denote the chi-square test statistic; (3) use DFTreat, SSTreat and MSTreat instead of DFG, SSG and MSG.
    • Solutions to Practice Exams: Fall 2000 Exam 3; Spring 2001 Exam 3
  • 11/10 at 1:40pm, Exam 2 on Chapters 1-6. 
    • Solutions to Exam 2
    • You used this formula sheet.  
    • Go back and practice Fall 2000 Exam 1 problems 12 and 16; and Spring 2001 Exam 1 problems 1, 7 and 12.
    • Practice Exams: Fall 2000 Exam 2 (ignore: 26, 27); Spring 2001 Exam 2 (ignore: 14, 15, 18).
    • Solutions to Practice Exams: Fall 2000 Exam 2; Spring 2001 Exam 2
  • 10/4 at 1:40pm, Exam 1 on §1.1-2.2.
    • Solutions to Exam 1.
    • Practice Exams: Fall 2000 Exam 1 (ignore: 9d, 11, 12, 16-19); Spring 2001 Exam 1 (ignore: 1c, 5b, 7, 11, 12, 14b, 15). 
    • Solutions to Practice Exams: Fall 2000 Exam 1; Spring 2001 Exam 1
• Projects:
  • DUE 12/6 at 1:40pm, Project #8 on Paired t-test and ANOVA, gratitude data.   Type library(MASS) in R before you can start using the studres( ) function.  Solutions
  • DUE 11/29 at 1:40pm, Project #7 on Hypothesis Testing (Chapters 4-6), coffee effects on white blood counts abstract, test of proportion power example (NOTATION warning: the example uses pi instead of p for the population proportion, and p instead of p-hat for the sample proportion).   Solutions
  • DUE 11/1 at 1:40pm, Project #6 on Estimation (Chapters 4-6).   Lead data; Scents and Scentsablity article, bacteria data.  Solutions.
  • DUE 10/25 at 1:40pm, Project #5 on Sampling Distributions (Chapters 4-6).  Solutions
  • DUE 10/18 at 1:40pm, Project #4 on Chapters 2-3; Service call data.  Solutions
  • DUE 9/27 at 1:40pm, Project #3 on §1.6 - 1.7, 2; crime data and jellyfish data.   Solutions
  • DUE 9/20 at 1:40pm, Project #2 on §1.3 - 1.5, Brown and Garner article, gratitude article. Solutions
  • DUE 9/8 at 5pm, Project #1 on §1.1-1.4, jellyfish data, 9/11 Search and rescue dog article. Solutions
  • DUE 9/2 at 5pm, Project #0, Getting started with R
• Course Notes:
  • 12/4 Chapter 6.3-6.4 on Contingency Table Analyses
  • 11/29 Chapter 5.5 on ANOVA, head breadths
  • 11/17 Chapters 4-6 on Inference for two samples
  • 11/1 Chapters 4-6 on Hypothesis Testing
  • 10/20 Chapters 4-6 on Estimation
  • 10/13 Chapters 4-6 on Sampling Distributions
  • 10/6 Chapter 3 on The Normal Distribution, Timber volumes
  • 9/20 Chapter 2 on Probability
  • 9/13 §1.6 to 1.7 on Graphical and Numerical Summaries
  • 9/1 §1.3 to 1.5 on Sampling and Experimental Design
  • 8/30 §1.1 to 1.3: Data, Dairy Data