700—Applied Statistics I (3) Introduction to probability and the concepts of estimation and hypothesis testing for use in experimental, social, and professional sciences. One and two-sample analyses, nonparametric tests, contingency tables, sample surveys, simple linear regression, various statistical packages including SAS. Not to be used for M.S. or Ph.D. credit in statistics or mathematics.

Course Announcement: Fall 2007
Course Homepage: Fall 2006

Usually Offered: Fall Semesters

Purpose: To provide future scientists in these fields with a base on which to build a continually expanding array of methods for experimental design and data analysis. Students will ideally come away with: (1) an understanding of basic probability and the manner in which all formal statistical inference depends on it; (2) the ability to carry out the basic analyses listed in the description using widely available software; (3) a knowledge of the universal principles underlying all hypothesis testing and interval estimation, thereby facilitating interactions with professional statisticians.

Current Textbook: Introduction to the Practice of Statistics (5th edition), by D.S. Moore and G.P. McCabe. W.H. Freeman and Co., 2006.

 

Topics Covered	Time
Data description	1 week
Elementary probability, discrete random variables, binomial distribution	2 weeks
Continuous random variables, the normal distribution	1 week
Finite population sampling	1 week
Sampling distributions, the central limit theorem	1 week
Principles of estimation, confidence intervals	1 week
Principles of hypothesis testing	1 week
Comparing two treatments or populations	2 weeks
Categorical data	1 week
Correlation and simple linear regression	2 weeks
Two-way tables	1 week

The above textbook and course outline should correspond to the most recent offering of the course by the Statistics Department. Please check the current course homepage or with the instructor for the course regulations, expectations, and operating procedures.  

Contact Faculty: Don Edwards, Roumen Vesselinov
(Last Updated: July 11, 2008)