Stat 519 - Spring 1998

Welcome to Stat 519, Sampling. This page contains the course syllabus, updates to the course syllabus, computer notes from class, homework assignments and important notices. Send any questions to grego@stat.sc.edu

• Syllabus

• Notices
  • HW 8 will be handled as an in-class discussion on 4/21.

  • Project proposals and guidelines.

  • Exam 2--redo problem 1 to obtain half-credit by 4/21.

• Homework
  • Homework 1

  • Homework 2

  • Homework 3

  • Homework 4

  • Homework 5

  • Homework 6

  • Homework 7

  • Homework 8

• Updated Syllabus

• Computer Notes, Handouts and Tests
  • Intro to Minitab handout

  • Graphics Example from Stat Lab

  • Sample Myers-Briggs Questionnaire

  • Questionnaire on Basic Statistical Methodology

  • Handout on Basic Statistical Methodology

  • Chapter 4 macros
    • Minitab macro srsmean randomly samples from population column then computes SRS estimators

    • Minitab macro srsmean1 computes SRS estimators directly from sample column

  • Minitab commands for contour and wireframe plots

  • Chapter 5 macros
    • Minitab macro stmean1 randomly samples from population columns then computes stratified estimators

    • Minitab macro stmean2 computes stratified estimators directly from sample columns

    • Minitab macro stsampsm computes overall sample size and stratum sample sizes for fixed error bound

    • Minitab macro stallocm allocates stratum sample sizes to minimize sampling cost for fixed error bound

    • Minitab macro stprop computes stratified propotion estimators from summary statistics

    • Minitab macro pstmean1 computes poststratification estimators directly from sample columns

    • Minitab macro pstmean2 computes poststratification estimators from a set of summary statistics

    • Minitab macro pstprop computes poststratification estimators for a proportion from a set of summary statistics

  • Minitab portable worksheet containing 1994 and 1996 Kershaw traffic data

  • Chapter 6 macros
    • Minitab macro ratiomn computes ratio estimators for either the population mean, population total or population ratio.

  • Minitab macro sampwor samples observations without replacement with probability proportional to size (or any other measure specified)

  • Splus function sim.pi simulates repeated sampling without replacement for arbitrary unequal sampling schemes and estimates pi_i and pi_ij.

  • Splus instructions used for unequal probability sampling

  • Minitab macro ppsmean computes estimates of a population mean and total for pps sampling with replacement.

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