Class Meetings:
Thur./Tues. 8:30-9:45 in Petigru College 108
Dr. Hanson's office Hours: TBA and by appointment.
Textbook: Samuels, M.L., Witmer, J.A., and Schaffner, A.A. (2011). Statistics for the Life Sciences, 4th Ed.
| Date | Topics | Homework |
| Tues., Jan. 14 | Lecture 1: Course expectations, statistics, random sampling, introduction to R. Sections 1.1, 1.3, notes. Syllabus. | -- |
| Thur., Jan. 16 | Lecture 2: Variables, frequency distributions. Sections 2.1, 2.2 | 2.1.1, 2.1.2, 2.1.4; 2.2.3 (use R). data to be read into R. |
| Tues., Jan. 21 | Lecture 3: Measures of center, boxplots. Sections 2.3, 2.4 | 2.3.3 (use R), 2.3.5, 2.3.6, 2.3.7, 2.3.11, 2.4.2 (use R), 2.4.7. Homework 1 due Feb. 4. |
| Thur., Jan. 23 | Lecture 4: Relationships between variables, measures of spread. Sections 2.5, 2.6 | 2.5.2 (use R; here's code), 2.5.3(a) (use R, describe the relationship), 2.6.5(a) (by hand), 2.6.11, 2.6.12. |
| Tues., Jan. 28 | Class canceled due to weather. | -- |
| Tues., Jan. 30 | Class canceled due to weather. | -- |
| Tues., Feb. 4 | Lecture 5: Statistical inference, introduction to probability. Sections 2.8, 3.2. | 2.S.7, 2.S.17, 2.S.19, 2.S.20, 3.2.1. Selected textbook homework solutions for Chapter 2. |
| Thur., Feb. 6 | Lecture 6: Probability rules. Sections 3.3, 3.2. Lecture 7: Continuous and discrete random variables. Sections 3.4, 3.5. | 3.2.3, 3.2.4, 3.2.5, 3.2.7, 3.3.1, 3.3.2, 3.3.3, 3.3.4, 3.4.2, 3.4.3, 3.5.4, 3.5.5, 3.5.7. Homework 2, due Tuesday Feb. 18. |
| Tues., Feb. 11 | Lecture 8: Binomial and normal random variables. Sections 3.6, 4.1, 4.2. | 3.6.1, 3.6.2, 3.6.6, 3.6.10 (use R for all of these). Homework 3 due Tues. Feb. 18. Selected textbook homework solutions for Chapter 3. |
| Thur., Feb. 13 | Class canceled due to weather. | -- |
| Tues., Feb. 18 | Lecture 9: Finding normal probabilities and percentiles; normal probability plots. Sections 4.3, 4.4. Chapter 5 and brief review for Exam I. | 4.3.3, 4.4.4, 4.3.5, 4.3.6, 4.3.8 (use R for all of these), 4.4.2. Selected textbook homework solutions for Chapter 4. |
| Thur., Feb. 20 | Exam I. Closed book, closed notes. Bring a calculator. Answer key. | -- |
| Tues., Feb. 25 | Lecture 11: Confidence interval for μ. Sections 6.2, 6.3. R code for height example. | 6.3.4, 6.3.5 (use R for both). Selected textbook homework solutions for Chapter 6. |
| Thur., Feb. 27 | Lecture 12: Confidence interval for μ1-μ2. Sections 6.5, 6.6. | 6.7.11, 6.7.12, 6.7.13, 6.7.14 (use R for all of these). Chapter 6 data for R. Homework 4 due Thur. Mar. 6. |
| Tues., Mar. 4 | Lecture 13: Hypothesis tests of H0: μ1-μ2=0. Sections 7.2 and 7.1. | 7.2.3(a,b), 7.2.4(a,b), 7.2.9 (use R), 7.2.10 (use R), 7.2.11 (use R), 7.2.14, 7.2.17 (use R). Chapter 7 data for R. |
| Thur., Mar. 6 | Lecture 14: More on hypothesis testing, association vs. causation. Sections 7.3, 7.4 and 7.9. | 7.3.4, 7.3.5, 7.3.6, 7.3.7, 7.4.1, 7.9.1. Homework 5, due Mar. 20. |
| Tues., Mar. 11 | Spring Break (no class). | -- |
| Thur., Mar. 13 | Spring Break (no class). | -- |
| Tues., Mar. 18 | Lectures 15: One-sided tests, sample size planning, Wilcoxin-Mann-Whitney test. Sections 7.5, 7.7, and 7.10. | 7.5.6, 7.5.13, 7.7.1, 7.7.3(a), 7.10.3, 7.10.4, 7.10.6(a,b,c). Use R for all problems. Selected textbook homework solutions for Chapter 7. |
| Thur., Mar. 20 | Lecture 16: Paired observations, the sign test. Sections 8.2 and 8.4. Review notes for Exam II. | 8.2.1(b), 8.2.4, 8.2.6, 8.4.5, 8.4.6(a). Use R for all problems. Chapter 8 data for R. Homework 6, due Mar. 27. Selected textbook homework solutions for Chapter 8. |
| Tues., Mar. 25 | Exam II: bring a calculator and pencil. | -- |
| Thur., Mar. 27 | Lecture 17: Confidence interval for population proportion p, Chi-square test. Sections 9.2 and 9.4. | 9.2.4, 9.2.5(a,b), 9.2.6, 9.4.1, 9.4.3, 9.4.4. Use R for all problems. Selected textbook homework solutions for Chapter 9. |
| Tues., Apr. 1 | Lecture 18: Chapter 10 Contingency Tables I. Chi-square test for independence. | 10.2.4, 10.2.5, 10.2.6, 10.2.12, 10.2.14; use fisher.test in R. 10.5.2(a), 10.5.4(a), 10.5.7; use chisq.test in R. |
| Thur., Apr. 3 | Lecture 19: Chapter 10 Contingency Tables II. Confidence interval for p1-p2, relative risk, odds ratio, and case-control studies. | 10.7.1, 10.7.3; use prop.test in R. 10.9.3, 10.9.4, 10.9.5, 10.9.6; use fisher.test in R. Homework 7, due Apr. 10. Selected textbook homework solutions for Chapter 10. |
| Tues., Apr. 8 | Lecture 21: Analysis of variance. Chapter 11. | Homework 8, due April 15. Chapter 11 data for R. |
| Thur., Apr. 10 | Lecture 22: correlation and linear regression. Chapter 12. | 12.2.5, 12.2.7, 12.3.1, 12.3.3, 12.3.5, 12.3.7, 12.3.8. Use R for all problems; i.e. don't do anything by hand. Chapter 12 data for R. Homework 9, due April 17. |
| Tues., Apr. 15 | Lecture 23: Linear regression. | 12.4.3, 12.4.6, 12.4.8, 12.4.9, 12.5.1, 12.5.3, 12.5.5, 12.5.9(a). Use R for all problems; i.e. don't do anything by hand. Selected textbook homework solutions for Chapter 12. |
| Thur., Apr. 17 | Exam III: bring a calculator and pencil. | -- |
| Tues., Apr. 22 | Logistic regression, Lecture notes. | -- |
| Thur., Apr. 24 | Diagnostic screeing. | -- |