Stat 500
Statistical Methods
Alicia Carriquiry
Email: alicia@iastate.edu
Office: 1121C Snedecor Hall
Office Hours: MW 12:00-1:00, T 4:00-5:00
or by appointment.
Telephone: (515) 294-7782
FAX: (515) 294-4040
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Fall 2011
Teaching Assistant
• Name: Jing Li
• Office: To be announced
• Email: lijing@iastate.edu
• Office hours: To be announced
Meeting Times
Lectures: MWF 11-11:50 am
Lab:
Tuesday 2-3:50 pm
Carver 205
Carver 205
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Textbooks
Kutner, Nachtsheim, Neter, Li – Required
Applied Linear Statistical Models, 5th ed.,
McGraw-Hill/Irwin, New York, 2005,
ISBN 0-07-238688-6
Little, R.C., Stroup, W. W., Freund, R.J.– Recommended
SAS for Linear Models, 4th ed.,
SAS Institute Inc, Cary, North Carolina, 2002,
ISBN 1-59047-023-0
Marasinghe, M.G. and Kennedy, W.J. – Recommended
Data Analysis Using SAS, Springer, 2008.
ISBN 978-0-387-77371-1
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Outline
• Comparative studies (two populations or treatments)
– Random samples
– Role of Randomization
• Analysis of variance ( more than two populations )
• Blocking/matching to reduce variance
• Comparing proportions
• Simple linear regression
• Multiple regression
• Analysis of covariance
• Generalized linear models
• Factorial experiments
• Nested designs/random effects
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Useful Concepts
• Calculus and matrix algebra
• Statistics Concepts:
– Random variables
– Probability distributions (binomial, Poisson, normal)
– Simple random sample
– Summary Statistics (shape, center, spread)
– Data displays (histogram, stem/leaf, boxplot, scatterplot)
– Estimation (sample mean, sample median, sample
proportion, sample variance, standard deviation)
– Correlation and association
– Statistical Inference (tests of hypotheses, confidence
intervals)
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Computational Resources
• Simple calculator
• SAS statistical package
– Buy it from ITS for $6/yr. (Go to http://www.it.iastate.edu/sldb/
and click on SAS for Windows under Statistical Software)
– Run it on the Statistics Department Terminal Servers
(available to all ISU students). More information at
http://www.stat.iastate.edu/resources/software/sas/#terminal server
– Find a lab on campus with SAS.
∗ 205 Carver Hall (when the building is open)
∗ 1105 and 3121 Snedecor (7:00am to 6:30pm)
∗ 139 Durham Hall (open 24 hours)
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Assessment
• Exam 1 (2-4pm on Tuesday, Oct 18)
25%
• Exam 2 (2-4pm on Tuesday, Nov 15)
25%
• Assignments
15%
• Final (9:45-11:45am on Tuesday, Dec 13)
35%
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Course Web Page
• Address: http://streaming.stat.iastate.edu/∼stat500/
• Announcements
• Folders
– Assignments (and solutions)
– Course Information
– Data
– Lecture Notes
– SAS Code
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