Statistics 480 Fall 2010 Section 1: F 9:05 – 9:55 am Section 2: 112 Boucke Online Course Description This course covers the basic elements of the SAS® programming language. The course is subdivided into two key components, data management and analysis. It will cover the major aspects of reading data from multiple formats, recoding variables, and merging multiple data sources. It will cover exploratory analyses: summaries, frequency tables, plots, and printing of data. It will also cover some basic statistical procedures: t-Tests, χ2 Tests, Regression, and Fixed Effects ANOVA. The only prerequisite is three previous credits in statistics. However, students who have only taken Stat 200 may find this course prohibitively challenging. Instructor Office Hours Dan Spencer 323 Thomas Bldg. das5099@psu.edu Thursday 12:00 – 1:00pm Textbook (Very Optional) Applied Statistics and the SAS® Programming Language (5th Edition) By Ronald P. Cody & Jeffrey K. Smith Amazon Link Course Web Site: In ANGEL course management system, you should be automatically registered. Please check the website frequently for course materials and announcements. Go to http://cms.psu.edu and login using your PSU access account. Select Stat 480 from the course list. Required Workload One Midterm Project 20% Due Friday, October 15th at 11:55pm ‐ (Details to follow soon) One Final Project Due Monday, December 25% 13th at 11:55pm 10 In Class Quizzes 15% Lowest Two are dropped 10 Homework Assignments 40% Lowest two are dropped 100% Approximate Grading Scale (Borderlines will not be raised) A A‐ 93% 90% C+ C 77% 70% B+ B B‐ 87% 83% 80% D F 60% < 60% Random Notes If you include “Stat 480” in the subject of your emails, they will be flagged and I will respond to them faster. No makeup quizzes will be offered. Late homework will be accepted at a penalty of 20% per day late. Academic Integrity Policy All Penn State policies regarding ethics and honorable behavior apply to this course (see links below for policy statements). Academic integrity is the pursuit of scholarly activity free from fraud and deception and is an educational objective of this institution. All University policies regarding academic integrity apply to this course. Academic dishonesty includes, but is not limited to, cheating, plagiarizing, fabricating of information or citations, facilitating acts of academic dishonesty by others, having unauthorized possession of examinations, submitting work of another person or work previously used without informing the instructor, or tampering with the academic work of other students. For any material or ideas obtained from other sources, such as the text or things you see on the web, in the library, etc., a source reference must be given. Direct quotes from any source must be identified as such. All exam answers must be your own, and you must not provide any assistance to other students during exams. Any instances of academic dishonesty WILL be pursued under the University and Eberly College of Science regulations concerning academic integrity. Explicitly: Sharing of syntax files, solution files, and/or answer text is strictly forbidden. You may work together on the homework to resolve bugs, but the whole of your submissions must be completely written by you. Collaboration is not permitted on the projects.