Syllabus
Statistics 8220
Lecturer:
Office:
Office hours:
Internet Site
Class times:
Final Exam
Required
Texts:
Prerequisite:
Applied Stat Models 2
Spr 2010
Dr. Leonard B. Hearne
HearneL@Missouri.edu
E-mail:
240F Life Sciences Ctr.
882-9821
Phone:
209A Middlebush Hall
Tu Th 09:30-10:45 or by appointment.
www.missouri.edu/~hearnel
Tu Th 11:00-12:15 Room 11 Middlebush Hall Basement
Dec 13 10:30-12:30 or by concensus
Applied regression analysis and Other Multivariate Methods, 4th Edition,
Kleinbaum, Kupper, Nizam and Muller, Duxbury
A basic statistics course and a Regression course.
This course will introduce the student to some of the advanced concepts and techniques
associated with Linear Statistical Modeling, particularly Linear Mixed Models (LMM). After
successfully completing this course, a graduate student should be able to construct an appropriate
statistical model of most experiments, analyze experimental data, and interpret the statistical
results. The course is intended as an applied statistics course, so there will be a mixture of
statistical theory and practical exercises.
The ability to use a computer is essential. The instructor will be using the Windows XP /
Windows 7 platform in class, with SAS and Excel as the primary computer languages. SAS
costs $50 per year, and can be licensed from AIT Services (573 882 2000), or used on almost any
of the computer lab machines found around campus. EXCEL is available from Microsoft as part
of MS Office, student price $25, or as a stand alone program. It is also available on the computer
lab machines.
The emphasis of the class is on statistical understanding and analysis and not on computer
programming. Help using SAS and Excel is available from Ray Bacon, baconr@missouri.edu
in ‘The Black Cultural Center’ 3:00-5:00 M-F or call for an appointment, (573 884 7930). The
instructor will help where he can but it is the student’s responsibility to develop the computer
skills necessary for working with the assigned datasets.
Homework Assignments: Homework and Projects are important learning tools. As such,
assignments will be made regularly. The answers to the assigned problems will be handed out
one week later. The homework can be used by the student to test their mastery of the assigned
material. Homework assignments are to be the work of individual students, not group efforts. It
is the responsibility of the student to do the assigned problems and to learn the assigned material.
Evaluation: There may be periodic quizzes given in class, as well as a midterm exam and a
final exam. All quizzes and examinations MUST be taken at the scheduled time unless evidence
of a legitimate and unavoidable conflict is presented to Dr. Hearne at least 24 hours before the
exam. At least two projects will also be assigned.
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Your course grade will be determined based on your relative total point standing in the class.
That is, your grade will be based on the total number of points that you have accumulated over
the course of the semester relative to the number of points that others in your class have
accumulated.
Points will be given for the following:
Homework
50 points/ all homework
Quizzes
50 points/all quizzes
Projects
50 points/all projects
Midterm Exam
100 points
Final Exam
150 points
Note cards: Every student is required to turn in a 3  5 note card containing the following
information clearly written on the front: (1) Name; (2) Classification (MS, PhD, post-doc); (3)
major (optional). Additionally, you must make a photocopy of a picture ID (student ID or
driver’s license), cut-out the picture on the ID copy, and tape (no staples) the copy on all four
sides to the back of the note card. You should set the photocopier on a “light” setting so that the
picture is “readable.”
Academic honesty: Academic honesty is fundamental to the activities and principles of a
university. All members of the academic community must be confident that each person's work
has been responsibly and honorably acquired, developed, and presented. Any effort to gain an
advantage not given to all students is dishonest whether or not the effort is successful. The
academic community regards academic dishonesty as an extremely serious matter, with serious
consequences that range from probation to expulsion. When in doubt about plagiarism,
paraphrasing, quoting, or collaboration, consult the course instructor. If it is determined that a
student has cheated, he or she will be given zero points on the assignment in question and be
turned in to the Provost for disciplinary action. In addition, by committing an act of academic
dishonesty, a student places doubt on the legitimacy of all work completed in the course beyond
the act of academic dishonesty. As a result, a student who commits an act of academic
dishonesty may be given a failing grade in the course regardless of their performance beyond the
act of academic dishonesty.
Academic accommodations: If you need accommodations because of a disability, if you have
emergency medical information, or if you need special arrangements in case the building must be
evacuated, please inform Dr. Hearne as soon as possible (privately, either after class or during
his office hours). To request academic accommodations (for example, a notetaker), students
must register with Office of Disability Services (http://disabilityservices.missouri.edu, S5
Memorial Union, 882-4696). Disability Services is the campus office responsible for reviewing
documentation provided by students requesting academic accommodations, and for planning
accommodations in cooperation with students and their instructors, as needed and consistent with
course requirements. All academic accommodations must be provided through disability
services.
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