Note: Any student who, because of a disabling condition, may require some special
arrangement in order to meet course requirements should contact the instructor as soon as
possible so that the necessary accommodations can be made.
SYLLABUS
Sociology 5334
SEMESTER:
INSTRUCTOR:
LECTURE HALL:
CLASS TIME:
OFFICE HOURS:
OFFICE:
PHONE:
EMAIL:
Fall 2003
Evans W. Curry, Ph.D.
155 Holden Hall
11:00 A.M. - 12:20 P.M. Tuesday and Thursday
3:30 - 5:00 P.M. Tuesday; 11:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. Wednesday,
Other times by appointment.
Room 70 Holden Hall
742-2401 ext 225
Evans.Curry@ttu.edu
REQUIRED TEXT
Agresti, Alan and Barbara Finlay. 1997(3rd ed.). Statistical Methods for the Social
Sciences. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice Hall.
Siegel, Sidney and N. John Castellan, Jr. 1988. Nonparametric Statistics: For the Social
Sciences (second edition). New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company.
RECOMMENDED TEXT
Kranzler, Gerald and Janet Moursund. 1999. Statistics for the Terrified. Upper Saddle
River, New Jersey: Prentice Hall.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS
A. Examinations: There will be four examinations in the course. The three "regular"
exams will be in class tests. Each exam will cover approximately three weeks of work.
The final may be in class or take-home. If the final exam is take home, it will be
comprehensive. Each exam will have a value of 100 points and count one fifth toward
the final grade one earns.
B. Homework: Homework will be assigned on a regular basis. Assignments will
be made at appropriate times through the semester. Assignments will be
collected through the semester with a potential total score of 100 points.
Summarily, the homework will count one fifth toward the final grade.
C. Maintenance of a readings journal is encouraged. This journal should contain
a brief precis or synopsis of each chapter assigned. Each precis should contain
a brief description of the intent, and achievement of the chapter (i.e. what does it
teach?). The journal may be turned in at the end of the term for a "bonus" of up
to ten cumulative points toward ones final grade.
D. The final grade will be based on 500 points as follows:
A - 450 to 500
B - 400 to 449
C - 350 to 399
D - 300 to 349
F - below 300
E. Some Internet addresses which may be of interest.
http://www.amstat.org/
This site is the home page of the American Statistical Association. It provides links to
many other useful sites.
http://www.stat.sc.edu/rsrch/gasp/links/
This site is a linking site which points you to a number of other interesting statistical sites.
For example, you can link to the UCLA online textbook which outlines a
number of mathematical arguments which present the theoretical
underpinning for many of the basic statistics you will encounter in this
course.
http://www.fedstats.gov
This site is a gateway to federal statistics sources. Among others, it will link you to the
Census Bureau.
http://www.nara.gov
This site is gateway to national (U.S.) information sources, primarily
government.
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~chance/
This is the home page for the Chance Database. This site provides interesting
discussions on the application of statistical reasoning to everyday chance
occurrences.
http://www.coombs.anu.edu.au
This is the home page for the Australian National University Social Science
Server. It provides links to both social science and statistical resources for the
Pacific Rim.
http://www.stats.gla.ac.uk/steps/glossary/index.html
A good source for basic definitions and principles of statistics. Some good
problems as well.
COURSE ASSIGNMENT SCHEDULE
Week Ending
Assignment For Week
The Basis of Inference
Sep. 5
(C&S), Chps. 1-3
Agresti and Finlay (A&F), Chp. 4; Siegel and Castellan
Sep. 12
A&F, Chps. 5.
Sep. 19
A&F, Chps. 6; S&C, Chp. 4.
Inferences About Two Sample Differences
Sep. 26
A&F, Chp. 7; First Exam 9/19/02
Oct. 3
S&C, Chp. 6 (secs. 6.1 - 6.4, 6.6).
Inferences About Association: Proportional Reduction in Error
Oct. 10
A&F, Chp. 8; S&C, Chp. 5 (5.1 - 5.3).
Oct. 17
S&C, Chp. 9 (secs. 9.1 - 9.3); Second Exam 10/10/02.
Oct. 24
S&C, Chp. 9 (sec. 9.11).
Regression and Advanced Topics
Oct. 31
linear model); S&C,
A&F, Chp. 10 & 12 (ANOV one aspect of the general
Chp. 8 (sec. 8.3)
Nov. 7
Exam 11/1/01.
A&F, Chp.
9 Regression - simple to complex; Third
Nov. 14
A&F, Chp. 11 Continued discussion on regression
Nov. 21
Analysis of
A&F, Chp. 13 Relationship between Regression and
Variance.
Nov. 28
A&F, Chp. 14; S&C, Chp.
THANKSGIVING BEGINS
Wednesday, November 27.
8
(secs.
8.1,
8.2),
COURSE ASSIGNMENT SCHEDULE (con’t)
Week Ending
Dec. 5
Dec. 12
Dec. 17
home, the exam
Assignment For Week
Additional considerations continued
Course wrap up Tuesday only meeting.
Final Exam 7:30 - 10:00 A.M. (If final exam is a take
will be due at 12:00 P.M. on this day.)