AMS 572.01
Data Analysis
Fall, 2013
INSTRUCTOR: Professor Wei Zhu
E-MAIL: zhu@ams.sunysb.edu
PHONE: 632-8374
OFFICE: Math Tower P-138
OFFICE HOURS: Tuesday/Thursday 2:30-3:30PM
CLASS: Tuesday/Thursday 10:00-11:20AM, Frey Hall 205
WEBSITE: http://www.ams.sunysb.edu/~zhu/
TA: Si Wen
E-MAIL: siwen.statistics@gmail.com
OFFICE: Harriman 010
OFFICE HOURS: Wednesday 2:30-3:30PM & Friday 1:00-2:00PM
Pre-requisite:
The pre-requisite of this class is AMS 312 ‘Introduction to Mathematical Statistics’ or equivalent.
Text Books:
1. Statistics and Data Analysis; by Tamhane and Dunlop; Prentice Hall.
* We will cover Chapters 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12 in lectures.
* Chapters 11, 13, 14, 15 will be covered in group projects.
* You must review Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4 by yourselves.
2. Applied Statistics and the SAS Programming Language, 5th or latest edition, by Cody and Smith.
* We will cover Chapters 3, 5, 6, 7 in lectures.
* Chapters 8, 9, 10 will be covered in group projects.
* You should also purchase the SAS program (software), with your student ID, from the Seawolves
Market Place located just off the main lobby in the Student Activities Center (SAC).
* You are also recommended to learn more SAS from its on-line resources:
http://support.sas.com/documentation/onlinedoc/stat/
Homework:
Assignments will be given every week – they will not be collected (*however a due date is specified
so you know by which time you should get the HW done) – the solutions will be posted on our class
website. The related HW questions are good candidates for quizzes, midterm and final exam.
Tests: (All exams are close book exams)
Quizzes: one per week, close book exam.
Midterm Exam: October 24, Thursday, in class.
Final Exam: Friday, December 13, 2013, 11:15AM-1:45PM, in class.
Group Project: Due November 19, Tuesday, before class.
Grading:
Quizzes: 15%; Midterm Exam 30%;
Group Project: 25%; Final Exam 30%