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| Feb. 2 | Introduction to the datasets; database structures; available software |
Selvin, c. 1 Optional: Krause & Olsen, c. 1-4 |
| Feb. 9 | Measures of location, spread, and confidence intervals; Exploratory data analysis and graphic display |
Selvin, c. 2; Ellison (1993) Optional: Krause & Olsen, c. 5-7 |
| Feb. 16 | Elementary probability theory, parametric assumptions, hypothesis testing, P-values and statistical power | Selvin, c. 3; Peterman (1990); Ottenbacher (1996) |
| Feb. 23 | Correlation and linear regression |
Selvin, c. 4, pp. 195-226 only Optional: Krause & Olsen, c. 8, pp. 223-232 only |
| Mar. 2 | Other forms of regression |
Selvin, c. 4, pp. 227-265 only Optional: Krause & Olsen, c. 8, pp. 235-237 only |
| Mar. 9 | Analysis of tabular data: beyond the chi-square test | Selvin c. 6 |
| Mar. 16 | No class (Aaron out of town) | |
| Mar. 30 | Regression when independent variables are categorical: Analysis of Variance |
Selvin c. 7, pp. 361-390 only Optional: Krause & Olsen, c. 8, pp. 233-235 only |
| Apr. 6 | No class (Science Symposium) | |
| Apr. 13 | Multivariate explorations: Principal Components Analysis, Cluster Analysis, and Discriminant Analysis | Selvin, c. 7, pp. 391-406 only |
| Apr. 20 | Survivorship analysis |
Selvin, c. 8 Optional: Krause & Olsen, c. 8, pp. 237-239 only |
| Apr. 27 | No class (Aaron out of town) | |
| May 4 | Statistical estimation | Selvin, c. 5 |
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