SCHEDULE OF TOPICS - 2001

Date 

Topic

Reading
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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