Instructor: Ramón V.
León
Textbook: Statistics and
Data Analysis: From Elementary to Intermediate by Ajit C. Tamhane and Dorothy D. Dunlop, Prentice Hall, 2000.
Book Report: Calculated
Risks: How To Know When Numbers Deceive You by Gerd Gigerenzer. You are
to turn in a short book report on this book that clearly shows that you have
read and understood the book. You can do additional book reports for extra
credit. Some suggestions for books are given at Book Reports for
Bonus Points
Software: SAS JMP Version 7 and maybe JMP8 beta if I can
make it available to all my students. Enrolled students may download a one-year
license of SAS JMP 7 using the their NetID and password at https://web.dii.utk.edu/softwaredistribution/
You also need to have access to MS Word.
Many comments that I make on you exams submitted via email use advanced MS Word
features. You must also have the equations editor of MS Word installed. It may
not be good enough for you to have Word Perfect and translate to MS Word format
though I have never seen a problem.
You can contact the UT computer store, phone
865-974-2930 or email uccs@tennessee.edu
to get an educational version of Microsoft Office which includes MS Word.
Catalog Description: 571 Statistical Methods (3) Data collection
strategies. Descriptive statistics. Probability distributions, simulation of
random variables, sampling distributions. Estimation and hypothesis testing,
regression, Chi-Square test for categorical data, simple design of experiments,
nonparametric methods. Use of statistical software. Prereq: 1 yr. of calculus
and a statistics course.
Attendance: Strongly encouraged so that you can interact with me
for students on campus. For distance students this means listening to the
lectures in real time so that you can interact with me by asking me questions.
In cases where it is impossible for you to listen to the lecture in real time,
maybe because of a conflict you must listen to the lecture recording available
through Centra. I will deliberately cover some material in the lectures that
won’t be in the book or the lecture notes.
Homework:
Homework in a Word file will be collected and graded. Email it to the teaching
assistant Qin Xu at qxu@utk.edu.
Tests: There will be two midterm exams and a final exam (though if the class
runs slow we may omit the second midterm. The midterm exams will be take-home,
the final is in-class or proctored for distance students. The final will be
closed-book but one can bring up to fifteen pages of notes. I suggest that you
prepare these notes as the semester proceeds. On-campus students will meet in
our classroom, PBB 113, on Thursday, December 11th from 2:45 to 4:45
p.m. For distance students the exam can be taken at anytime that day depending
on what is convenient for the student and the proctor.
Project: You are to find a data set for you to analyze. You will submit a
written proposal by email describing the data set, the analysis that you plan
to do, and the questions that you plan to answer with your data and analysis.
You need to submit with your proposal the JMP file containing your data. Upon
my approval of this proposal you are to analyze the data and write a report
with your analysis. The report should be submitted by email to at rleon@utk.edu as an MS Word document attachment. The
JMP file with the project data should also be attached. See Project for suggestions.
Grade: Your final grade will be computed as:
If the class goes slow and we have to omit Test II
then Test I with be 20% of the grade and the final exam 35%
Bonus Points: You can also get a bonus point by writing additional book reports. This bonus point will be
used to bump your grade up if you are borderline.
Grades will be computed on the usual
90,80,70... scale, unless the class average is low.
Disability: If you need course adaptations or accommodations
because of a documented disability or if you have emergency information to
share, please contact the Office of
Disability Services at 191 Hoskins Library at 974-6087. This will ensure
that you are properly registered for services.
