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Basic Applied Statistics
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| Instructor | Dr. Nancy Pfenning |
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| Office | Cathedral 2710 |
| Website | www.pitt.edu/~nancyp |
| nancypfenning@gmail.com | |
| Phone | 624-8729 (statistics office, leave message with secretary) |
| 521-8349 (home, if urgent, before 10pm) | |
| 624-8336 (during office hours) | |
| Office Hrs | Wed. 1:00-2:00, Thurs. 10:00-11:45 in CL 2710 or by appt. |
| Stat Lab | For hours of operation and names of TAs on staff, see schedule but avoid times when it's been reserved (scroll down to their calendar). Lab is in 435 Cathedral (take stairs up from Bigelow side of Cathedral). |
| Tutors | Contact the Academic Resource Center 648-7920 for free tutoring by undergrads or visit their website or see their weekly schedule and click on "Statistics" for information on both drop-in and appointment hours. |
This is a course for students who wish to learn basic methods in order to analyze simple studies and experiments. This course will present the basic methods of applied statistics, utilizing an easy-to-use interactive statistical computing package called MINITAB. Students will be provided with readily understandable and intuitive descriptions of statistical analyses. The topics to be covered include: basic descriptive statistics for univariate and bivariate data, very elementary probability theory, random samplings from populations and random allocation to experimental treatments, sampling distributions, concepts of confidence intervals and hypothesis testing, tests of means in one-sample, two-sample, paired-sample and standard analysis of variance contexts. Categorical data analysis will also be discussed. Most students taking this course will probably not pursue further formal undergraduate study in applied statistics.
MATH 0031 (Algebra) or equivalent. No Comp. Sci. background needed.
Homework assignments , computer lab problems, quizzes, two midterms, and a comprehensive final exam.
| 12 Homeworks | 350 |
| 12 Lab Problems | 50 |
| Best 10 of 11 Quizzes | 100 |
| Midterm 1 | 150 |
| Midterm 2 | 150 |
| Final Exam | 250 |
| Total | 1050 |
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| Course % | Total divided by 10 |
90-105% A; 80-89% B; etc. Plusses are assigned to the students at the top of each grade range and minuses to the students at the bottom. None of us can know in advance if an individual student will be a "borderline case"; completing all the assignments throughout the semester can help you to optimize your chances for the best possible grade; no late homeworks will be accepted.
Pfenning--- Statistics: Looking at the Big Picture, manuscript for future publication by CENGAGE Learning, available in bookstore, royalty-free. Previous editions may be purchased used. A calculator is needed; any kind will do.
Instructor: Amy White amw75@pitt.edu Office Hours* Wednesdays 11:00-12:00 and Thursdays 12:00-1:00 in 2422 Posvar Hall
Recitations will concentrate on the use of MINITAB (our computer package) and on the clarification and review of lecture material. All quizzes except Quiz 11 will be administered in recitation. In addition, individual questions, especially those pertaining to the homework assignments, may be addressed.
Note: The material in this course is cumulative in nature. Thus, it is important not to fall behind in your reading or assignments or you will find yourself lost. If you are confused, see me or your recitation instructor for help.
Note to Students with Disabilities: If you have a disability for which you are or may be requesting an accommodation, you are encouraged to contact both your instructor and Disability Resources and Services, 216 WPU (412) 648-7890, as early as possible in the term. DRS will verify your disability and determine reasonable accommodations for this course. See their website www.drs.pitt.edu