Class Meets : Tuesday and Thursday from 1:30 to 3:00 PM in 145 Coates

Professor: JAMES P. GEAGHAN  

Office

 67 Agriculture Administration Building 

Office hours

 Tuesdays, 10:30 - 11:30 (or call for appointment anytime)

Telephone

 (225) 578 - 8303 

Internet materials

 http://www.stat.lsu.edu/faculty/geaghan/jpghome.html

 

Labs are held in Room 11, Ag Admin Bldg. 

Lab Instructor

  Ryan Machtmes

Office

  59 Agriculture Administration Building 

Office hours

  TBA by Instructor

Lab Times

  Tuesday 3:40 AM - 5:30 PM and Wednesday 10:40 AM -12:30 PM  

 

Grading Points:

3 exams @ 100 points each 

300

 

1 final @ 150 points 

150

 

Quizzes: 2 Lab practicum @ 25 points each

  50

 

Quizzes: Daily quizzes on random dates @ 25 points total

  25

 

Weekly lab assignments @ 100 points total 

100

 

TOTAL 

625

 

Exam Schedule: 

First Exam

Thursday, February 16, 2006 – Exam 1

Second Exam

Thursday, March 23, 2006 – Exam 2

Third Exam

Thursday, April 27, 2006 – Exam 3

Final Exam

Monday, May 08, 20065:30 PM - 6:30 PM – Final Exam

 

Course Grading:

(Exam1%+Exam2%+Exam3%+Lab%+0.75*Quiz%+1.5*Final%)/625=Score 

 

Letter grade

Guaranteed minimum letter grade assignment 

 

 

90 - 100 points, minimum grade of

A

 

80 - 89.9 points 

B

 

70 - 79.9 points 

C

 

60 - 69.9 points 

D

 

 

 

 

 


TEXT (recommended, not required): Freund, Rudolph J. and William J. Wilson. 2003. Statistical Methods, Academic Press, N.Y. (revised edition (1997) acceptable, 1993 edition unadvisable)

Catalog Course Description : EXST7005 Basic concepts of statistical models and use of samples; measures of variation and central tendency; normal, t, chi-square, and F distributions; tests of hypothesis, analysis of variance, regression, and correlation; emphasis on field oriented life science research problems.

Course outline

Reference Text: Freund and Wilson

Page numbers

Topic

1997

2003

I Introduction

Chapt 1

Chapt 1

 

Course Objectives 

 

Definitions 

 

II Location and Dispersion

19

19

III Coefficient of Variation & Other measures

28

28

IV Exploratory Analysis Plots

32

32

V Probability & Sampling Distributions

62

62

 

Discrete Distributions

76

76

Continuous Distributions

81

81

Normal Distribution and Z tables

83

83

Distribution of Sample Means

91

91

The Chi Square Distribution

101

102

The t distribution

104

105

The F distribution

106

106

VI Tests of Hypothesis

117

117

 

Testing Hypotheses of Means

159

161

Testing Hypotheses of Variance

169

169

Equality of 2 Population Means

185

185

VII Analysis of Variance (ANOVA)

219

219

VIII Post-ANOVA Techniques

242

242

IX ANOVA (unequal sample size)

270

270

 

Factorial Treatment Arrangements 

417

417

Randomized Block Design

464

464

X Regression and Correlation

287

287

X Multiple-Regression

333

333