STA 240 Applied Data Analysis for the Environmental Sciences

Instructor: Dave Higdon, 216 Old Chem, higdon@stat.duke.edu
Office Hours: Mon and Wed 2 - 3; Old Chem 216

TA: German Molina, 211 Old Chem, german@stat.duke.edu
Office Hours: Th 3 - 5; Old Chem 211

Meeting Times: Tues and Thurs, 12:40 - 1:55, A247 LSRC

Text:

cover

Fred L. Ramsey and Daniel W. Schafer
The Statistical Sleuth

Software:

Splus

S-Plus 4.5 for Windows, Student Edition- NEW!
by Math Soft, Inc. ©1999
ISBN: 0-534-35873-X



Course Topics
exploratory / graphical data analysis
randomization / bootstrap based inference
comparing two or more populations
linear regression
analysis of variance models
modeling variability: random effects, nesting, repeated measures
dealing with many variables

Course Schedule
week topic assignment due solution
31 Aug Splus intro, describing a distribution lab0 lab1 lab 1 due 9 Sept solutions
7 Sept Splus, graphical analysis lab2 21 Sept solutions plot1 plot2 plot3
21 Sept Splus, Ch 1 & 2 hw3 28 Sept solutions
30 Sept Splus, Ch 2 & 3 hw4 7 Oct hints sol
7 Oct Ch 3 hw5 14 Oct solutions
18 Oct Ch 4 midterm on 21st 21 Oct solutions
25 Oct perm tests and bootstrap no hw this week
1 Nov bootstrap & Ch 5 hw6 4 Nov solutions
8 Nov Ch 6 and 13 hw7 11 Nov solutions
15 Nov Ch 13 midterm 2 23 Nov solutions


Important Dates:
21 Oct Midterm
23 Nov Takehome Midterm Due
TBA Poster Session Final


Grading:
Homework 15%
Midterms 25% each
Final 35%


Additional links

Some splus examples from class
Computing Information
Datasets from The Statistical Sleuth