Stat 200 Basic Applied Statistics

Spring 2013, Mon.Wed.Fri. 10:00 (CRN 10908) or 11:00 (CRN 10909) or 12:00 (CRN 10933) CL 232, 4 credits
Department of Statistics
University of Pittsburgh

Instructor Dr. Nancy Pfenning
Office Cathedral 2710
Website www.pitt.edu/~nancyp/stat-0200/index.html
E-mail nancypfenning@gmail.com
Phone 521-8349 (home, if urgent, before 10pm)
  624-8336 (during office hours)
Office Hrs Thurs. 10:00-1:00 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

News

  • Powerpoint Lecture Slides
  • Practice Quizzes and Solutions
  • Blank Homework Forms (to be printed if you didn't pick one up in class)
  • Recitations on the following dates will be held in the Stat Lab 435 CL (enter on Bigelow side of Cathedral, take steps up to 4th floor): Jan. 8-11, Feb.19-22, Apr.9-12, Apr.16-19.
  • Student Survey data: Fall2012StudentSurveyData.txt a tab-delimited text file, is now available. To download it into MINITAB, type ctrl A to highlight, ctrl C to copy, start up MINITAB, type ctrl V to paste it. If it asks about delimiters, click OK.
  • Here is a brief guide to MINITAB 16 Basics , used in this course.
  • MINITAB is available on the PCs at all campus computing labs, such as Cathedral, Forbes Quad, Benedum, and of course the Stat Lab. If in addition you would like to have MINITAB on your PC, Pitt's Software Download Service offers MINITAB for free. Alternatively, a free fully functional demo can be downloaded from www.minitab.com BUT it will only run for 30 days, so consider waiting until later in the semester!

    Description

    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.

    Prerequisites

    MATH 0031 (Algebra) or equivalent. No Comp. Sci. background needed.

    Textbook/Calculator

    Pfenning Elementary Statistics: Looking at the Big Picture (c)2011 Brooks/Cole, Cengage Learning, STUDENT edition. If you'd like to consult other statistics books for reference, ask me in office hours. A calculator (any kind) is needed.

    Requirements

    Homework,computer lab problems, quizzes, two midterms, and a comprehensive final exam.

    Grading

    12 Homeworks 350
    12 Lab Problems 50
    Best 10 of 11 Quizzes 100
    Midterm 1 150
    Midterm 2 150
    Final Exam [see calendar for dates] 250
    Total 1050
    Course % Total divided by 10

    Course Grade

    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.

    Recitations: *Check this website for office hour updates.*

    10:00 Lecture John Cuda; email jrc87@pitt.edu Office Hrs* Thursdays 1:00-3:00 in WWPH 2433
    • Tuesday, 9:00-9:50 CL 321 [CRN 10923]
    • Tuesday, 10:00-10:50 CL 116 [CRN 10924]
    • Tuesday, 11:00-11:50 CL 321 [CRN 10925]
    • Tuesday, 2:00-2:50 CL 226 [CRN 10922]
    11:00 Lecture Cory Holbein (all but Wed 12:00) email coh25@pitt.edu Office Hours Weds. 3:00-5:00 in CL 2712 or 2709
    • Wednesday, 12:00-12:50 CL 226 [CRN 10926]
    • Wednesday, 1:00-1:50 CL 226 [CRN 10927]
    • Wednesday, 2:00-2:50 CL 226 [CRN 10928]
    • Thursday, 9:00-9:50 CL 219 [CRN 11076]
    12:00 Lecture Xiaonan Zhu (all but Thurs 4:00) email xiz97@pitt.edu Office Hrs* Tues. 2:00-3:00, Thurs. 3:00-4:00 in CL 2617
    • Thursday, 4:00-4:50 CL 237 [CRN 10934]
    • Friday, 9:00-9:50 CL 302 [CRN 10935]
    • Friday, 10:00-10:50 CL 302 [CRN 11259]
    • Friday, 11:00-11:50 CL 302 [CRN 10936]
    11:00 Lecture, Wed 12:00 recitation and 12:00 Lecture, Thurs 4:00 recitation Yun Zhang; email yuz52@pitt.edu Office Hrs* Weds. 1:00-2:45 in CL 2600

    Recitations will concentrate on the use of MINITAB (our computer package) and on the clarification and review of lecture material. All quizzes except Quiz 10 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


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