STATISTICS

HESC 602

Fall 2001

Tentative Course Outline

Instructor:  James G. Richards, PhD

Office:  148 Human Performance Laboratory

Telephone:  831-6796

Hours:  TWR 10-12 or by appointment

Course Objectives:

1. To develop a basic vocabulary of statistical terminology and symbols.

2. To be able to calculate and interpret basic descriptive statistics.

3. To be able to appropriately apply and interpret various tests of significance.

4. To exhibit a knowledge of fundamental experimental design theory by being able to appropriately analyze data from various experiments.

5. To exhibit the ability to use existing computer programs to calculate statistical measures.

Course Outline:			Textbook Link
I. Descriptive Statistics			Basic Statistics
	A. Scales of numbers
	B. Measures of central tendency
	C. Measures of variability
	D. Normal probability
	E. Standard scores
	F. Percentiles
II. Correlation and Regression			Correlation theory
	A. Basic correlation theory
	B. Rank Order correlations
	C. Pearson Product-Moment correlation
	D. Regression and prediction
	E. Multiple correlation		Multiple regression
		1. Part correlation
		2. Partial correlation
	F. Multiple Regression
III. Inferential Statistics:
	A. One and Two-tailed tests
	B. t-test for dependent and independent groups		T-tests for dependent and independent groups
	C. One-way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA)		Concept behind ANOVA, Assumptions
	D. Two-way ANOVA		Multifactor Anovas
	E. Post Hoc Tests		Post Hoc Tests
	F. Repeated Measures designs		Repeated Measures
	G. Nested designs		Complex Designs
IV.Analysis of Frequencies:
	A. General features of Chi-Square		Overview of Chi-Square
	B. Chi-Square goodness of fit
	C. Chi-Square test of independence
V. Additional Topics (as time permits):
	A. Principles of experimental design
	B. Multivariate tests
		1. MANOVA	MANOVA
		2. Discriminate Function Analysis

Evaluation:

Midterm Exam (in class):	35%
Midterm Exam (take home):	15%
Final Exam (in class):	35%
Final Exam (take home):	15%

Required Textbooks:

Online: http://www.statsoft.com/textbook/stathome.html

Required Software:

Statistica Student Version, Statsoft, Inc., Tulsa, OK

Supplementary Links:

Web Resources on Power Analysis

Power/Sample Size Calculation Tools

Assignments

Date Due	Directions	Data Files
9/7/01	Assignment#1.doc	K2_normals.sta
9/14/01	GripStrength.html, Golf.html	Golf.STA
9/20/01	Regression Assignment 2
9/27/01	Regression Assignment 3
10/4/01	ANOVA Assignment 1
10/11/01	ANOVA Assignment 2
11/08/01	Reliability Assignment
11/15/01	Chi Square Assignment
11/29/01	Discriminant Analysis Assignment