Q SCI 482 - Course Outline - Winter 2013
Statistical Inference in Applied Research I:
Hypothesis Testing and Estimation for Ecologists and Resource Managers
Dr. Eric C. Turnblom, Instructor
Colton Miller, TA
Text: Zar, J.H. 2010. Biostatistical Analysis. 5th Edition, Prentice-Hall. 944 pp.
Lecture Notes: "The Ave" Copy Center, 4141 University Way NE.
Lecture Topics, Lab & Exam Schedule, and Assigned Reading in Zar [in square braces]:
I. Introduction, Logistics, ReviewWeek 1
II. Inferencefrom Interval/Ratio Data: One or Two PopulationsWeek 1
III. Inferencesabout One or Two Populations: When assumptions fail Week 3
IV. Inferences aboutMultiple PopulationsWeek 5
EXAM 1Feb 14, 2013Week 6
V. Inferences about Multiple Populations: Treatment StructureWeek 7
VI.Inferences about Multiple Populations: Variance ReductionWeek 7
VII. Inferences about MultiplePopulations: When assumptions failWeek 8
VIII. Inferencefrom Ordinal & Nominal DataWeek 9
EXAM2 Mar 21, 2013, 8:30 – 10:20AM, EEB 003Finals Week
Week 1[Reading in Zar]
I. Introduction, Logistics, Review
Jan 71. Course Logistics; Review of Data Types, Normal distribution[1 – 5, 6.1]
Jan 82. Central Limit Theorem and Z-tests [6.2]
Jan 93. Hypothesis testing review [6.3, 6.4]
Jan 10Lab 1
II. Inference from Interval/Ratio Data: One or Two Populations
Jan 114. One sample t-test [7.1 – 7.4]
Week 2
Jan 145. Power and sample size calculations for one mean [7.7]
Jan 156. Chi-square tests on a variance [7.11 – 7.13]
Jan 167. Two-sample t-tests [8.1]
Jan 17Lab 2
Jan 188. Confidence Intervals, Power and sample size [8.2, 8.4]
Week 3
Jan 21No class [Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Birthday is a holiday at UW]
Jan 229. F-test on two variances [8.5, 8.6]
Jan 2310. Paired t-test [9.1-9.3]
Jan 24Lab 3
III. Inferences about One or Two Populations: When assumptions fail
Jan 2511. Graphical assessment of normality [6.5, 6.6, 7.5]
Week 4
Jan 2812. Nonparametric two-sample tests [8.10, 8.11]
Jan 29AT12. Nonparametric squared ranks test on two variances [Conover]
Jan 3013. Nonparametric signed rank test [9.5]
Jan 31Lab 4
Feb 114. K-S goodness-of-fit test for continuous data [22.8]
Week 5[Reading in Zar]
IV. Inferences about Multiple Populations
Feb 415. Single factor (one way) ANOVA [10.1]
Feb 516. ANOVA examples and graphical interpretation [10.1]
Feb 617. ANOVA and the t-test, alternative response models, CI estimation[10.1, 10.2]
Feb 7Lab 5
Feb 818. Power, sample size in ANOVA [10.3]
Week 6
Feb 1119. Multiple comparisons among means, HSD and SNK [11.1, 11.2]
Feb 1220. CIs following mult. comparisons, comparing a control mean to every other group
mean [11.2, 11.3}
Feb 13Catch-up/Review
Feb 14EXAM 1 DURING LAB. Covers Topics 1-18 plus any "Additional Topic" material covered in class, as well as corresponding relevant chapter sections in Zar (2010).
Feb 1521. Scheffe's multiple contrasts [11.4]
Week 7
V. Inferences about Multiple Populations: Treatment Structure
Feb 18No class[Presidents’ Day is an holiday at UW]
Feb 1922. Factorial treatment design [12.1]
Feb 2023. Fixed, random, and mixed models [12.1]
Feb 21Lab 7
VI. Inferences about More than Two Populations: Variance Reduction
Feb 2224. Randomized block design[12.4]
Week 8
Feb 25AT24. Generalized block design, review of ANOVA models
VII. Inferences about Multiple Populations: When assumptions fail
Feb 2625. Data transformation [13]
Feb 2726. Nonparametric ANOVA--Kruskal-Wallis test [10.4]
Feb 28Lab 8
Mar 1AT26. Nonparametric Multiple Comparisons & Contrasts [11.5, 11.6]
Week 9
VIII. Inference from Ordinal & Nominal Data
Mar 427. K-S goodness-of-fit test for ordinal data [22.8]
Mar 528. Chi-square goodness-of-fit tests [22.1 - 22.3]
Mar 629. Subdividing after a chi-square goodness-of-fit test [22.3, 22.4, 22.7]
Mar 7Lab 9
Mar 830. Contingency table data [23.1-23.3]
Week 10
Mar 1131. 2 x 2 tables; Continuity Correction [23.3, 24.10, 24.11]
Mar 1232. R x C tables and subdividing [23.6, 23.7]
Mar 13Further Topics in Statistical Inference
Mar 14Lab 10
Mar 15Review, Course Evaluations
Exam 2 . Covers Topics 19 –32 plus any "Additional Topic" material covered in class, as well as corresponding relevant chapter sections in Zar (2010).
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