STAT 515 (Statistical Methods I)

Spring 2020

Instructor

David Hitchcock, associate professor of statistics

Syllabus

Syllabus: (Word document) or (pdf document)

Office Hours -- Spring 2020

Mon 2:15-3:00 pm, Tuesday 11:00-11:45 am, Wednesday 2:15-3:00 pm, Thursday 10:45-11:30 am, or please feel free to make an appointment to see me at other times.

Office: 209A LeConte College
Phone: 777-5346
E-mail: hitchcock@stat.sc.edu

Class Meeting Time

MWF, 10:50 am - 11:40 am, LeConte 113

Current Textbook:

Statistics, 13th edition, by McClave and Sincich.

Course Description

515-Statistical Methods I. (3) (Prereq: a grade of C or higher in MATH 122 or MATH 141; or both MATH 111 or higher and any statistics class) Applications and principles of elementary probability, essential discrete and continuous probability distributions, sampling distributions, estimation, and hypothesis testing. Inferences for means, variances, proportions, one-way ANOVA, simple linear regression, and contingency tables. Statistical packages such as SAS or R.

Learning Objectives: By the end of the term successful students should be able to do the following:

  • Demonstrate an understanding of and use basic statistical terminology.
  • Recognize and be able to apply standard discrete and continuous probability distributions, including the binomial, hypergeometric, Poisson, normal and exponential distributions.
  • Demonstrate an understanding of the variation in data and its relationship to the normal-theory based sampling distributions for the mean, variance, and ratio of two variances, including the concept of robustness.
  • Conduct inference using parameter estimation and hypothesis testing for one and two samples, simple linear regression, one-way analysis of variance, and contingency tables, including use of appropriate technology.
  • Interpret and explain the results of inferential procedures in the appropriate context.

    Course Notes

    Some Filled-in Course Notes

    STAT 515 Review of Initial Material

    Introductory STAT 515 Videos to Replace Videos on Dr. Habing's Link Above

    STAT 515 Supplementary Material

    Computing Tips: R

    Computing Tips: SAS Example Code

    Access Instructions for SAS


    After going to the entry page, create a student account. You will receive an enrollment link in an email from the course instructor. Once your account is created, you can access SAS Studio by going to the Control Center:

    Homework

    All problem numbers are from Statistics, 13th edition, by McClave and Sincich.

    Homework Solutions

    Data Sets

    Information about Final Exam

    Review Sheets for Exams

    Formula Sheets for Exams

    Exam Solutions

    Online Lectures

    Exams