STAT 518 (Nonparametric Statistics)

Fall 2013

Instructor

David Hitchcock, associate professor of statistics

Syllabus

Syllabus: (Word document) or (pdf document)

Office Hours -- Fall 2013

MWF 10:45-11:45 a.m., Tues 11:00-12:00, Thur 10:00-11:00 a.m., 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 12:00 - 12:50 p.m., LC 201A

Current Textbook

Practical Nonparametric Statistics (3rd Edition), by W.J. Conover, Wiley, 1999.

Course Description

518—Nonparametric Statistical Methods (3) (Prereq: A grade of C or better in STAT 515 or equivalent) Application of nonparametric statistical methods rather than mathematical development. Levels of measurement, comparisons of two independent populations, comparisons of two dependent populations, test of fit, nonparametric analysis of variance, and correlation.

Purpose: To introduce the principles and applications of commonly used nonparametric methods. To compare these methods to their parametric counterparts. To introduce the basic methods for analyzing contingency tables.

Course Notes

You are encouraged to print out these notes ahead of time and bring them to class.

Homework

Some Practice Problems for the Final Exam

Homework Solutions

R Code for Class Examples

Formula Sheets

You may bring to the first exam one standard-sized sheet of paper with anything you want written on it (for example, you should write any formulas you may need).

You may bring to the second exam one standard-sized sheet of paper with anything you want written on it (for example, you should write any formulas you may need).

You may bring to the final exam one standard-sized sheet of paper with anything you want written on it (for example, you should write any formulas you may need).

Review Sheets

Information about Project

Exam Solutions

Exams