Class Syllabus

Date

Topic

Reading

Assignment

September 4

Introduction, Role of Statistical Analysis in Research

Meier & Brudney Chapter 9

September 11

Measurement & Descriptive Statistics

Meier & Brudney 111-120
Chapter 1(skip section on grouped data)

September 18

Descriptive Statistics

Meier & Brudney Chapter 1 & 2

H.W # 1 due

September 25

Contingency Tables & Probability

Meier & Brudney Chapter 14

October 2

Probability & Probability Distributions

Meier & Brudney

Chapter 5

H.W # 2 due

October 9

Introduction to Inference & Hypothesis Testing

Chapter 10 & 11

Meier & Brudney

October 16

Midterm

H.W # 3 due

October 23

T-tests

Meier & Brudney

Chapter 12 & 13

October 30

Anova

Kranzler & Morsund Chapter 8

H.W # 4 due

November 13

Association for Categorical variables

Kranzler & Morsund Chapter 9

November 20

Odds Ratios/ Correlation

Kranzler & Morsund Chapter 4

Handout

H.W # 5 due

November 27

�Regression

Meier & Brudney

Chapter 17

December 3

Regression

Meier & Brudney

Chapter 18

H.W. # 6 due in my mailbox 12/6 5:00 p.m.

December 10

Final Exam

Report due date of final exam