STAT 2131

APPLIED STATISTICAL METHODS I

FALL Semester 2008-2009

CL 335

M, W 4:30 -5:45

Allan Sampson (asampson@pitt.edu)

CL2701

OFFICE HOURS: Tuesday 3-4PM and Wednesday 11-12AM

TEXTS:

Applied Linear Statistical Methods 5^th Ed.

Kutner, Nachtsheim, Neter and Li

SAS System for Regression 3rd Ed.

Freund and Littell

***NOTE*** SAS maintains a library of information that you can access at no charge.

TA: Zikai Fang (zif2@pitt.edu)

Office Hours: Monday 2-4 and by appointment CL2600

COURSE OUTLINE

This is the first semester of a two-semester course. Both semesters will cover the Kutner et al text with appropriate selections from the Freund et al text. Depending on the topic, the instructor will supplement the materials in Kutner et al with more in-depth handouts. The first semester will cover at a minimum of Chapters 1-12 of the Kutner et al text. Depending on the backgrounds of the students in the class some of Chapters 13 and 14 may also be covered in the first semester.

HOMEWORK POLICY

Homework will be assigned as the corresponding materials are covered in lecture. All homework assigned in a given week is due at the end of lecture on the following Wednesday. For example, all homework assigned during the week of August 25 - 29 will be due on September 3.

In addition, "special" more involved homework assignments will be given during the semester and these assignments will have their own due dates, separate from weekly homework due dates. These "special" assignments will be clearly so designated in class.

***NOTE*** Students are allowed and, in fact, encouraged to discuss homework with each other. However, all assignments are to be written separately. IN ADDITION, there will be a few homework assignments that will require the students to work separately. These will be clearly indicated.

RESCHEDULED CLASSES

Due to scheduling issues, there will be a need to reschedule 3 classes. The dates and times for these rescheduled classes will be discussed with the class.

MIDTERM

There will be one midterm on OCTOBER 29.

FINAL

There will be a final exam.

GRADING

Relative weights are 31% for homework, 31% for the midterm, and 38% for the final.

These weights may change slightly at the instructor's prerogative during the semester.