BTRY 602: STATISTICAL METHODS II

SPRING 2008: MWF 11:15-12:05P, PS 233

Instructor: Professor Jim Booth, BSCB
Office: 1178 Comstock Hall
Email: jb383@cornell.edu
Phone: 254-6505
Office Hours: Monday 3:30-5pm, Thursday 1:30-3pm

Text: Ott and Longnecker (2001)
"Statistical Methods and Data Analysis", 5th Edition
ISBN: 0-534-25122-6

Software: JMP (http://cusoftware.cornell.edu/cusoftware/purchase/jmp.cfm)

GRADING: Grades will be based on weekly homework assignments,
    lab attendance, two prelims and a final exam.

HOMEWORK: Homework assignments will be posted on the course
    website on Wednesdays and collected after class on 
    Friday the following week. (Homework may not be assigned 
    every week.) Students may discuss homework problems with 
    one another, but must write up their solutions on their own.

POINTS: Prelims 50\%. Final 25\%. Homework 25\%

PRELIM DATES: Feb.19 and Mar.27, 7:30-9:30pm

LABS: Labs will be held biweekly, beginning in week 2.

Tentative Course Outline:
    Essentially Chapters 11-19 of the course text.
    Some additional related material will also be covered.

    Review of simple linear regression (Chapter 11)
    Multiple linear regression and the GLM (Chapters 12-13)
    Basic design concepts (Chapter 14)
    ANOVA for standard designs (Chapter 15)
    Analysis of covariance (Chapter 16)
    Random and mixed effects models (Chapter 17)
    Repeated measures (Chapter 18)
    Unbalanced and incomplete designs (Chapter 19)

Related References:
    Agresti (1996). "An Introduction to Categorical Data Analysis"
    Neter, Kutner, Nachtscheim and Wasserman (1996). "Applied
      Linear Statistical Models", 4th Edition
    Winer (1971). "Statistical Principles in Experimental Design"