STSCI 502: CATEGORICAL DATA ANALYSIS 

SPRING 2008: MWF 9:05-9:55am (Feb.11-22), Upson 315

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

GRADING: 
Grades will be based on two homework assignments.

HOMEWORK: 
Homework will be posted on the course website on Fridays and collected in class the following Friday.

COURSE DESCRIPTION: 
This is an introductory course on statistical methods for analyzing categorical data. It will assume
a basic knowledge of statistical concepts and methodology such as confidence intervals, p-values,
t-tests, and linear regression. Application of the methods will be illustrated using SAS, JMP and R.