SK 700/701
| SK 700/701 | Introduction to Statistics/Multivariate Analysis | Robert Gebotys |
INTRODUCTION
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Introduction to Course/Assignments
Introduction to SPSS Computer Package - SPSS Manual
LINK TO RICE STATISTICS VIRTUAL LAB
CHAPTER 1: LOOKING AT DATA-DISTRIBUTIONS
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Graphs
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Stemplots
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Histograms
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Mean
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Median
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Standard
deviation
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Normal probability
calculations
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SPSS Example One: descriptive statistics, histogram, boxplot, stem and leaf
SPSS Example Two: normal probability plot
SPSS Example Three: normal calculations
SPSS Example Four: normal calculations
Practise Assignment:
1.23,1.49,1.88,1.104,1.105, (SPSS do example 1)
CHAPTER 2: LOOKING AT DATA-RELATIONSHIPS
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Scatterplots
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correlation
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Least squares
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Residuals
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Outliers
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Influential
observations
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Categorical data
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Causation
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SPSS Example One- Part One: scatterplot
SPSS Example One- Part Two: fit a line to data
Practise Assignment:
2.7,2.37,2.65 (use SPSS examples as template, report correlation and r squared),
CHAPTER 3: PRODUCING DATA
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Internet
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Library
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Randomization
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Sampling design
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Sampling distribution
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Variability of
statistic
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SPSS Example One: how to select a random sample
SPSS Example Two: sampling distribution of the mean - any population
SPSS Example Three: sampling distribution of a proportion - any population
Practise Assignment:
3.43,3.47 plus SPSS example 1 and 2
CHAPTER 4: PROBABILITY: THE STUDY OF RANDOMNESS
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Probability
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Uses
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Practise
Assignment
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Basic rules
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Practise Assignment:
4.13
CHAPTER 5: FROM PROBABILITY TO INFERENCE
Key Words
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SPSS Example One: sampling distribution of the mean - normal population
Practise Assignment:
see answers please
CHAPTER 6: INTRODUCTION TO INFERENCE
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Confidence
intervals
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Behavior test of
significance
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Use of tests
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Power of test
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SPSS Example One: confidence interval simulation
Practise Assignment:
6.6,6.9,6.13,6.45a,6.49 run spss example 1(how many intervals capture the mean)
CHAPTER 7: INFERENCE FOR DISTRIBUTIONS
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Inference for
mean
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Two means
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Confidence
intervals
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z & t tests
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F test for
variances
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X 2 for
variance
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SPSS Example One: one sample t - test
SPSS Example Two: paired sample t - test
SPSS Example Three: two independent samples t - test
Practise Assignment:
7.34, 7.42a,c,d(SPSS), 7.75, 7.76b,c(SPSS), 7.97
CHAPTER 8: INFERENCE FOR PROPORTIONS
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Inference for
single
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Two proportions
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Confidence
intervals
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Tests of
significance
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X 2 test for model
fit
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Practise Assignment:
8.47
CHAPTER 9: INFERENCE FOR TWO-WAY TABLES
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Inference for two-way
tables
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Hypothesis tests
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X2 test
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Residuals
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Expected
value
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SPSS Example One: chi-square test of independence
Practise Assignment:
see answers please
CHAPTER 10: INFERENCE FOR REGRESSION
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Simple linear
regression
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Least square
estimate
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Inference and confidence
intervals for parameters
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Prediction
intervals
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ANOVA table
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R
2
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Residuals
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SPSS Example One - Part One: Inference for Regression
SPSS Example One - Part Two: Inference for Regression
Practise Assignment:
10.13, 10.14, 10.15b,c (one SPSS program for all questions)
CHAPTER 11: MULTIPLE REGRESSION
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Multiple linear
regression
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Least square
estimates
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Inference and confidence
intervals for parameters
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Prediction
intervals
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ANOVA table - Test of hypothesis
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R
2
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Residuals
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SPSS Example One - Part One: Inference for Multiple Regression
SPSS Example One - Part Two: Inference for Multiple Regression
Practise Assignment:
10.8, 10.9a, 10.10 (one SPSS program for all questions)
CHAPTER 12: ONE-WAY ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE
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One-way ANOVA
model
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Estimates - ANOVA
table
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Inference
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Contrasts
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Multiple
comparisons
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Practise Assignment:
12.11 (SPSS), 12.32
CHAPTER 13: TWO-WAY ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE
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Two-way ANOVA
model
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Estimates - ANOVA
table
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Inference and INTERACTION
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Contrasts
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Multiple
comparisons
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Practise Assignment:
12.1 (SPSS), 12.22
Answers
CHAPTER 14: NON PARAMETRIC TESTS
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Wilcoxon rank sum test
model
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Estimates - Limitations
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Wilcoxon signed rank test
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Median
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Kruskal Wallis Test
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SPSS Example One
Practise Assignment:
12.1 (SPSS), 12.22
CHAPTER 15: SIMPLE LOGISTIC REGRESSION
Key Words
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logistic
model
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Estimates - odds ratio
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Inference
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confidence intervals
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tests
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SPSS Example One
Practise Assignment:
12.1 (SPSS), 12.22
Answers
CHAPTER 16: LOOKING AT THE LINE MODEL
CHAPTER 17: LOOKING AT THE QUADRATIC MODEL
CHAPTER 19: LOOKING AT THE SEVERAL VARIABLE MODEL
CHAPTER 20: COMPARING NESTED MODELS
CHAPTER 21: VARIABLE SELECTION PROCEDURES
CHAPTER 22: RELIABILITY FOR QUESTIONNAIRE DESIGN
CHAPTER 23: VALIDITY FOR QUESTIONNAIRE DESIGN
CHAPTER 24: POWER FOR RESEARCH PLANNING
CHAPTER 25: LOGISTIC MODELS FOR BINARY DATA
CHAPTER 26: DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS
CHAPTER 27: MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE
CHAPTER 28: CLUSTER ANALYSIS
CHAPTER 29: MULTIDIMENSIONAL SCALING

