STAT 3332 Statistics for Life Sciences
Fall 2013
Instructor: Robert Serfling
General Information and Syllabus
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(pdf)
(last updated May 27, 2013)
Office Hours
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Robert Serfling, Professor:
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Tuesday 12:45 - 1:15 pm (outside STAT 3332 classroom and then in office, FO 2.602C)
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Thursday 12:45 - 1:15 pm (outside STAT 3332 classroom and then in office, FO 2.602C)
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and other times by appointment arranged by email
Minitab Demos
- Minitab Demo 1 (illustrates descriptive statistics)
(pdf)
- Minitab Demo 2 (illustrates binomial and Poisson distributions)
(pdf)
- Minitab Demo 3 (illustrates one-sample t-test and sign test for paired data)
(pdf)
- Minitab Demo 4 (illustrates 2-sample t-test)
(pdf)
- Graph 1 for Minitab Demo 4 (shows a dotplot of 2 samples)
(gif)
- Minitab Demo 5 (illustrates simple linear regression)
(pdf)
- Graph 1 for Minitab Demo 5
(scatterplot of original variables)
(gif)
- Graph 2 for Minitab Demo 5
(scatterplot of variables after log transformation)
(gif)
- Graph 3 for Minitab Demo 5
(scatterplot of variables after log transformation,
with regression line added)
(gif)
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Minitab Demo: Regression Analysis of Student's Height & Mother's Height Data
- Minitab Demo (illustrates 1-way and 2-way ANOVA: Rounding First Base in Baseball)
(pdf)
Excel Demos
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See
Biology statistics made simple using Excel,
Neil Millar
[School Science Review 83 (2001), 23-34]
(pdf).
This contains illustrations and further sources and references.
- Excel Demo 1 (illustrates descriptive statistics)
(pdf)
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Further Excel Demos are posted for this course in eLearning.
Recommended Exercises
Notes Related to Class Lectures
- Notes Related to Chapter 1
(pdf)
- Notes Related to Chapter 2
(pdf)
- Notes Related to Chapter 3
(pdf)
- Notes Related to Chapter 4
(pdf)
- Notes Related to Chapter 5
(pdf)
- Perspective on Chapters 8, 9, 10, 11, & 12
(pdf)
- Notes Related to Chapters 8 and 9
(pdf)
- Notes Related to Chapter 10
(pdf)
- Notes Related to Chapters 11 and 12
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- Notes Related to Chapters 13 and 14
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- Notes Related to Chapter 15
(pdf)
- Notes Related to the Geometric Probability Distribution
(pdf)
- Notes Related to the Poisson Probability Distribution
(pdf)
- Notes Related to the Exponential Probability Distribution
(pdf)
- Notes Related to Chapter 16
(pdf)
- Notes Related to Chapter 17
(pdf)
- Notes Related to Chapter 18
(pdf)
- Notes Related to Chapter 19
(pdf)
- Notes Related to Chapter 20
(pdf)
- Notes Related to Chapter 21
(pdf)
- Notes Related to Chapter 23
(pdf)
- Notes Related to Chapter 26
(pdf)
- Notes Related to Chapter 27
(pdf)
- Testing a Hypothesis About a Population Median: The Sign Test
(pdf)
- Testing a Hypothesis About a Difference of Two Population Medians: The Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney Rank Sum Test
(pdf)
- Chi-Square Distributions: Preliminary to Chapter 28
(pdf)
- Notes Related to Chapter 28
(pdf)
- One-Way Analysis of Variance:F-test & Kruskal-Wallis Test
(pdf)
- Two-Way Analysis of Variance:F-test & Friedman Test
(pdf)
Other Notes Related to Class Lectures
- Information on Minitab Statistical Software
(pdf)
- Examples of Randomization and Blinding in Experimental Design
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- Experimental Design in Prostate Cancer Research: the Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial (PCPT), 1996-2003
(pdf)
- Experimental Design in Prostate Cancer Research: an Editorial
about the Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial (PCPT), 1996-2003
(pdf)
- Example of Experimental Design in Biology
(pdf)
- Bivariate Histograms - Examples
(pdf)
- Computing Percentiles
(pdf)
- Setting Speed Limits Using Percentiles
(pdf)
- The Median Absolute Deviation about the Median (MAD)
(pdf)
- Computing the Sample Variance Efficiently
(pdf)
- Example of a Current Longitudinal Study
(pdf)
- Example of a Recent Observational Study on C-Sections for Premature Babies
(pdf)
- Example of a Cross-Sectional Study:
National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES)
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NHANES Overview Brochure 2007-2008
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Link to NHANES website - explore!
(pdf)
- Illustrations of Binomial, Geometric, and Poisson Distributions
(pdf)
- The Geometric Distribution
(pdf)
- Example of Joint Probability Distribution of Two Discrete Random Variables
(pdf)
- Illustrations of Independent and Dependent X and Y
(pdf)
- Illustration of Sample Correlation
(pdf)
- Covariance and Correlation
(pdf)
- The Exponential Distribution
(pdf)
- Generating Random Numbers with Icosahedron (20 Face) Dice
(pdf)
- Illustrations of Central Limit Theorem and Normal Approximation to Binomial
(pdf)
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Stirling's Formula for Approximation of n! (Read this at your own risk!)
(pdf)
- Practical Guide for Estimation of Population Mean by Sample Mean
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- Illustration of Sample Proportion and Related Confidence Intervals: Obama versus Clinton for President
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- Illustration of Sample Proportion and Related Confidence Intervals: President Obama's Healthcare Plan
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- Illustration of Sample Proportion and Related Confidence Intervals: Obama versus Romney, April 2012
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- Illustration of Sample Proportion for CNN Poll of Polls: Obama versus Romney, April 2012
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- Illustration of Sample Proportion and Related Confidence Intervals: Recent Changes in Opinions on Gay Marriage, March 2013
(pdf)
- W. S. Gossett Plaque
(pdf)
- Practical Guide for Hypothesis Test about Population Mean by Sample Mean
(pdf)
- Diagram of Test Procedures and Rejection Regions for Testing Mean using Sample Mean
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- Illustration of Crossover Design, Relative Risk, and p-Values: Coffee Boosts Stroke Risk
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- A Better Poll Question: Who Do You Think Will Win?
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- Precursor to the Sign Test: John Arbuthnot (1710), "An argument for Divine Providence, taken from the
constant regularity observed in the births of both sexes"
(pdf)
- Practical Guide for Use of Sign Test about Population Median
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- Practical Guide for Use of Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test about Population Median
(pdf)
- Inference Procedures for One Sample
and Paired-Data Location Problems
(pdf)
- Practical Guide for Estimation of Difference of Means of Two Populations
(pdf)
- Practical Guide for Hypothesis Test about Difference of Means of Two Populations
(pdf)
- Practical Guide for Use of Wilcoxon Rank Sum Test about Difference of Medians for Two Populations
(pdf)
- Practical Guide for Use of Chisquare Goodness of Fit Test with Model Completely Specified by the Hypothesis
(pdf)
- The Importance of Looking at Scatterplots
(pdf)
Relevant Cartoons, Sayings, & Mathematical Curiosities
- Cartoon about the Mean versus Median
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- Cartoon about Summarization of Data
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- Using Averages and Sums
(pdf)
- The "Silliness of Reality" Comment
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- Did the Dog Destroy Your Homework?
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- Using a Computer for Your Homework?
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- Studying as a Random Phenomenon
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- You are Probably Here
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- Everyone has a Lucky Number
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- How to Double Your Chance of Winning a Race
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- When Nothing is Something
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- How Much Detail is Needed in Homework?
(pdf)
- Success-Failure Trials
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- Normal Curves are Everywhere?
(pdf)
- Fun with Factorials?
(pdf)
- Washington, Lincoln, and Math
(pdf)
- Generating Randomness -- Monte Carlo Simulation
(pdf)
- Calculus on a Rainy Day?
(pdf)
- Grading on a Curve
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- Another Discovery by Einstein
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- Does Population Size Matter?
(pdf)
- Accuracy of Survey Data
(pdf)
Recommended Preparation for ALL Quizzes and Tests
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Attendance at class presentations --
notes on the board and words in the air
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Participation in class discussions --
questions asked, answers heard
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Review of relevant text sections
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Working of Recommended Exercises (see above)
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Review of relevant materials provided on this website:
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Minitab and Excel demos (see above)
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Supplementary "Notes" (see above)
Selected Links to Online Statistics Texts and Sources
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