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EDFD 601, Applied Statistics,  is a graduate-level introductory statistics course taught in the School of Education at the University of Louisville.  The course meets once a week for two and one-half hours for a total of fourteen weeks.  Each class consists of approximately half of the time spent on lecturing or modeling statistical procedures and the other half spent helping pairs of students complete each data analysis lab.
 
Week 1 Using Statistics to Understand Ourselves

[Introducing a Course in Statistics] [Statistical Terminology]
[Introducing a Research Study][Studying Communities]
[Asking Research Questions][Types of Variables][Sampling]
[Ethical Protocal][Collecting Data][Choosing the Appropriate Analysis]
[Technology of a Statistician][Communicating Statistical Results] 

DATA ANALYSIS:  Data Collection Creating a Composite Classmate 

Week 2  Graphical Description of Data 

[Descriptive vs. Inferential Statistics][HyperStat Online][Types of Graphs] 
[Stem-and-Leaf Displays][Frequency Distribution Tables][Histograms]
[Describing Data Graphs][Creating APA Figures] 

DATA ANALYSIS:  Graphical Methods Comparing Hours Spent at School and Work 

Week 3 Numerical Description of Data 

[Measures of Central Tendency][Measures of Variability] 
[Using Statistical Functions of a Scientific Calculator] 
[Measures of Shape][Measures of Position][Outliers][Boxplots] 
[Creating an APA Descriptive Table][Intrepreting Descriptive Results] 

DATA ANALYSIS:  Numerical Methods Comparing  Pastime Activities 

Week 4 Data Description for Relationships

[Scatterplots][Covariance between Two Continuous Variables]
[Computing the  Correlation Coefficient][Coefficient of Determination
[Least Squares Linear Regression Line][Coefficient of Determination]

DATA ANALYSIS:  Prediction of Salaries Based on Years of Education 

Week 5 Commincation of Statistical Analysis Using SPSS

[Brief Introduction to Windows][Understanding Files] 
[Creating a Compound Document in Microsoft Word] 
[Using SPSS Menus and Data Editor][Working with Output]
[Summarizing Data Using EXPLORE][Chart Editor][Linear Regression]

DATA ANALYSIS:  Using SPSS to Study Mathematics Achievement 

Week 6 Population, Sampling and Transformed Distributions 

[Normal Distribution ][Algebra and Calculus of  Distributions]
[Standard Normal and t-Distribution][Randomness]
[Sampling Distributions][Central Limit Theorem]

DATA ANALYSIS:   Algebra and Calculus of Statistical Functions 

Week 7 Probability and Hypothesis Testing of One Sample Mean

[Inferential Statistics][Types of Sampling]
[Sampling Distribution for One Mean]
[Five Steps of Hypothesis Testing for One Sample Mean]
[Errors][Confidence Interval for One Sample Mean]

DATA ANALYSIS:  Sampling Counties for Air Quality 

Week 8 Hypothesis Testing of  Two Dependent Sample Means

[Independent vs Dependent Means] 
[Sampling Distribution of the Difference of Two Dependent Means] 
[Test Assumptions][Testing Two Dependent Sample Means] 
[Confidence Interval for the Difference of Two Dependent Means] 
[Running SPSS for Two Dependent Means] 

DATA ANALYSIS:   Two-sample Dependent t-test Investigating Minority Enrollment 

Week 9 Hypothesis Testing of Two Independent Sample Means 

[Testing Two Independent Means][Heterogeneity of Variance] 
[Test Assumptions][Testing Two Independent Sample Means] 
[Confidence Interval for the Difference of Two Means] 
[Power and Sample Sizes][Running SPSS  for Two Independent Means] 
[Writing the Results Section for t-tests] 

DATA ANALYSIS:   Two-sample Independent t-test Investigating Minority Enrollment 

Week 10  One-way ANOVA 

[Logic of ANOVA ][Calculating the ANOVA Table] 
[Sampling Distribution of Ratio of Two Variances]
[Violations of  ANOVA Test Assumptions]
[Running SPSS for ANOVA] 

DATA ANALYSIS:   Collecting UN Data on World Fertility Rates 

Week 11 Multiple Comparison Tests 

[Familywise Error Rate for Testing Means]
[Examples of Different Comparison Tests]
[Writing the Results Section for One-way ANOVA] 

DATA ANALYSIS:   One-way ANOVA Exploring World Fertility Rates 

Week 12 Hypothesis Testing for Relationships

[Testing Significance of Correlation Coefficient][Prediction Models]
[Partitioning Variation using ANOVA][Regression Coefficients and 
Residuals][Running SPSS for Linear Regression]
[Writing the Results Section for Regression Analyses]

DATA ANALYSIS:  Linear Regression Prediction of Endangered Species 

Week 13 Data Description for Counts of Categorical Data

[Bar and Pie Graphs][Frequency Table][Crosstabulation Table]
[Proportions and Percentages][Combination of Variables]
[Types of Variables][Measurement of Constructs]
[Survey Questions and Coding] 

DATA ANALYSIS:   Surveying Students about What Matters in Your School? 

Week 14 Survey Analysis using Chi-Square

[ Two-sample t-test for proportions]
[Goodness-of-Fit][Relationship between Categorical Variables]
[Contigency Tables Analysis][Running SPSS for Chi-Square Analyses] 
[Writing Survey Data Description and Results

DATA ANALYSIS:   Analyzing  School Categorical Variables 

Exam Correct and Complete Statistics Portfolio 

Prepared by Dr. Margaret Jamison on  1/02/99
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