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Dates:
Begins 16 March
2012
Aim
of the Course:
To provide an easy
introduction to statistics
and statistical
terminology through a
series of practical
applications. Once you've
completed this course
you'll be able to
summarize data and
interpret reports and
newspaper accounts that
use statistics and
probability. You'll use
simulation and resampling
to fully grasp the
difficult concept of
"statistical
significance.
Who
Should Take This Course:
Anyone who encounters
statistics in their work.
This first course in
statistics requires no
prior training in the
subject. The only
mathematics you need is
arithmetic. Access to
Microsoft Office Excel is
required.
Instructor:
Dr. Phillip Good, an
applied statistician and
graduate of the program in
mathematical statistics at
U.C. Berkeley, former
Division
Head and Professor of
Biology at West Coast
University,
is
the author of Introduction
to Statistics via
Resampling Methods and
Microsoft Office Excel (Wiley,
2005), Common
Errors in Statistics (and
How to Avoid Them)
(Wiley, 2003, 2006 with
James Hardin), Manager's
Guide to Design and
Conduct of Clinical Trials
(Wiley, 2nd ed
2006), Resampling
Methods (Birkhauser,
3rd ed, 2005), and Applying
Statistics in the
Courtroom (CRC, 2001).
He has given tutorials at
the Joint Statistical
Meetings (U.S.) and Deming
Conference, lectured
in Australia, Belgium,
Bulgaria, France, Holland,
Ireland, Slovenia, and
Spain, and was a traveling
lecturer for the American
Statistical Association.
This is his sixth (6th)
year of providing on-line
interactive courses.
Prerequisite:
No statistical background
is required. You should be
familiar with Excel.
Organization
of the Course: The
course takes place over
the Internet. Course
participants will be given
access to a private
bulletin board, on which
they will receive course
materials. The board will
also serve as a forum for
discussion of ideas and
problem solving.
Excel-based software is
provided and you'll be
given step-by-step
instructions in its use.
The course is scheduled to
take place over three
weeks. At the beginning of
each week, participants
receive the relevant
material, in addition to
answers to exercises from
the previous session.
During the week,
participants are expected
to go over the course
materials and work through
the exercises. Discussion
among participants is
encouraged. The course
leader will provide
answers and comments on
set weekdays.
Course
Text:
Introduction
to Statistics via
Resampling Methods and
Microsoft Office Excel (Wiley,
2005) or Introduction
to Statistics via
Resampling Methods and
R/S-Plus (Wiley,
2005).
Course
Program: The
course is structured as
follows
SESSION
1:
Variation
- When
Statistics are
required
- The
three applications of
Statistics
- Samples
and populations
- Probability
- Independence
SESSION
2: Summarizing your data
- Means
and medians
- Box
plots and histograms
- Types
of data
- Parameters
and parameter
estimates
- Accuracy
and precision
SESSION
3: Testing a hypothesis
- Is
the treatment
effective?
- p-values,
significance level,
and power
- One-sided
and two-sided tests
- Testing
for correlation
- Student-specific
applications
Cost:
The full cost of this
three-week interactive
on-line course is only
$195. Early-bird
discount may apply.
Immediately
after your payment is
credited, you will receive
an email giving you a
password, sign up
instructions, and the web
address (URL) of the
course material.
Note that you will not be
able to access this
address until the start
date of the course.
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