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Statistics

STANFORD UNIVERSITY

Winter Quarter 2009
Tuesdays 7:00 to 8:50 p.m.
A Gentle Introduction

Assignment

Due last day of class

1. If you are taking the course for credit or for a letter grade, you must complete the assignment.

2. In an Excel file, create examples showing the use of each of the following:

 

average

standardize

rand

 

median

rank

ttest (two-sample assuming equal variances)

 

var

regression

ttest (paired/matched)

 

stdev

one-way anova

correl (Pearson)

3. Excel statistics tools: Excel worksheet functions for statistics are described in Schmuller p. 23.

4. Email the Excel file to me at mwalker@stanfordalumni.org.

 


Course Syllabus

Lecture 1

Course introduction.

Assignments

Statistics software.

How to describe data: Descriptive statistics.

Schmuller chapters 4,5,6.

Lecture 2

What does statistically significant mean? Probability and p-values.

How to compare groups: T-tests

Schmuller chapter 9,10,11.

Lecture 3

How to compare groups: Analysis of Variance (ANOVA)

How many subjects do I need? Sample size and power.

Schmuller chapter 14,15.

Lecture 4

How to detect and quantify trends: Regression

How to measure association: Correlation

Schmuller chapter 14,15.

Lecture 5

How to measure association: chi-square test

Non-parametric tests (for non-normal distributed data)

Design of Experiments

Schmuller chapter 10,19,20.

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Course Syllabus

Lecture Series


Recommended Textbooks:

1. Statistical Analysis With Excel

Schmuller, Joseph

2. Primer of Biostatistics

Stanton Glantz. (McGraw-Hill)


Statistics Files

ANOVA Concept

Anova Examples

Descriptive Statistics

Descriptive Statistics Examples

DOE Experiment Design Baking

Non-parametric tests

Permutation example for pvalues

Permutation Example R Code

Power and Sample Size Lecture

Regression BP Example

Statistics In 1 Hour

Ttests sampling distribution

Ttests