Class Schedule1 and Reading Assignments

Scientific Method

 

Week                          Class Topics                                                  Readings2

    1                                           Why be quantitative?                                                                  Waltham 1, Davis 1

(8/30,9/1)                                                                                                                                           

    2                                           Sampling, Experimental Design                                                  Waltham 1, Davis 1

(9/6,8/)                                      and propagation of errors

    3                                           Data Presentation                                                                        Waltham 2, 6       

 (9/13,15/)

    4                                           Descriptive Statistics                                                                   Waltham 2, Davis 2

(9/20,22/)

    5                                           Descriptive Statistics                                                                   Waltham 2, Davis 2

(9/27,29/)                           Thursday: Midterm 1

    6                                           Hypothesis testing                                                                       Waltham 7, Davis 2

(10/4,6/)                                                                                                                                              

    7                                           Hypothesis testing                                                                       Waltham 7, Davis 2

(10/11,13/)                                                                                                                                        

    8                                           Correlation                                                                                  Davis 4

(10/18,20/)                                Simple Linear Regression                                                                                                         

    9                                           Introduction to ANOVA                                                                Davis 5

(10/25,27/)                                                                                                                                        

    10                                         ANOVA                                                                                        Davis 5

(11/1,3/)                                    (Take home assignment)                                                          

    11                                        ANOVA / Mutivariate Analysis                                                      Davis 3, 5

(11/8,10/)                                Thursday: Midterm 2

    12                                        Mutivariate Analysis                                                                     Davis 5, 6

(11/15,17/)                                                                                                                                        

    13                                        Time Series Analysis                                                                    Davis 4

(11/22/)                                (R Nov 23, Thanksgiving Break, no classes)

    14                                        Time Series Analysis                                                                    Davis 4

(11/29,12/1/)

    15                                        Presentation of Class Projects, Review

(12/6,12/8)

         End of class sessions

    16                                        Final Exam, Monday, Dec. 12, 12:45 pm - 3:00 pm 

 

1. Depending on class needs, we may increase or decrease the time allocated to individual topics

 

2. Additional online sources will be handed out in class or provided on the website. Any changes to the readings will be announced in class and listed on the class web (see: http://www.personal.kent.edu/~jortiz/earthstats/).