Department of Statistics

Current Sections   Recent Instructors Osborne, Jason Gross, Kevin	ST 512	Experimental Statistics for the Biological Sciences II
	Course Description Covariance, multiple regression, curvilinear regression, concepts of experimental design, factorial experiments, confounded factorials, individual degrees of freedom and split-plot experiments. Computing laboratory addressing computational issues and use of statistical software. Course Syllabus Matrix Operations Random Vectors Simple Linear Regression Multiple Regression Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) Contrasts Polynomial Regression 2x2 Factorials Higher Order Factorials Underlying Factorial Model Random Effects Split Plots Analysis of Covariance Course Prerequisites None Course Corequisites None Recent Textbooks An Introduction to Statistical Methods and Data Analysis, 5th ed, by R.L. Ott and M. Longnecker, Duxbury (Wadsworth), 2001 (ISBN 0-534-25122-6)