RSOC 0220 Statistics

INSTRUCTOR: Joseph J. Molnar    Class meets 2-3 307 Comer
301 Comer Hall  										
jmolnar@acesag.auburn.edu  Office hours 8:30-4:30

TEXTS: Joseph F. Healey. 1998. Statistics: A Tool for Social Research. 
       New York: Wadsworth.  

OBJECTIVES: 
1. To understand basic descriptive statistics.

2. To understand basic inferential statistics for estimation and hypothesis testing.

3. To understand the principles and logic of hypothesis testing.

4. To understand fundamental aspects of multivariate estimation and hypothesis testing.

HOMEWORK: Projects, End of Chapter Problems, or  other activities will be due weekly. 
These may include library and computer projects. Plan to complete them neatly and on 
time.  A variety of projects will be assigned throughout the quarter.

COMPUTER ACCOUNTS. Each student is required to have an account and password to access 
the IBM mainframe and Internet email on the Mallard. Use the application icon in AIMS 
called DUC or AUNET. Enter your social security and personal access code. If you do 
not have email, put an X beside Sun; for mainframe account put X next to Academic TSO. 
Your account will be activated within 24 hours. You will need both for the course.

EXAMINATIONS: 
   · Multiple examinations and cumulative review final. 
   · See Tiger Cub for Academic Honesty Committee procedures.
   · Unannounced quizzes at any time.
   · Final Exam is 8:00AM Friday 11 December

EVALUATION:  	
   · Examinations are about 60 percent of your grade; 				
     homework and projects account for the remainder.
   · Course points = [.60 * test points] + [.40 * project points] 
   · Percentage = [Course points + Pop Quiz points] / total 
   · [A=92-100; B=84-91; C=72-83; D=64-71.]
   · No incompletes will be given

COURSE OUTLINE AND READINGS

Week  Topic                               Chapters       Projects

1.   Descriptive Statistics                 1, 2, 3     I. Measurement

2.   The Normal Curve                       4, 5, 6     II. Frequencies

EXAM 10/2

3.   Inferential Statistics                 7           III. Crosstabulation

4.   Hypothesis Testing                     8,9,10	

EXAM 10/16

5.   Hypothesis Testing                     11          IV. ANOVA
	
6.   Chi-Square & ANOVA                     12            

EXAM  10/30

7.   Measures of Association                13, 14      V. Correlations
		
8.   Measures of Association                15,16  
		
EXAM  11/13

9.   Measures of Association                17          VI. Regression
	
10.  Multivariate Techniques                18	                            
		
CUMULATIVE FINAL EXAM 


Confused by the book? Want other definitions of terms? 
http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~lane/hyperstat/desc_univ.html