Course Layout

In this web page I outline the course structure, specifically the topics and data sets and the order in which I discuss them in class.

Data Set Topic Web Pages
1970 Military Draft Correlation Hypothesis Testing
Monte Carlo Simulation
More on the 1970 draft
Alcohol Consumption Linear Regression and Outliers Residual Sum of Squares and Least Squares Regression
Outliers - Detection
Gas Chromatography Checking Assumptions Assumptions of Least Squares Regression
Olympics Outliers and Unusual Patterns Four Fits to Olympic Long Jump
Prediction
Hubble's Constant Discussion of Regression Coefficients
Usage of Electricity Non - Linear Regression Transformations and Polynomial Models
Problem of Overfitting
Choosing between good Models
House Prices Multiple Linear Regression Preliminary Analysis
Analysis of House Price Data
Temperature in the USA Including nonlinear components Analysis of US Temperature Data
Air Pollution and Mortality Big Example of Mutiple Regression
Environment, Safety and Health Attitudes Discrete Predictors Using a Discrete Predictor in a Regression Model
Rogaine
Drownings
Categorical Data Analysis - Chisquare Test of Independence Analysing Discrete Data
Seat Belt Use and Injuries
Gregor Mendel's (1823-1884) Genetic Experiments
Chisquare Goodness-of-fit Test
Sex Discrimination in Graduate School Admissions Simpson's Paradox Simpson's Paradox
Drug Use of Mothers and the Health of the Newborn One-way ANOVA Analysis of Variance - Basics
Analysis of Variance - Modeling
Cancer Survival
Capacity of Wells in the Appalachian Mountains
Transformations
Cultural Differences in Equipment Use Nonparametric Methods
Testing Hearing Aids Two-way ANOVA
Oxygen Concentration and Fermentation
Film Thickness in Semiconductor Production
Interaction Analysis of Variance - Interaction
Water Quality and Mining Transformations
Noise and Air Filters for Cars General Linear Model