COURSE: Stat 13: Introduction to Statistical Methods for Life and Heath Sciences, Prof. Schoenberg. 

Lectures: TTh 930-1045am, in KaplanA51. 

NO CLASS TUESDAY, MAY12! 

Course Homepage: http://www.stat.ucla.edu/~frederic/13/S26 . 

I do not maintain the CCLE or Canvas sites. All lecture information will be at the above site. 

TEXT: Tintle N, Chance BL, Cobb GW, Rossman AJ, Roy S, Swanson T, and Vanderstoep J. Introduction to Statistical Investigations, Wiley, NY. 

INSTRUCTOR: Frederic Schoenberg

Email -- frederic@stat.ucla.edu

Office -- Slichter 3873. 

Office hours -- Tue 1045-1130am. 

Final exam: Tue Jun9, 1130am-230pm, location to be announced later. 

TA emails: 

Alejandra Arjon, aarjon@ucla.edu, 

Kyle Ritscher, kritscher@g.ucla.edu . 

ONE QUESTION YOU CANNOT ASK ME: 

What did we do in class? Please ask someone else in the class. 

Lectures will not be recorded. 

I DO NOT GET INVOLVED IN ENROLLMENT MATTERS. If you would like to enroll in the class, you have to do so through the usual method via the registrar. Switching sections is not permitted unless you can find someone to switch with you, in which case you should both go see (or email) me and your TAs and inform them you are switching your sections.

Attendance is not mandatory in lecture or discussion section, but of course attendance in both is highly recommended.

Tests.

Midterm is Tue May5 in class. 

Final exam is Tue Jun9, 11:30am-230pm. 

Exams are open book and open note but no calculators, phones, computers, tablets, or other electronic devices allowed. Bring a pen or pencil. Students must bring a Photo ID to both exams. There will typically be no make-up exams. Students who are unable to take an exam must consult with the instructor in advance. Those who cannot take an exam because of an emergency must meet with the instructor to make special arrangements. 

Students with special needs must consult with the instructor by the second week of classes if special arrangements are required.

Cheating will absolutely not be tolerated. All homework and exam problems are to be solved independently. Anyone caught cheating will automatically be subject to appropriate University disciplinary action. 

GRADING: 

Homework (10%)

Lab assignments (10%) 

Midterm (25%)

Final exam (55%)

Gradegrubbing procedure: if you would like a question (or more than one question) reevaluated, submit your exam or homework and a WRITTEN explanation of why you think you deserve more points and how many more points you think you deserve to your TA. The TA will then give it to me, and I will consider it, and then give it back to the TA to give back to you. 

IF YOU ASK ME TO RECONSIDER YOUR GRADE, IT VERY WELL COULD GO DOWN!!! 

This course is part of the UCLA Inclusive Access program.  Your course materials are being automatically provided to you, digitally, through Bruin Learn by the first day of class or upon enrollment.  The materials are being provided at a reduced and competitive price.  You will receive e-mail from the UCLA Store (UCLA Store <no-reply>@verbasoftware.com) with program details and cost sent directly to your email address on file with the Registrar.  It is your responsibility to read all communication coming from the bookstore.  Check your spam folder if not received.

Everyone enrolled in this course is automatically a participant to start and will have access to the materials through week 1.  Those remaining in the program after week 1 will be billed for the materials directly to their BruinBill account and will continue to have access to the course materials.  If you do not wish to participate in Inclusive Access, you must opt-out by the Friday of week 1 deadline or you will be billed.  Those who opt-out will lose access to the digital materials and will be responsible for obtaining the materials on their own. 

Do not pay for your materials through the publisher website unless you are opting out of Inclusive Access.  All Inclusive Access course materials will be billed to your BruinBill account. 

Any questions regarding the Inclusive Access program can be directed to inclusiveaccess@asucla.ucla.edu.

Rough outline:

1. Statistical thinking, variability, probability.

Reading: Chapter 0. 

2. P-values, testing. 

Reading: Ch. 1.1-1.3.

3. Factors influencing p-values, normal approximation, z-statistics, parametric and nonparametric approaches.

Reading: Ch. 1.3-1.5. 

4. Confidence intervals for a proportion, factors influencing CIs, significance levels. 

Reading: Ch. 2. 

5. Observational and experimental studies, causation and description, surveys, bias, standard error. 

Reading: Ch. 3-4.

6. Statistical Concepts: hypothesis testing framework (two proportions), theory-based p-values, contingency tables, z-tests.

Reading: Ch. 5.

7. CIs and hypothesis tests for two means. 

Reading: Ch. 6.

8. CIs and Hypothesis tests for matched pairs designs. 

Reading: Ch. 7. 

9. Linear regression. 

Reading: Ch. 10. 

10. Linear regression and ANOVA. 

Reading: Ch. 9. 

HOMEWORK:

Homeworks must be submitted by email, to statgrader@stat.ucla.edu . Homeworks must be submitted by the due date and time. Homeworks may be submitted early, at any time, by email. Homeworks will be given scores between 0 and 10, and grades will be returned to students by email. NO HOMEWORKS will be accepted at all after their due date. PLEASE INCLUDE YOUR SECTION CODE AND YOUR SECTION TIME ON ALL HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS. 

HW1, due Fri Apr17, 1159pm. 1.3.16 and 1.4.26. Also, on the bottom of your hw, print the names and emails of two other students in the class.

HW2, due Fri, May8, 1159pm. 2.3.15, 3.3.18, and 4.1.23. 

HW3, due Fri, May22, 1159pm. 4.CE.10, 5.3.28, 6.1.17, and 6.3.14. In 5.3.28d, use the theory-based formula. You do not need to use an applet. 

HW4, due Fri, Jun5, 1159pm. 10.1.8, 10.3.14, 10.3.21, and 10.4.11.