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Scott
D. Grimshaw
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Professor,
Statistics Department
230
TMCB
801-422-6251
grimshaw@byu.edu
Office
Hours: TTh 1:30-2:30 pm or by appt.
Course
Lecture: M 2-2:50 pm in 299 TMCB
Individual
Appointments: WF 2-2:50 pm
TA: Megan
Tate, Graduate Secretary
TA
Office Hours: 9-11 M-F
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Announcements
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Objectives
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Course
Goals:
- Technical Writing of
Statistical Results
- Introduction to LaTeX
- Introduction to Simulation
Studies
- Preparation to write
Project/Thesis in a Timely Fashion
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Course
Materials
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Textbooks:
The Chicago Guide to Writing about
Multivariate Analysis by Jane E. Miller
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Grading
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90%
Writing Assignments
10% Simulation
Study
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Tentative
Outline of Material and Reading Assignments
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Chapters
2-4 Technical Principles
LaTeX (pdf of lecture notes)
Simulation
Studies (pdf of lecture notes, R code for estimating mean
& power of
t-test)
Chapter
5 Tables
Chapter
6 Charts
Chapter
7 Effective Examples and Analogies
Chapter
8 Comparisons
Chapter
9 Statistical Test Results
Chapter
10 Introductions, Conclusions, Results
Chapter
11 Writing about Data
Chapter
13 Writing about Models
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Homework
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1. Results
of Data
2. LaTeX of JASA page
3. Perform
a simulation study to compare the power of the one-sample t-test to a robust
version with the 20% trimmed estimates of the mean and standard deviation
for n=20 from the t-distribution with df=5
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LaTeX Resources
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For
Windows, we recommend MikTeX.
Please read the MikTeX manual for proper
installation. Also, pay special attention to the section
describing how to create a subdirectory for your own additions. To view the
.ps file, use Ghostview.
Thanks
to Dr. Blades for creating the Project/Thesis
template.
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Other
Stuff
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Preventing
Sexual Harassment
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Title
IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 prohibits sex discrimination against
any participant in an educational program or activity that receives federal
funds. The act is intended to eliminate sex discrimination in education. Title
IX covers discrimination in programs, admissions, activities, and
student-to-student sexual harassment. BYU's
policy against sexual harassment extends not only to employees of the
University but to students as well. If you encounter unlawful sexual harassment
or gender-based discrimination, please talk to your professor; contact the
BYU Equal Employment Opportunity Office at 422-5895; or contact the Honor
Code Office at 422-2847.
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In Case
of Emergency
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Please
follow instructor’s instructions:
- If there is an evacuation
alarm exit the classroom in an orderly fashion and exit the Talmage Building and gather in the west
parking lot.
- After all students have
evacuated the building you should then report to your BYU ward
assembly area. (If you do not know where this is, contact your
Bishop.)
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Students
with Disabilities
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Brigham Young
University is committed to providing a
working and learning atmosphere that reasonably accommodates qualified persons
with disabilities. If you have any disability that may impair your
completing this course successfully, please contact the University Accessibility
Center (422-2767).
Reasonable academic accommodations are reviewed for all students who have
qualified documented disabilities. Services are coordinated with the
student and instructor by the UAC. If you need assistance or if you feel
you have been unlawfully discriminated against on the basis of disability,
you may seek resolution through established grievance policy and
procedures. You may contact the Equal Employment Office at 422-5895, D-282
ASB.
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Complaints
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I
have done my best to design a course that will accomplish course objectives
while recognizing the workload of a three credit hour class. If you have
any concerns regarding any aspect of this course (content, workload,
evaluation, etc), please come and discuss these matters with me. If we
cannot come to a mutually agreeable solution, I will direct you to my
superiors.
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