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ThefinalexamisTueDec10,10:30inBlocker150.Itwillbemultiplechoice,
approximately3035questions.Thequestionswillincludeconcepts,
computations,reading/interpretingplotsandcomputeroutput,fillingin
missingvaluesinoutput,etc.
Youmustbringablue/gray(large)scantronsheet.Fillinyourname,answers,
etc.beforetimeiscalledIwillnotgiveextratimeforcompletingyoursheet.
Youcanbring
a) four811pagesofnotesofyourownconstruction,
b) astandalonecalculatorthatcannotconnecttoaphoneorinternet,etc.,
c) ztable,ttable,Ftables,
2
table,studentizedrange(Tukeys)table.
Asyounodoubtareaware,justmakingupasheetofnotesisanexcellentpart
ofstudyingandyougettobringittoo!
Thefinalexamiscumulative.ShowninredbelowaretopicssinceExamII.
TopicsforStat212
I. EstimatingDistributions
a. probabilitydensities
1. histogramsandsmootheddensityplots
2. symmetry/skewness,light/heavytails,bimodality
b. boxplotsandquantileplots
1. recognizingskewness
2. recognizingheavytails
c. skewnessandkurtosiscoefficients
d. sampledistributionfunction
e. hypothesistestsforadistributiontype
f. useandinterpretationofapvalue
g. consequencesoftransformation(likelog)
II. LinearRegression
a. correlation
1. definitionandinterpretation,covariance
2. sampleestimate(includinghowtocomputeorfind)
TopicsforStat212
3. usingFisherstransformationtodoatestorinterval
b. straightline(simplelinear)regression
1. localaverages
2. leastsquaresestimation,predictedvalues,residuals
3. analysisofvariance
i. sumsofsquares,degreesoffreedom,meansquares
ii. modelutilityFtest,gettingthepvalue
4. coefficientofdetermination,interpretation
5. inferenceforcoefficients
i. ttests,pvalue
ii. confidenceintervals
6. confidenceintervalforregressionfunction
7. predictionintervalfornewdatavalue
c. useoftransformations,intrinsiclinearity
d. nonparametricsmoother
e. residualsdiagnostics
1. basicassumptions
TopicsforStat212
2. importanceofcheckingassumptions
3. residualsplots
i. checkingmodelfit
ii. checkingconstantspread
iii. checkingnormality(iftheprevioustwoseemokay)
f. multiplelinearregression
1. typesofmodels,interpretingcoefficients
2. inferenceforparameters
i. estimatesbyleastsquares
ii. standarderrors
iii. confidenceintervals,ttests
3. inferencefortheregressionfunction
i. confidenceintervals
ii. predictionintervals
4. modelbasedtests
i. analysisofvariancetable
ii. modelutilityFtest
TopicsforStat212
iii. lackoffitFtest
5. modelselection/buildingissues
i. adjustedR
2
,MallowsC
p
criteria
ii. multicollinearity,varianceinflation
iii. studentizedresiduals,identifyingoutliers
III. ExperimentalDesign
a. principlesofdesign
1. definitions
i. experimentalunit
ii. factors,experimentalconditions
iii. blocks
2. controllingsampling,randomization
3. controllingconditions
b. onewayclassificationmodel
1. assumptions,meansmodel,effectsmodel
2. analysisofvariance
TopicsforStat212
i. sumsofsquares,meansquares
ii. Ftest
3. multiplecomparisons
i. Tukeystest
ii. controllingexperimentwideTypeIerrorrates
4. contrasts
i. estimatesandstandarderrors
ii. ttests,intervals
5. Bartlettstestforequalityofvariances,Levenes
6. KruskalWallistest,purpose
c. regressingonfactors
1. designmodelasfull,regressionasreducedmodel
2. lackoffittest
d. onewayrandomeffectsmodel
1. nestedsamplingdesign
2. variancecomponentsanalysis
e. factorialmodels
TopicsforStat212
1. additivemodelvs.interaction
2. effectsmodel,mainandinteractioneffects
3. meansplots,describinginteraction
4. Ftestforinteraction,levelbylevelcomparisons
5. Ftestformaineffects,Tukeycomparisons
6. testingaspecificinteractioncontrast
f. randomizedblockdesign
1. distinctionbetweenblocksandfactors
2. advantageofblockdesign,howtocheck
3. inferenceforfactoreffects(FtestandTukey)
4. inferenceforblockeffectswhenrandom
g. twofactormodelwithrandomfactors
1. designsthatallowforrandomfactors
2. inferencewhenatleastonefactorisrandom
3. variancecomponents
h. generallinearmodel
1. regressiononnumericalfactors
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2. comparinggroupsinthepresenceofacovariate
IV. CategoricalData
a. inferenceforasingleproportion
1. binomialdistribution,meanandvariance,normalapproximation
2. inferencesandtheproperSE
i. confidenceinterval
ii. hypothesistest
3. usingPoissondist.forsmallproportions
b. inferenceforcomparingtwoproportions
1. independentsamplesdesign
i. confidenceinterval(properSE)
ii. hypothesistest(properSE)
2. groupswithinasinglesample
i. confidenceinterval(properSE)
ii. hypothesistest(properSE)
iii. paireddata/McNemartest
TopicsforStat212
c. multinomialexperiment,distribution
d. goodnessoffit
i. expectedcountsandchisquaretestmethod
ii. inferencewhenallproportionsspecified
iii. inferencewhenparametersareestimated
e. associationofcategoricalvariables
i. homogeneitytest,withindependentsamples
ii. contingencytest,withtworandomvariables
iii. correlationforordinalvariables
iv. conditionalprobabilities