Spring 2013 Course Syllabus:  Math 664

 

Course Title:

Methods for Statistical Consulting

Textbook:

Applied Statistics and the SAS Programming Language, by Ronald Cody and Jeffrey Smith; Publisher: Pearson / Prentice Hall; 5th edition (November, 2007); ISBN #: 0-13-146532-5.

Prerequisites:

Math 661 or equivalent with Departmental approval.

 

 

Course Outline

Date

Lecture

Sections

Topic

Assignment

Week 1

1/24

1

 

Chapter 1 

 

Introduction to SAS

Homework 1 

Week 2

1/31

2

Chapters 12 and Lecture Notes

Getting Your Data into SAS

 

Week 3

2/7

3

Chapters 14 & 15

Working with Your Data (I)

 Homework 2

Week 4

2/14

4

Chapters 4, 16 & 17

Working with Your Data (II)

 

Week 5

2/21

5

Chapter 2 and Lecture Notes

Sorting, Printing, and Summarizing Your Data

Homework 3 

Week 6

2/28

6

Lecture Notes

Enhancing Your Output with ODS

 

Week 7

3/7

7

Chapter 14 and Lecture Notes

Modifying and Combining SAS Data Sets

 Homework 4

Week 8

3/14

 

 

MIDTERM EXAM:

Thursday ~ March 14, 2013

 

Week 9

3/21

 

 

Spring Recess- No Classes Scheduled

 

Week 10

3/28

8

Chapter 19 and Lecture Notes

Introduction to SAS Macro Programming

 Data analysis project

Week 11

4/4

9

Chapters 13 and Lecture Notes

Exporting Your Data

 Homework 5

Week 12

4/11

10

Chapters 3, 5, 6 & 7

Using Basic Statistical Procedures (I)

 

Week 13

4/18

11

 Chapters 3, 5, 6 & 7

 Using Basic Statistical Procedures (II) and Case Studies (I)

 Homework 6

Week 14

4/25

12

Lecture Notes

Case Studies (II)

 

Week 15

5/2

13

Lecture Notes

Case Studies (III)

 

  Homework 7

Week 16

5/9

     Students’ Project Presentation      Thursday ~ May 9, 2013  

 

 

 

 

IMPORTANT DATES

FIRST DAY OF SEMESTER

January 22, 2013

LAST DAY TO WITHDRAW

March 26, 2013

LAST DAY OF CLASSES

May 8, 2013

FINAL EXAM PERIOD

May 9 – 15, 2013

 

Grading Policy

 

Assignment Weighting

 

Tentative Grading Scale

Homework

40 %

 

A

90 -- 100

Midterm Exam

20 %

 

B+

85 -- 89

Course Project

25 %

 

B

80 -- 84

Class Participation

15 %

 

C+

75 -- 79

 

 

 

C

70 -- 74

 

 

 

F

0 -- 69

 

 

 

Important Departmental and University Policies

 

 

Prepared by Prof. Wenge Guo, December 22, 2012