Lab Outline for September 2004
This page will be updated regularly
Weekly lab manuals are provided in pdf format. They can be read
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f
ree from the Adobe web site
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it to disk on your home computer.
This page also provides access to the JMP IN data files used in the lab,
so that you may download them to your home computer for further
study. To download, click the filename on this page and save the file
to your home computer's disk. There is no need to download these files
while in the lab, as they are already on the shared disk.
See the
course information page
for information about lab times, lab instructor, teaching assistants,
and lab location.
Week 1: September 13 -
September 17
- Introduction
- Using The Program In Class
- Data Entry and Editing
- Problems
- Exploring and
describing data
- Histograms
- Boxplots
- Descriptive Statistics
- Accessing Files from the Server
- Using the Program
- Problems
- Download data file to your home computer
(poverty.jmp)
Note: No labs
conducted the week of September 20-24
Week 2:
September 27 - October 1
- Discrete Probability
Distributions
(Answers)
- The Binomial Distribution
- The Binomial Test
- The Poisson Distribution
- Using the Random Number Generator
- Using the Calculator
- Problems
Week 3:
October 4 -
October 8
- Analysing frequency
tables
(Answers)
- One-way Frequency Table
- Two-way (Contingency) Table
- Hypothesis Testing
- Test Statistics for Goodness of Fit and Contingency Tests
- Using the program
- Problems
- Download data files to your home computer
(genemap98.jmp)
- Download data files to your home computer
(student_data.jmp)
Week 4: October 11 -
October 15
(Monday is the Thanksgiving Day
holiday - students s
hould go to another lab during this week)
- Introduction to
the Normal Distribution
(Answers)
- The Normal Curve
- Using the Standard Normal Random Number Generator
- Obtaining Probabilities Under the Normal Curve
- Evaluating Fit to the Normal Distribution
- Problems
- Download data file to your home computer
(fruitflies.jmp)
- Download data file to your home computer
(cntrlmt.jmp)
Week 5:
October 18 -
October 22
- One-sample Inference
(Answers)
- Confidence Interval for the Mean
- Hypothesis Testing for the Mean
- Using the Program
- Problems
- Download data file to your home computer
(metacompetition.jmp)
- Download data file to your home computer
(hagfish.jmp)
- Download data file to your home computer
(iguana.jmp)
Week 6:
October 25 -
October 29
- Two-sample Inference
(Answers)
- Distribution of Differences Between Sample Means
- Comparing Two Population Variances
- Non-parametric Alternative to the Two-sample t Test
- Power Analysis
- Using the Program
- Problems
- Download data file to your home computer
(song.sparrows.jmp)
- Download data file to your home computer
(hippocampus.jmp)
Week 7: November 1 - November 5
- Paired-sample Inference
(Answers)
- Two-sample vs. Paired-sample Designs
- Confidence Interval for a Mean Difference
- Hypothesis Testing for a Difference
- Using the Program
- Problems
- Download data file to your home computer
(toads.jmp)
- Download data file to your home computer
(spider.jmp)
- Download data file to your home computer
(conflict & speciation.jmp)
- Download data file to your home computer
(ace.jmp)
Week 8:
November 8 - November 12
(Thursday
is the Remembrance Day
holiday - students s
hould go to another lab during this week)
- Single Factor ANOVA
(Answers)
- The Variance Among Multiple Sample Means
- Fixed and Random Effects ANOVA
- Multiple Comparisons
- Transformations
- Nonparametric Alternative to ANOVA
- Using the Program
- Problems
- Download data file to your home computer
(fruitflies.jmp)
- Download data file to your home computer
(mimicry.jmp)
- Download data file to your home computer
(genotype.jmp)
Week 9:
November 15 - November 19
- Linear Regression and
Correlation
(Answers)
- Simple Linear Regression
- Assumptions of Linear Regression
- Transformations in Regression
- Other Topics in Linear Regression
- Simple Linear Correlation
- Using the Program
- Problems
- Download data file to your home computer
(mammals.jmp)
- Download data file to your home computer
(mutation.jmp)
- Download data file to your home computer
(gagurine.jmp)
- Download data file to your home computer
(kpmales.jmp)
Week 10:
November 22 - November
26
Lab Exam Signup
- Brief Review
(Answers)
- Hints for the lab exam
- Problems
- Selecting a statistical method
- Download data file to your home computer
(clutch.jmp)
Week 11:
November 29 - December 3
- Lab Exam