Fall 2013
Session 2, Sep 30 - Nov 1, MWF 1:10–2:00. Snedecor 3121
Heike Hofmann, hofmann@iastate.edu.
Office hours by arrangement. Snedecor 2413
Course syllabus describing objectives, software used, topics and assessment.
| Date | Lecture and Resources | Homework | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Non-parametric Inference | |||
| Sep 30 | Course overview and basics. A permutation test | ||
| Oct 2 | Order Statistics | ||
| Oct 4 | Comparison of tests: power and efficiency | Homework 1, due Oct 11 | |
| Oct 7 | Wilcoxon Signed-Rank test, R code | ||
| Oct 9 | Wilcoxon Signed-Rank test continues, Q-Q plots, R code | ||
| Oct 11 | Kolmogorov and other tests of normality | Homework 2, due Oct 18 | |
| Oct 14 | No class today! | ||
| Oct 16, 1pm | Matched Pairs | ||
| Oct 16, 4pm | Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney | ||
| Oct 18 | Visual Inference | Homework 3, due Oct 24 | |
| Oct 21 | Rank-regression | ||
| Bootstrapping Ideas | |||
| Oct 23 | Intro to Bootstrap, R code | ||
| Oct 25 | Bootstrap estimates and confidence intervals | Homework 4, due Nov 1 | |
| Oct 30 | letter soup Bootstrap adjustments | ||
| Oct 30 | Review Session. | ||
| Nov 1 | Final Exam, Session II | ||