Instructor

Dr. Christopher A. McRoberts
348 Bowers Hall
voice: x2925
e-mail: mcroberts@cortland.edu

Course Information

• Required text: Norusis, M. J.. 2006. SPSS 15.0: Guide to Data Analysis. Prentice Hall.
  
• Lecture meets: Monday & Wednesday 9:10-10:00 AM (Bowers 347).
  
• Lab meets: Friday 9:10-10:55 AM (Bowers 347).
  

• Course syllabus
  
  

Files

Lecture Notes [Note: all lecture notes are in pdf format]

01_Introduction

02_Descriptive (1 variable, 1 sample)

03_Hypothesis testing

04_Basic probability

05_Sampling

06_1 variable, 2 samples [handed out in class]

 

Data Files [Note: data files are either in SPSS (.sav) or Microsoft Excel (.xls) formats]

GLY281Lab1.sav

assignment4.xls

Assignment8Data.xls

OptAssignment.xls

Statistical Links

• Web-based calculator for Z-scores, Student's t, Chi-square, etc... calculates probabilities p and test statistics
  

• Selecting Statistics A guide on which statistical test to perform on a given set of data by Bill Trochim (Cornell).
  
  

• PAST (PAleontological Statistics) . PAST is a free, easy-to-use data analysis package aimed at paleontology that runs on Window's machines.  Well worth a look.
  
  

• Statistics dot com. Need I say any more?
  
  

• StatPages. or WebStat. Data analysis software over the web.
  
  

• Morphometrics at SUNY Stony Brook. A lage site devoted to statistical analysis of shapes. Lots of statisitcal and phylogenetric software (free ware and shareware) and multivariate data sets
  
  

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