EVSC 503 Applied Statistics for Environmental Scientists

• 4 Credits
• Day and Time: Tuesday, 5:00 pm - 7:30 pm
• Wilson 308
• Prerequisites: Introductory course in probability or statistics
• Corequisite: EVSC 503L
• Web Site  (available January 2006)
  

DESCRIPTION: A one-semester course designed to provide a firm knowledge of experimental design, hypothesis testing, and the use of statistical methods in data analysis.  The course begins with a review of descriptive statistics, statistical confidence, and the theory of hypothesis testing and proceeds to more advanced topics.  The course covers topics in analysis of variance and regression using both parametric and nonparametric approaches.  A great emphasis is placed on experimental design.  Students are introduced to multivariate analysis (MANOVA, PCA, and DFA) and resampling techinques (jack-knife and bootstrap).

EVSC 503L Applied Statistics Laboratory

• 0 Credits
• Day and Time: Section 101 Thursday, 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
•                            Section 102 Wednesday 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
• Wilson 308
• Corequisite: EVSC 503
• Teaching Assitant: Jenica Allen, Quinn McFredrick
  
• Websites: Section 101 and Section 102  (available January 2006)
  

DESCRIPTION: Use of computer laboratories in the analysis of quantitative data.  Students are instructed in how to apply SAS toward the analysis of data sets typical in the environmental sciences.  SAS is one of the most powerful and widely used statistical packages available.