TopicsforStat212

ThefinalexamisTueDec10,10:30inBlocker150.Itwillbemultiplechoice,
approximately3035questions.Thequestionswillincludeconcepts,
computations,reading/interpretingplotsandcomputeroutput,fillingin
missingvaluesinoutput,etc.

Youmustbringablue/gray(large)scantronsheet.Fillinyourname,answers,
etc.beforetimeiscalledIwillnotgiveextratimeforcompletingyoursheet.

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a) four811pagesofnotesofyourownconstruction,
b) astandalonecalculatorthatcannotconnecttoaphoneorinternet,etc.,
c) ztable,ttable,Ftables,
2
table,studentizedrange(Tukeys)table.

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Thefinalexamiscumulative.ShowninredbelowaretopicssinceExamII.
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I. EstimatingDistributions
a. probabilitydensities
1. histogramsandsmootheddensityplots
2. symmetry/skewness,light/heavytails,bimodality
b. boxplotsandquantileplots
1. recognizingskewness
2. recognizingheavytails
c. skewnessandkurtosiscoefficients
d. sampledistributionfunction
e. hypothesistestsforadistributiontype
f. useandinterpretationofapvalue
g. consequencesoftransformation(likelog)

II. LinearRegression
a. correlation
1. definitionandinterpretation,covariance
2. sampleestimate(includinghowtocomputeorfind)
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3. usingFisherstransformationtodoatestorinterval
b. straightline(simplelinear)regression
1. localaverages
2. leastsquaresestimation,predictedvalues,residuals
3. analysisofvariance
i. sumsofsquares,degreesoffreedom,meansquares
ii. modelutilityFtest,gettingthepvalue
4. coefficientofdetermination,interpretation
5. inferenceforcoefficients
i. ttests,pvalue
ii. confidenceintervals
6. confidenceintervalforregressionfunction
7. predictionintervalfornewdatavalue
c. useoftransformations,intrinsiclinearity
d. nonparametricsmoother
e. residualsdiagnostics
1. basicassumptions
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2. importanceofcheckingassumptions
3. residualsplots
i. checkingmodelfit
ii. checkingconstantspread
iii. checkingnormality(iftheprevioustwoseemokay)
f. multiplelinearregression
1. typesofmodels,interpretingcoefficients
2. inferenceforparameters
i. estimatesbyleastsquares
ii. standarderrors
iii. confidenceintervals,ttests
3. inferencefortheregressionfunction
i. confidenceintervals
ii. predictionintervals
4. modelbasedtests
i. analysisofvariancetable
ii. modelutilityFtest
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iii. lackoffitFtest
5. modelselection/buildingissues
i. adjustedR
2
,MallowsC
p
criteria
ii. multicollinearity,varianceinflation
iii. studentizedresiduals,identifyingoutliers

III. ExperimentalDesign
a. principlesofdesign
1. definitions
i. experimentalunit
ii. factors,experimentalconditions
iii. blocks
2. controllingsampling,randomization
3. controllingconditions
b. onewayclassificationmodel
1. assumptions,meansmodel,effectsmodel
2. analysisofvariance
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i. sumsofsquares,meansquares
ii. Ftest
3. multiplecomparisons
i. Tukeystest
ii. controllingexperimentwideTypeIerrorrates
4. contrasts
i. estimatesandstandarderrors
ii. ttests,intervals
5. Bartlettstestforequalityofvariances,Levenes
6. KruskalWallistest,purpose
c. regressingonfactors
1. designmodelasfull,regressionasreducedmodel
2. lackoffittest
d. onewayrandomeffectsmodel
1. nestedsamplingdesign
2. variancecomponentsanalysis
e. factorialmodels
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1. additivemodelvs.interaction
2. effectsmodel,mainandinteractioneffects
3. meansplots,describinginteraction
4. Ftestforinteraction,levelbylevelcomparisons
5. Ftestformaineffects,Tukeycomparisons
6. testingaspecificinteractioncontrast
f. randomizedblockdesign
1. distinctionbetweenblocksandfactors
2. advantageofblockdesign,howtocheck
3. inferenceforfactoreffects(FtestandTukey)
4. inferenceforblockeffectswhenrandom
g. twofactormodelwithrandomfactors
1. designsthatallowforrandomfactors
2. inferencewhenatleastonefactorisrandom
3. variancecomponents
h. generallinearmodel
1. regressiononnumericalfactors
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2. comparinggroupsinthepresenceofacovariate

IV. CategoricalData
a. inferenceforasingleproportion
1. binomialdistribution,meanandvariance,normalapproximation
2. inferencesandtheproperSE
i. confidenceinterval
ii. hypothesistest
3. usingPoissondist.forsmallproportions
b. inferenceforcomparingtwoproportions
1. independentsamplesdesign
i. confidenceinterval(properSE)
ii. hypothesistest(properSE)
2. groupswithinasinglesample
i. confidenceinterval(properSE)
ii. hypothesistest(properSE)
iii. paireddata/McNemartest
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c. multinomialexperiment,distribution
d. goodnessoffit
i. expectedcountsandchisquaretestmethod
ii. inferencewhenallproportionsspecified
iii. inferencewhenparametersareestimated
e. associationofcategoricalvariables
i. homogeneitytest,withindependentsamples
ii. contingencytest,withtworandomvariables
iii. correlationforordinalvariables
iv. conditionalprobabilities