Welcome to STAT 401A Statistical Methods for Research Workers
This website is designed to host course material for STAT 401A - Statistical Methods for Research Workers at Iowa State University.
- Instructor: Jarad Niemi
- TA: Fan Cao.
This course meets
- MWF 8-8:50 Largomarcino W272
- M 2:10-4 Snedecor 1105
Office hours are
- Instructor: MWF 9-10:30 @ Snedecor 2208
- TA: R 3:30-5:30 @ Snedecor 2215
The textbook for the course is The Statistical Sleuth (3rd ed) by Ramsey and Shafer.
Relevant course pages
Course Description
Methods of analyzing and interpreting experimental and survey data. Statistical concepts and models; estimation; hypothesis tests with continuous and discrete data; simple and multiple linear regression and correlation; introduction to analysis of variance and blocking.
Course Objectives
- To be added
Team-Based Learning
The course is being taught using a Team-Based Learning approach which involves extensive in-class team work throughout the semester. If you are interested in learning more about this approach please see http://www.teambasedlearning.org especially the “Getting started” link.
Prerequisite
The prerequisite for the course is STAT 101, 104, 105, 201, or 226.
Q&A
Use the Blackboard Learn discussion board if you do not want to share your questions/discussions with the public. Otherwise please feel free to ask questions here in comments under relevant web pages. If you manage to cut your question into 140 characters, you can even try @NiemiSTAT.