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{\Large\bf Statistics 8051 (Fall 2012) Course Information}
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\item Instructor: 
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      Peihua Qiu \\
      office room: 389 Ford Hall, phone: 625-5819 \\
      office hours: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 3:00-3:50 p.m.\\
      E-mail: qiuxx008@umn.edu
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\item Teaching Assistant: 
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      Feng Yi \\
      office room: 350 Ford Hall \\
      office hours: Tuesday 9:15-10:15 a.m., Wednesday 4:30-5:30 p.m. \\
      E-mail: yixxx064@umn.edu
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\item Course Homepage Address:
      http://users.stat.umn.edu/\verb+~+qiuxx008/teaching/stat8051/fall12/ \\

\item Lectures: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 12:20-1:10 p.m., Ford Hall 115

\item Textbook: 
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      \item Weisberg, S. (2005), {\it Applied Linear Regression}, 3rd edition, 
            New York: Wiley. The website for this book is http://www.stat.umn.edu/alr
      \item J. Faraway (2006), {\it Extending the Linear Model with R}, Boca Raton: 
            Chapman \& Hall. The website for this book is 
            http://www.maths.bath.ac.uk/\verb+~+jjf23/ELM
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\item Course description: 

      This is the first course of a sequence of four courses on applied statistical 
      analysis for our Ph.D. students. We will cover three main topics: (i) statistical 
      data analysis using {\sl R}, (ii) linear regression models, and (iii) generalized 
      linear models.


\item Homework Assignments:

There will be weekly written homework assignments to be collected and
graded. Homework assignments are due Thursdays during your lab sessions.
They are acceptable by 5:00 p.m. on the due day. In any case, please 
give your homework solutions to the TA, instead of to the instructor. 
Late homeworks are not accepted.
Working together in groups on homework is permitted, but each student 
must do his or her own write-up of the solutions and fully understand 
them.


\item Computing:

We will be using the statistical software package {\sl R}. {\sl R} is 
similar to {\sl Splus}, while {\sl Splus} is
commercial and {\sl R} is free. If you have a computer, then you can simply
download and install {\sl R} on it, by following the instruction at
http://www.stat.umn.edu/HELP/r.html, which is linked to the course web page
under the link ``Computer Information'' and then the link ``Downloading and
Using {\sl R}''. If you do not have a personal computer, then you can use
the computer labs across the campus. The locations and hours of these
computer labs can be found from the web address\\
http://www.oit.umn.edu/computer-labs/


\item Examinations:
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   \item First midterm exam (in-class): Friday October 12 (tentative), covers 
         homeworks and lectures for weeks 1-5.
   \item Second midterm exam (take-home): Friday November 16 (tentative), covers 
         homeworks and lectures for weeks 6-10.
   \item Final exam (take-home): Wednesday December 12, covers 
         the entire course.
   \item University policy is that midterm and final exams can be made up 
         for legitimate absences, such as verified illness, participation in 
         other University-sponsored activities, jury duty, military service, 
         religious observances. If you must miss an exam, please talk to the
         instructor to make arrangements in advance.
   \item All work on examinations must be entirely your own. In case of 
         violation, a grade of zero will be given on the examination, and the
         appropriate college office will be noticed. 
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\item Grades:

In computing the final grade, each midterm counts 20\%, the 
final counts 40\%, and all of the homework together counts 20\%. If you 
registered S/N, you will need a C- or higher to get a grade of S.


\item Incompletes

Incompletes (I) are granted only when a student is forced to miss several weeks of class due
to extraordinary circumstances such as a documented illness or family emergency.
To receive an incomplete grade, students must obtain approval from the instructor before the
last day of class. No incompletes will be given unless you have a prior written agreement with
the instructor in the form of a CLA Agreement for the Completion of Incomplete Work.


\item Tentative Class Schedule:

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Week beginning    & Monday        & Wednesday      & Friday       \\ \hline
September 3       &               & 1.1-1.2        & 1.3-1.6      \\
September 10      & 2.1-2.3       & 2.4-2.5        & 2.6-2.7      \\
September 17      & 2.8           & 3.1-3.4        & 3.4-3.6      \\
September 24      & 4.1-4.2       & 4.3-4.6        & 5.1          \\
October 1         & 5.2-5.3       & 5.4-5.5        & 6.1          \\
October 8         & 6.2-6.3       & 6.4-6.5        & 1st midterm  \\
October 15        & 7.1           & 7.2-7.4        & 8.1-8.2      \\
October 22        & 8.3           & 8.4            & 9.1          \\
October 29        & 9.2-9.3       & 10.1           & 10.2-10.3    \\
November 5        & 10.4          & 11.1-11.2      & 11.3-11.4    \\
November 12       & 12.1          & 12.2           & 2nd midterm  \\
November 19       & 12.3-12.4     & H-chap1        & holiday      \\
November 26       & H-Chap2       & H-Chap2        & H-Chap2      \\
December 3        & H-Chap3       & H-Chap3        & H-Chap4      \\
December 10       & H-Chap4       & review         &              \\ \hline
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