| Course ID: | FANR 6750-6750D. 4 hours. |
| Course Title: | Experimental Methods in Forestry and Natural Resources Research |
Course
Description: | Statistical procedures and computer software to collect, analyze, and interpret forest resources research data. |
| Oasis Title: | Exp Methods Forest and NR Res |
| Prerequisite: | STAT 2000 |
Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. |
| Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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| Course Objectives: | To understand: (1) the logical structure of experiments,
especially the design of manipulative experiments, and (2) the
analysis of such experiments, focusing on analysis of variance
procedures. |
| Topical Outline: | Introduction/Role of statistics
t-tests—review
One-way ANOVA—completely randomized model
One-way ANOVA—multiple comparison procedures
Intro to SAS – optional lecture
One degree of freedom contrasts
Estimation
Random vs. fixed effects
Assumptions and transformations
Nonparametric equivalents to t-tests and ANOVA
Blocking and blocked designs
Discussion—pseudoreplication and the design of ecological
experiments
A x B factorial designs
A x B x C factorial designs
Nested Designs
Split plot designs
Repeated measures ANOVA
Analysis of covariance
Power and other issues
Information theoretic approaches |