Course Description
Statistical procedures and computer software to collect, analyze, and interpret forest resources research data.
Athena Title
Exp Methods Forest and NR Res
Prerequisite
STAT 2000 or STAT 2000E or STAT 2100H or FANR 2010-2010L
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
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
Syllabus