Statistics 101
Data Analysis and Statistical Inference
 

Lab assignments



Getting "JMP Started"

Click here for explanation of why we use computing in Statistics 101. You can download JMP-IN on to your personal computer for free from the OIT software web site.

Computer Labs

Each week we will have a computer lab to explore further the principles of data analysis.  The links below go to each lab.

Advice for being efficient in labs:  

The first time you use a generic data analysis tool (e.g., a histogram or regression), the lab instructions will include the relevant JMP commands for using that tool.  Subsequent labs will use data analysis tools from previous labs, but instructions will not be repeated.  I recommend that you maintain a list of JMP commands for each analysis, adding to it after each lab you complete.  That way, you have a handy reference sheet available, which will save you tremendous amounts of time when doing the labs and the final project.

 

Lab Week                                                                    Topic Covered

Jan. 15

An Introduction to JMP

Jan. 22

Randomization in surveys and causal studies

Jan. 29

Exploratory data analysis with one and two variables

Feb. 5

Correlation and simple regression

Feb. 12

Case study: Lead exposure in children

Feb. 19

 No Lab

Feb. 26

Case study:  Expenditures on education and academics

Mar. 5

Case study:  Predicting real estate prices

Mar. 12

No Lab

Mar. 19

Hypothesis tests and confidence intervals

Mar. 26

Chi-squared tests

Apr. 2

No Lab

Apr. 9

Regression analysis

Apr. 16

Case Study:  Maternal Smoking

Apr. 23

No Lab