SI 544

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SI 544

• Introductory Statistics and Data Analysis

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Welcome and Outline

• This is 644
• Im Paul Resnick
• GSI Jahna Otterbacher
• Today
• Course Intro
• Course Logistics
• Chapter 1 topic intro

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Course Objectives

• Characterize population data
• Draw conclusions and inferences
• Critique others claims
• Look for correlations while controlling for
  confounds

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Statistical Tasks for Informationists

• Decide what to preserve
• Evaluate user interface alternatives
• Redesign services based on usage history
• Assess demand for products or services
• Estimate cost of service provision

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More Tasks for Informationists

• Evaluate program outcomes
• Evaluate product and policy effectiveness
• Interpret industry trend data
• Assess policy compliance
• Present government data to lay audiences
• Conduct academic research

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Course Coverage

• Descriptive statistics
• Inferential Statistics
• Sampling distributions confidence intervals,
  hypothesis tests and p-values
• Estimating population mean
• Comparing population means
• Analysis of variance
• Univariate and multivariate OLS Regression
• Analysis of categorical data
• Data Collection
• Experimental design

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Books

• McClave and Sincich, 10th edition
• Student solution manual (odd numbered problems)

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Course Format

• Before class
• Read textbook
• Do assigned exercises, ungraded
• In class
• Socratic review of basics
• Present tricky points, supplemental material
• Work through examples

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Grading

• Class prep and participation 8
• 7 problem sets 42
• Best 6 scores count
• Midterm (Oct. 27, in class) 15
• Final (Dec. 21, 1030AM-1230PM) 35

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Math

• No calculus required
• Some references in passing for the benefit of
  those who know it
• Algebra required
• Some links to online resources in syllabus
• More mathematically rigorous approaches to this
  material are available on campus
• Statistics department
• Economics department

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Software

• Well be using Stata
• Intercooled version available in DIAD Lab
• You can buy it at academic discount, if you want
• You can use whatever you like
• Most but not all of what we cover can be done
  using Excels data analysis toolpak
• But we dont support other packages
• Youre on your own

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Study Groups
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Study Groups

• Yes

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Questions on Logistics?
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Learning Objectives Chapter 1

• 1. Define Statistics
• 2. Describe the Uses of Statistics
• 3. Distinguish Descriptive Inferential
  Statistics
• Define Population, Sample, Parameter,
  Statistic
• Identify data types
• Identify data sources

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What is Statistics?
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What is Statistics?

• The practice (science?) of data analysis
• Summarizing data and drawing inferences about the
  larger population from which it was drawn

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Statistical Methods
Statistical
Methods
Descriptive
Inferential
Statistics
Statistics
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Descriptive Statistics

• 1. Involves
• Collecting Data
• Presenting Data
• Characterizing Data
• 2. Purpose
• Describe Data

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Inferential Statistics

• 1. Involves
• Estimation
• Hypothesis Testing
• 2. Purpose
• Make Decisions Based on Population Characteristics

Population?
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Key Terms

• 1. Population (Universe)
• All Items of Interest
• 2. Sample
• Portion of Population
• 3. Parameter
• Summary Measure about Population
• 4. Statistic
• Summary Measure about Sample

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Key Terms

• 1. Population (Universe)
• All Items of Interest
• 2. Sample
• Portion of Population
• 3. Parameter
• Summary Measure about Population
• 4. Statistic
• Summary Measure about Sample

• P in Population Parameter
• S in Sample Statistic

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Data Types

• Quantitative
• Discrete
• Continuous
• Qualitative
• Nominal (categorical)
• Ordinal (rank ordered categories)

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Exercise 1.13

• Data types
• Bacteria count
• Occupations of shoppers
• Marital status
• Time (in months) since last auto maintenance

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Exercise Data About Us

• Quantitative
• Discrete
• Continuous
• Qualitative
• Nominal (categorical)
• Ordinal (rank ordered categories)
• Fill out the questionnaire with your data
  well use it in later classes

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Data Sources

• Published source
• Designed experiment
• Survey
• Observational study
• Exercise data sources of these types youve
  encountered

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Sampling

• Representative sample
• Same characteristics as the population
• Random sample
• Every subset of the population has an equal
  chance of being selected

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Exercise 1.25
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End of Chapter
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