STA 6127 -- Statistics for the Social Sciences II



Textbook: Agresti and Finlay (2009) Statistical Methods for the Social Sciences. 4th Ed.



Instructor Office Hours:  Office Hours: M 10:40-11:30, Tu 9:00-10:00, W 11:30-12:20, Th 9:45-10:30

TA Office Hours:
Dan Raghinaru, 218 Griffin/Floyd, M Periods 6/7  W Periods 5/6      (e-mail raghinaru@stat.ufl.edu)


Syllabus Spring 2012 (WORD format)

Syllabus Spring 2012 (HTML format)

Agresti&Finlay Datasets

t, Chi-Square, F table

Bonferroni t-Table

Spring 2005 - Exam 1 (No solutions will be posted)

Spring 2008 - Exam 1 (No solutions will be posted)

Spring 2009 - Exam 1 (No solutions will be posted)

Spring 2005 - Exam 2 (No solutions will be posted)

Spring 2008 - Exam 2 (No solutions will be posted)

Spring 2009 - Exam 2 (No solutions will be posted)

Spring 2005 - Exam 3 (No solutions will be posted)

Spring 2009 - Exam 3 (No solutions will be posted)

Spring 2005 - Exam 4 (No Solutions Will be posted)

Spring 2010 - Exam 3 (No Solutions Will be posted)

Exam 1 Topics - Spring 2011

Exam 2 Topics - Spring 2012 

Exam 3 Topics - Spring 2012

Corrected Movie Trailer Example - Monday 3rd Period Lecture 4/14/08




Course Notes:

Chapter 11           Color          PDF

Atlanta School Cost per Pupil Data  (EXCEL)

Immigrant Salary Case Study

Immigrant Salary SPSS Output (Updated)

Texas Weather Worksheet

Texas Weather Data

Texas Weather Analysis

Beerhall Worksheet

Beerhall Data

Beerhall SPSS Output (Copied into WORD, Using Paste Special --> Picture (Windows Metafile))

LPGA Performance Data 2008 (EXCEL)

Partial Regression/Correlation Simulation (EXCEL)

Chapter 12           Color          PDF

Agresti & Finlay - Example 12.1-12.6 with Corrected Regression Coefficients

Amoeba Data

Amoeba Description

Amoeba SPSS Output

Lacrosse Helmet Spreadsheet

Mollusc Data (EXCEL with Variable Names in Row 1)

Halo Effect Data (EXCEL with Variable Names in Row 1)

Halo Effect SPSS Output

Suntan Data (EXCEL with Variable Names in Row 1)

2 Factor ANOVA Worksheet

Agresti/Finlay Problem 12.30

Per Capita Income 1969,1979,1989 (EXCEL with Var Names in Row 1)

Repeated Measures ANOVA Worksheet

Chapter 13           Color          PDF

Analysis of Covariance Worksheet

Trombone Data         Trombone Description         Trombone SPSS Output

Problem 13.17 (3rd Edition), 13.21 (4th Edition)

Chapter 14           Color          PDF

Texas Weather Analysis (369 sites)

LCD Television Prices  (EXCEL with Var Names in Row 1)

LPGA 2008 Performance Data for Model Building  (EXCEL with Var Names in Row 1)

LPGA 2008 Model Comparisons with AIC, SBC, Cp, Adjusted-R2

Agricultural Intensity Data  (EXCEL with Variable Names in Row 1)

Wine Consumption EXCEL Sheet

Regression Diagnostics Case Study - Efficiency of Muscle Work (PPT)

Muscle Work Dataset (with corrected response)

Muscle Work Description

Regression Diagnostics Worksheet - Agricultural Intensity  (WORD)

U.S. Population 1900-2000  (EXCEL)

Poisson Distribution - Goals in Soccer Games in England  (PPT)

NASCAR Crash Case Study  (PPT)

Apprentice Immigration to Edinburgh in 18th Century (EXCEL)

House Price Selling Data  (EXCEL)

House Price SPSS Output

UN Human Development Report Data (EXCEL)

NASCAR Winnings - Exponential Regression Worksheet  (WORD)

NASCAR Prize Data           EXCEL File


NASCAR Top Qualifying Speed    Data     Description


Chapter 15           Color          PDF

Ski Helmet/Head Injury Table 1

Ski Helmet/Head Injury Table 2

Diffusion of Diesel Train Engines (EXCEL)

Plot of Train Diffusion Process (EXCEL)

Motorcyce Riding, Age, and ED  (EXCEL)

Motorcycle Riding, Age, and ED Worksheet (WORD)

Motorcycle Riding, Age, and ED Goodness-of-Fit (EXCEL)

Union Soldiers at Battle of Gettysburg  (EXCEL)

Union Soldiers at Gettysburg Analysis (WORD)

Parole Violation SPSS Output

Parole Violations Data

Parole Violations Description

Parole Violations Goodness-of-Fit Worksheet

Variety Seeking Experiment Data

Variety Seeking Experiment Description

Variety Seeking EXCEL File with Dummy Variables

Variety Seeking Output

Portuguese Sea Battles  Data

Portuguese Sea Battles  Description

Women's Hair Length and Age        Data    Description


U.S. County Demographic Data for Factor Analysis  (EXCEL with Variable Names in Firsr Row)

Mystery U.S. County Data for Factor Analysis


SPSS Instructions

Instructions for Downloading/Importing Data into SPSS



Homework Projects

Homework 1 - Due 2/1/12

Japanese Emigrant Data

Japanese Emigrant Description

Japanese Emigrant Data (EXCEL with variable names in first row)


Homework 2/3 - Due 2/24/12

Homework 2 - Hot Dog Data (EXCEL with Variable names in first row)

Homework 3 - Tampa/St Pete Hotel Data  (EXCEL with Variable names in first row)

Homework 3 - Crime Rate Data (EXCEL with variable names in first row)


Homework 3/4 - Due 3/26/12

Homework 3/4 - cloud seeding data (EXCEL with variable names in first row)

Homework 3/4 - Crime data  (EXCEL with variable names in first row)


Homework 6/7 - Due 4/20/12

Homework 6/7 - Donner Party Dataset (EXCEL with variable names in first row) 

Homework 6/7 - Portuguese Sea Battle Dataset (EXCEL with Variable names in first row)




Special Tables

Combined, t, chi-square, F (alpha=.05)

Bonferroni critical t values (2 sided, alpha=.05)


divorce.doc (word format)

divorce.txt

divorce.sas (text format)


NASCAR Prize Data

LPGA Data

Agresti&Finlay Problem 13.17 (3/6/03 Lecture)

Influence Statistics

wine data

Model Building Example (3/27/03 Lecture)

SAS Program for Poisson Regression (NASCAR Crash Data)

SAS Output for Poisson Regression

Updated SAS Impeachment Program


Practice Problems:

Chapter 11: 1,2,3,5,6,7,9,11,13,15,17,21,25,26,29,47,49,51,55


Chapter 12: 1-7,11,13,17,19,23,25,33,39,51-54

Chapter 13: 1-4,7,19,21,29,30

Chapter 14: 1,2,3,7,9,11,15,17,21,25,41-45

Chapter 15: 1-3,5,7,9,11,15