DAPT 621 Statistics for the World of Big Data
Building Linear Statistical Models

Robert L. Andrews, Instructor

KKNR5th Materials

Page last updated November 15, 2014. Note that some links will not be activated until the appropriate time during the class.

TEXTBOOK: Kleinbaum, Kupper, Nizam & Rosenberg, Applied Regression Analysis and Other Multivariate Methods (5th edition, 2014), Cengage Learning

Components for determinging course grade

Assignment 1: Old Faithful Geyser (parts 1 & 2) (Word document)
Assignment 2: Individual work due 9 AM Tuesday, November 4 (Excel document)
Final Team Assignment: e-mail submission by Individual work due 9 AM Monday, December 8 (Excel document)

Information for Microsoft Office 2013 (VCU Web page, free for qualified VCU students)
Office 2013 is installed in our classroom and Excel will be used extensively throughout the course.

Information for JMP Pro for VCU students (VCU Web page, free for qualified VCU students)
JMP Pro 11 will be installed in our classroom and the second floor lab in Snead Hall. It interfaces with Excel and has good graphic capabilities as well as advanced statistical analysis capabilities.

Information for SPSS 22 for VCU students (Web page) SPSS was originally Statistical Package for the Social Sciences