ANSC 5390
Fall 2008
Texas A&M University-Kingsville
 | Instructor: Steven D. Lukefahr |
| Office/Phone/Fax: Kleberg Bldg 115/593-3699/593-3788 |
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| E-mail: s-lukefahr@tamuk.edu |
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| Class Time/Place: 9:30-10:45 /TR/AG 126 |
| Text: Kaps, M., and W. Lamberson. 2004. Biostatistics for Animal Science. (1st Ed.). CABI Publishing, Cambridge, MA. (ISBN: 0 85199 820 8) |
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| Examination Schedule: Three regular examinations (100 points), 5 homework assignments (100 points), 10 quizzes (100 points), and a comprehensive final examination (100 points). |
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| Grading: 90-100% =A, 80-90% =B, 70-80% =C, 60-70% =D, <60% =F. |
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| Final Exam: December 6 (Saturday) 8:00-10:30 |
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| Course Objective: To introduce a basic and practical overview of statistics as applied to the fields of agriculture, and to enable graduate students to collect, summarize, and analyze data, and to state meaningful hypotheses statements and draw accurate conclusions from research results. |
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| Learning Outcomes: |
1) Understand the basis for probability distributions for populations and samples, hypothesis testing, and to be able to perform simple tests of significance (e.g., χ2, t, and F tests);
2) Demonstrate the ability to design simple experiments (e.g., CRD, RBD, Factorial, Latin Square and Split-Plot), and
3) Perform a linear regression analysis (covariate analysis) of data consisting of two or more variables.
Assessment of the above learning outcomes will be determined based on classroom participation, quizzes, homework, and examinations.
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Lectures, problem assignments, group discussions, computer demonstrations.
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Topic I Presenting and Summarizing Data (Chapter 1) |
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Topic II Probability (Chapter 2) |
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Topic III Random Variables and Their Distributions (Chapter 3) |
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Topic IV Population and Sample (Chapter 4) |
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Topic V Hypothesis Testing (Chapter 6) |
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Topic VI One-Way Analysis of Variance (Chapter 11) |
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Topic VII Concepts of Experimental Design (Chapter 12) |
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Topic VIII Blocking (Chapter 13) |
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Topic IX Change-over Designs (Chapter 14) |
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Topic X Factorial Experiments (Chapter 15) |
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Topic XI Hierarchical or Nested Design (Chapter 16) |
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Topic XII Split-Plot Design (Chapter 18) |
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Topic XIII Simple Linear Regression (Chapter 7) |
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Topic XIV Correlation (Chapter 8) |
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Disabilities Statement: "Students with disabilities, including learning disabilities, who wish to request accommodations in this class should notify the Services for Students with Disabilities office early in the semester so that the appropriate arrangements may be made. In accordance with federal law, a student requesting accommodations must provide documentation of his/her disability to the SSD coordinator. For more information, call 593_3024 or visit Life Services and Wellness at 1210 Retama Drive."
Academic Misconduct Statement: "You are expected to practice academic honesty in every aspect of this course and all other courses. Make sure you are familiar with the Student Handbook, especially the section on academic misconduct. Students who engage in academic misconduct are subject to university disciplinary procedures."
Forms of academic dishonesty:
a. Cheating: deception in which a student misrepresents that he/she has mastered information on an academic exercise that he/she has not mastered; giving or receiving aid unauthorized by the instructor on assignments or examinations.
b. Academic misconduct: tampering with grades or taking part in obtaining or distributing any part of a scheduled test.
c. Fabrication: use of invented information or falsified research.
d. Plagiarism: unacknowledged quotation and/or paraphrase of someone else's words, ideas, or data as one's own in work submitted for credit. Failure to identify information or essays from the Internet and submitting them as one's own work also constitutes plagiarism.
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