Statistics

Fall, 2020, National Cheng Kung University, Department of Industrial Design

Instructor: Yu-Hsiu Hung, Ph.D.

Office/ Phone: 53210/06-2757575-54327
Email: idhfhung@mail.ncku.edu.tw
Office Hours: by appointment/TBA
Class meetings: 1F, 5102 C-Hub, Tue, 9:10 am – 11:00 am
Teaching Assistant: 陳柏彤
Email: D84035048@gs.ncku.edu.tw

Course Description:
This course is an introductory course in statistics with an emphasis on the applications of basic statistical
methods in design studies and behavioral science. Descriptive statistics and intermediate inferential
methods will be discussed. This course is a massive open online course (MOOC) where students could
listen to lectures repeat in their spare time on Moodle. Students are required to participate in class
meetings to practice the knowledge covered in the video lectures.

Course Objective:
This course introduces the student to the concepts and knowledge of statistics. Having successfully
completed this course, the student will be able to:
• Understand the basics of descriptive and inferential statistics necessary to carry on design studies
• Identify statistical techniques to the analysis of design data
• Identify design guidelines and solutions through data reduction techniques
• Develop the ability to make decisions based on limited available information
• Summarize/analyze collected data to the design of products and interfaces
• Apply knowledge of statistics to the evaluation of products and interfaces

Required Texts:
Witte, R. S., and Witte, J. S. (2017). Statistics (11th ed.). Hoboken, NJ: J. Wiley & Sons. ISBN: 978-
1119254515

Software:
Microsoft Excel and SPSS (available from the website of the computer and network center:
http://www.cc.ncku.edu.tw/download/)

Honor Code:
All students must adhere to the Honor Code Policies of NCKU. The Honor Code will be strictly enforced
in this course. All assignments shall be considered graded work, unless otherwise noted. All aspects of
your coursework are covered by the honor system. Any suspected violations of the Honor Code will be
promptly reported to the honor system, which may result in a fail of this course. Honesty in your
academic work will develop into professional integrity. The faculty and students of NCKU will not
tolerate any form of academic dishonesty.

Course Requirements:
Quizzes/Examinations: Quizzes, and one midterm examination, and a final examination will be given.
The exams are prescheduled and rarely deviate from the course schedule; therefore, students should plan
accordingly. The format of the examinations will be closed book, closed notes unless otherwise stated.
NO make-up examinations will be given. Students who miss an exam must provide me with a written
official excuse within 24 hours of the scheduled exam.

Assignments: Short assignments will be completed in a group format and has to be submitted through
Moodle before 12 am of the course meeting date. Hard copy assignments are due at the beginning of the
class period on the stated date, unless otherwise stated. For each day the assignment is late (including
weekends) 10 pts will be deducted. Class periods will be dedicated to design activities necessary for the
completion of some assignments. Students must be present to receive credit for those assignments.

An overall course grade will be assigned based on performance using the following percentages:

Course Requirement Percentage of grade

Attendance/ Participation 15
Quizzes (4) 20
Assignments (3) 21
Midterm exam 20
Final Examination 24
* (The final grade CANNOT and WILL NOT for any reason be changed).

Tentative Schedule (Subject to Change)

Dat Textbook
Week Topic Assignment/Quiz
e Section (s)
Week 1 9/8 Course Overview
9/1
Measurement and data summaries Ch. 1-2
Week 2 5
9/2
Describing data with averages and variability Ch. 3-4 Assignment #1
Week 3 2
9/2
Assignment #1 presentation Quiz #1
Week 4 9
10/
Normal distribution & Standardized (z) scores Ch. 5
Week 5 6
10/
Correlation Ch. 6 Assignment #2
Week 6 13
10/
Simple regression Ch. 7 Quiz #2
Week 7 20
10/
Populations, Samples, and Probability Ch. 8
Week 8 27
11/
Midterm exam
Week 9 3
11/
Sampling distribution of the mean Ch. 9 Assignment #3
Week 10 10
11/
Introduction to hypothesis testing/z test Ch. 10
Week 11 17
11/
More about hypothesis testing Ch. 11 Quiz #3
Week 12 24
12/
More about hypothesis testing Ch. 11
Week 13 1
12/
Estimation (confidence intervals) Ch. 12
Week 14 8
Week 15 12/ One sample t test/Independent t test Ch. 13-14 Quiz #4
 15
12/
Paired t test Ch. 15
Week 16 22
12/
ANOVA (One Factor) Ch. 16
Week 17 29
Week 18 1/5 Final exam