Statistical Data Analysis II

(Fall 2019)

Instructor:
Youn Seon Lim
Email: Limyo@ucmail.uc.edu
Phone: 513-556-7381
Office: 638R Teacher-Dyer
Office Hours: Tuesdays 12:00PM - 02:00PM; Wednesday 11:00AM – 01:00PM
WebEx Info: https://ucincinnati.webex.com/meet/limyo
Join by phone: +1-415-655-0002
Access code: 646493004
*** Directions on how to join a meeting: https://kb.uc.edu/KBArticles/Webex-Participants.aspx

*** This course has been designed and created by Dr. Christopher Swoboda.

Teaching Assistants:
Yanli Xie
Email: Xieyl@mail.uc.edu
Office: 638 Teacher-Dyer
Office Hours: Mondays, Tuesdays 10:30AM—11:30AM

Fangxing Bai
Email: Bafig@mail.uc.edu
Office: 638 Teacher-Dyer
Office Hours: Wednesdays 02:00PM – 03:00PM; Fridays 10:30AM – 11:30AM

Course Information:
This is a second course in statistical data analysis methods that are commonly used in the social
and behavioral sciences, such as chi-square tests, correlation, multiple regression, logistic
regression, two-factor ANOVA, ANCOVA, and GLM; and the use of statistical software to
support data analysis.

This course is presented in a primarily online format. There are a number of benefits to online
courses, including (1) consistency in the quality of course content, (2) accessibility for students
with scheduling conflicts and travel challenges, (3) instruction that is delivered in short segments
rather than 3 hour sessions, (4) less lecture time which allows for more time in practice, and (5)
the convenience of instructor availability both virtually and in person. If you are having difficulties
and need help, please contact the instructor with your question and, if need be, set up a time for a
phone call, Skype call or in person meeting. We very much want you to learn the material, but
cannot help you if you don’t ask.

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There is a substantial amount of work associated with the class, and regular engagement, repeated
assessment, and feedback is critical to your success. For this course, much of the math has been
abstracted out of the material so we can focus on theory and implementation. Note that it is highly
recommended that you set aside at least 10 hours per unit for your learning. The time
investment may vary across students and units, but we have found that students that cannot make
this time commitment struggle.

Required Materials:

Course Website (UC Canvas)

https://canopy.uc.edu, log in with “6+2” username and password

Optional Textbook
Lomax, R., & Hahs-Vaughn, D. (2012). An Introduction to Statistical Concepts (3rd Ed.). New
York, NY: Routledge.
• You can access an electronic copy of it through the link provided in UC Canvas, or go to
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/uc/detail.action?docID=956950 and
log in with your “6+2” credential
• The primary source of course material is the lecture videos; The textbook should be
used as a supplement to the lecture material

Recommended Materials
1. Darlington, R. B., & Hayes, A. F. (2016). Regression analysis and linear models: Concepts,
applications, and implementation. New York, NY: Guilford Publications.
2. Ott, R. L., & Longnecker, M. (2015). An introduction to statistical methods and data analysis
(7th ed.). Boston, MA: Cengage Learning.
3. Field, A. (2013). Discovering statistics using IBM SPSS statistics (4th ed.). Thousand Oaks,
California: Sage.
4. Pallant, J. (2016). SPSS survival manual: A step by step guide to data analysis using IBM
SPSS (6th ed.). Crows Nest, Australia: Allen & Unwin.
5. Dalgaard, P. (2008). Introductory statistics with R (2nd ed.). New York: Springer Verlag. This
book is available electronically at UC libraries.

Technology Requirements
• Laptop or personal computer (on-campus labs are available to students without personal
computing devices)
• High speed and reliable Internet access to the course website
• If working off-campus, you may need to connect to the UC Network using a VPN:
https://www.libraries.uc.edu/off-campus-access.html
• The two required statistical software packages

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Statistical Software
Students are responsible for choosing a statistical package (R with R Studio or SPSS) to use
throughout the semester. The table below helps students make a choice to suit their equipment,
budget, skills, and preferences.

Comparison R with R Studio (Recommended) SPSS

Cost to you now Free Free on the UC Virtual Lab or pay
for a 6-month student license
Cost in the future Free Expensive
How to access Base R: https://cran.r-project.org/ UC Virtual Lab: See video on the
R Studio: course website
https://www.rstudio.com/products/rst
udio/download/#download

Ability to tailor to the High—R code can be modified to Low—SPSS outputs copious
course run and output only what is unnecessary results. Students using
necessary for the task SPSS are responsible for
eliminating unnecessary data
Graphical user interface No Yes
Ability to automate and Yes-R code is easily saved, The graphical interface makes it
check your work modified, and return challenging to return procedures.
Does the software Yes Not necessarily – You may be
include everything you missing some modules in your
need for the course edition of SPSS
Troubleshooting Online manuals, Instructors Textbook, UCIT
resources
Additional notes R code and support videos will be The textbook covers SPSS
provided for each unit extensively

Assessment:
There are four components to assess your mastery of Statistical Data Analysis: online quizzes,
homework assignments, and final product. Grades will be posted on the course website.

Assessments and Point Values

Assessment Quizzes Homework Final Exam or Project Total
Total Point Value 120 120 80 320
Percent of Final Grade 37.5% 37.5% 25.0% 100%

Percentage Cutoffs for Final Grades

Letter Grade A A- B+ B B- C+ C F
Percentage 93.5–100 89.5–93 86.5–89 82.5–86 79.5–82 75.5–79 69.5–75 Below 69.5

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1. Assignments (120 points total)
Assignments will count for a total of 120 points for discussion board posting. There are a total of
8 homework assignments, and they may span different numbers of units with differing point
values.

2. Quizzes (120 points total)

There will be 1 quiz for each of the 12 units (including one for Stat 1 review material). You have
two attempts for each quiz, but note that you may get different questions for each attempt. For
each quiz, the time limit for each attempt is 60 minutes (1 hour). Each quiz focuses on that unit’s
content and any previous material the particular unit relies on. The quiz will be posted on first day
of the unit (Wednesday 11:59PM) and is due at 11:59 PM EST on the following Wednesday.
Quizzes are independent work. Quiz questions and/or responses should not be discussed or shared
with past, current, or future students. Doing so is an act of academic dishonesty and will be handled
accordingly. Unless a student has accommodations that allow additional time for test-taking, every
minute over this time period will result in a 2 point-grade deduction. Quizzes submitted 5 or more
minutes late will NOT be graded and will be counted as a zero.

3. Final Exam or Project (80 points total)

Final Exam
The exam in this course represent the combination of knowledge gained from the quizzes and the
homework assignments. The exam will be taken online using the UC Canvas site in the same
manner as the quizzes. Exam is an independent work. Exam questions and/or responses should not
be discussed or shared with past, current, or future students. Doing so is an act of academic
dishonesty and will be handled accordingly. For the exam students have ONE AND ONLY ONE
attempt, which has a time limit of 180- minute (3-hour). Unless a student has accommodations that
allow additional time for test-taking, every minute over this time period will result in a 5 point
grade deduction. An exam submitted 5 or more minutes late will not be graded and will be counted
as a zero.

Final Project
While the assessment of fundamental statistical concepts is critical for understanding and building
intermediate statistical knowledge, the application of statistics in context is important as well. The
project represents a culminating experience for this course, and offers the opportunity for students
to propose a research question based upon the provided data, form the appropriate statistical
hypotheses, run the data analysis and write up the results. The de- tails of the project will be posted
separately on UC Canvas. No late projects will be accepted without prior written consent of the
instructor

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Course Schedule:

Week Unit Readings Topics Activities Assessment Due Dates

/Exam Dates
1 Syllabus & Review Wed, Jan. 22, 11:59PM
Review Stat 1 Material Quiz
2 13 Ch 13.1 Two-Factor ANOVA Quiz 13 Wed, Jan. 29, 11:59PM
HW 1
3 14 Ch 14 Analysis of Covariance Quiz 14 Wed, Feb. 5, 11:59PM
(ANCOVA) HW 2
4 15 Ch 10 Correlation Quiz 15 Wed, Feb. 12, 11:59PM
5 16 Ch 17 Simple Liner Regression Quiz 16 Wed, Feb. 19, 11:59PM
HW 3
6 17 Ch Multiple Regression: Quiz 17 Wed, Feb. 26, 11:59PM
18.2.1-18.2.4 Introduction HW 4
7 18 Ch 18.2.5 Multiple Regression: Quiz 18 Wed, Mar. 4, 11:59PM
Assumptions and Issues
8 19 Ch Multiple Regression: Quiz 19 Wed, Mar. 11, 11:59PM
18.3 - 18.6 Modeling and Variable Selection HW 5
9 20 Ch Logistic Regression: Quiz 20 Wed, Mar. 25, 11:59PM
19.1-19.4 Introduction
10 21 Ch 19 Logistic Regression: Quiz 21 Wed, Apr. 1, 11:59PM
Assumptions and Issues HW 6
11 22 Headley, MG., Data Management and Quiz 22 Wed, Apr. 8, 11:59PM
Swoboda, CM, Missing Data HW 7
Foote, L. (2016)
12 23 Advanced Topics in Statistics Quiz 23 Wed, Apr. 15, 11:59PM
HW 8
13 24 Measurement Quiz 24 Wed, Apr. 22, 11:59PM
14 Final Exam or Final Project Wed, Apr. 29, 11:59PM

Course Policies:

Upon officially registering for the course, the student assumes responsibility for understanding and
complying with the entire contents of the course syllabus. It is the student’s responsibility to raise
questions or concerns directly with the instructor. The course instructor reserves the right to
change, modify, add, or delete any class assignment, reading, or activity at any time. Such changes
will be made, and students notified, at the earliest possible time.

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Late Work Policy
In general late work will not be accepted. In rare, exceptional circumstances (where appropriate
documentation is provided), the mid-term exam or final exam may be accepted late at the sole
discretion of the primary instructor. Please obtain prior, written consent if possible. Quizzes and
homework projects will never be accepted late; however, the lowest two quiz scores will be
counted as extra credits to allow for unforeseen circumstances that may occasionally prevent
timely submission.

Email Policy
CECH policy requires that all faculty and students correspond exclusively through official
University of Cincinnati email addresses. This includes all emails sent through UC Canvas.
Therefore, all students are required to link their official university address to the UC Canvas
system.

Diversity
The instructors of this course do not tolerate discrimination of any kind. If you are experiencing
any issues in this course or on this campus, please consider contacting your instructors or visiting
the following resources:
• UC Office of Diversity and Inclusion - https://www.uc.edu/about/equity-inclusion.html
• CECH Diversity Initiative - http://cech.uc.edu/diversity.html
• UC Office of Title IX - https://www.uc.edu/titleix.html
• UC Counseling & Psychological Services - https://www.uc.edu/counseling.html
• UC LQBTQ resources - https://www.uc.edu/lgbtq.html
• UC Disability Services - https://www.uc.edu/aess/disability.html

Academic Integrity
The University Rules, including the Student Code of Conduct, and other documented policies of
the department, college and university related to academic integrity will be enforced. Any violation
of these regulations, including acts of plagiarism or cheating will be dealt with on an individual
basis according to the severity of the misconduct. Academic dishonesty in any form (cheating,
plagiarism) is a serious offense and cannot be tolerated in any academic community. You may
view the University of Cincinnati Code of Conduct information online at the following site:
https://www.uc.edu/conduct/Code_of_Conduct.html

Plagiarism is defined as:

• Submitting another’s published or unpublished work in whole, in part or in paraphrase, as one’s own
without fully and properly crediting the author with footnotes, quotation marks, citations, or
bibliographic references.
• Submitting as one’s own original work, material obtained from an individual, agency, or the internet
without reference to the person, agency or webpage as the source of the material.
• Submitting as one’s own original work material that has been produced through unacknowledged
collaboration with others without release in writing from collaborators (University of Cincinnati,
Code of Conduct, https://www.uc.edu/conduct/Code_of_Conduct.html)

Plagiarism will not be tolerated and, according the Student Code of Conduct, will result in one or
more of the following consequences:

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 • Formal report of academic misconduct. (UC student disciplinary records are maintained for 6 years
with access limited to those with an educational need to know and those who receive permission from
the student law school admissions, government employers, etc.)
• Failing grade on the exercise.
• Reduced or failing grade for the course.
• Recommendation to the College Hearing Panel/Dean/Provost for probation, suspension, dismissal.

***Please note that homework can be worked on collaboratively but the outcome must be different
(e.g. a group may work together and help each other, but different variables must be used by each
member of the group).

Accommodations Policy
If you have a disability (e.g., visual impairment, hearing impairment, physical impairment,
communication disorder, and/or specific learning disability, etc.) that may influence your
performance in this course you must meet with the Disability Services Office (DSO) to arrange
for reasonable accommodations in order to ensure an equitable opportunity to meet all the
requirements of this course. If you require accommodations due to disability, please contact DSO
at 513-556-6823, Campus Location: 210 University Pavilion. You will be provided an
Accommodation Form indicating your accommodation needs for the semester. Please present this
form to the instructor AS SOON AS POSSIBLE to ensure your accommodation needs are
discussed, agreed upon, and provided.

Course Withdrawal
Please check the Office of the Registrar’s website for University policies regarding withdrawal
procedures https://www.uc.edu/about/registrar.html. In addition, if you are considering
withdrawing from the course, please contact your academic advisor prior to withdrawing because
if you are receiving financial aid there may be financial repercussions for withdrawing
https://financialaid.uc.edu/eligibility/recalculation.html. Please also note that if you are failing the
course when you decide to withdraw, the instructor reserves the right to issue a failing grade. For
this reason, if you find yourself having difficulties in this class you should communicate with your
instructor immediately in order to determine the best courses of action to improve your grade
and/or withdraw from the class. Please note that only in very rare circumstances will an
“Incomplete” be given. Only students who have been attending class regularly and submitting
assignments as required will be considered for an “I” grade. Documentation regarding extenuating
circumstances will be required before an “I” is granted.

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