328 Stat
Course outline
STAT 328 (Statistical Packages) 3 credit hours
Dr: Walid Emam
Office: 2B50 Building #4,
E-mail: wemam@ksu.edu.sa
Text Books:
1. Minitab Guide, Second Edition Desmond J. Higham and Nicholas J. Higham A-Jin Publishing Company. Latest version
2. Excel 2010 guide to accompany understanding basic statistics
sixth edition
3. SPSS Guide to Data Analysis by Marija Norse’s. . Latest version
4. Hector Guerrero. Excel Data Analysis: Modeling and Simulation, Springer. . Latest version
5. SPSS Survival Manual: A Step by Step Guide to Data Analysis Using IBM Spss. Latest version
6. Alain F. Zuur l Elena N. Ieno Erik H.W.G. Meesters. A Beginner’s Guide to R, Springer. Latest version
Course Scope Contents:
Using program code in a statistical software package (Excel – Minitab – SAS – SPSS - R) to write a program for data and statistical analysis. Topics include creating and managing data files, graphical presentation - and Monte Carlo simulations.
Date | Topics Covered |
20/1/2020 | Introduction to statistical analysis using excel Some mathematical functions in Excel |
27/1/2020 | Statistical and logical functions in excel |
3/2/2020 | Descriptive statistics using excel |
10/2/2020 | Statistical tests using excel |
17/2/2020 | Correlation and regression using excel Introduction to Minitab |
24/2/2020 | Descriptive statistics using Minitab |
2/3/2020 | Statistical distributions in Minitab |
5/3/2020 Mid-1 Exam | |
9/3/2020 | Statistical tests using Minitab |
16/3/2020 | Correlation and regression using Minitab Introduction to SPSS |
23/3/2020 | Descriptive statistics using SPSS |
30/3/2020 | Statistical tests using SPSS Correlation and regression using SPSS |
2/4/2020 Mid-2 Exam | |
6/4/2020 | Introduction to R Statistical and mathematical functions in R |
13/4/2020 | Descriptive statistics using R Statistical distributions in R |
20/4/2020 | Statistical tests using R Correlation and regression using R |
27/4/2020 | Applications, Programming and simulation in R |
Final exam : |
Assignments and Tests:
Assignments and Labs | Will be given during the classes | 10 marks |
Midterm test I | Thursday, 5/3/2020 (17/7/1441), 7:00-8:30PM | 25 marks |
Midterm test II | Thursday, 2/4/2020 (16/8/1441), 7:00-8:30PM | 25 marks |
Final Exam | 40 marks |
Attendance:
Student missing more than 25% of the total class hours won't be allowed to write the final exam.