Richard Waterman     waterman@compstat.wharton.upenn.edu
http://www-stat.wharton.upenn.edu/~waterman/homepage.html
Tel. 215.573.3637  Fax 215.898.1280
Department of Statistics, 3025 SH-DH, 3620 Locust Walk,
Philadelphia PA 19104.6302.

Foster, Stine, and Waterman, A Regression Casebook Casebook, Wharton Reprographics (required). Referred to as the "Casebook."

SAS Institute, JMP IN, Windows or Macintosh version, Duxbury Press (optional). Acronym JMP.

Hildebrand and Ott, Basic Statistical Ideas for Managers, Duxbury Press (optional). Acronym H&O.

This course covers the material seen in Statistics 621 but at twice the intensity and with no pauses! The sole objective is to prepare students for the statistics waiver exam. It will be assumed that students are already familiar with the material in Stat603 and Stat621. The course will refresh this material for the student and approach the subject matter in a practical and interpretative way.

Classes 1-5 meet from 7:30am to 9:30am.

Class 6 meets from 7:30am to 10:00am.

• Class 1. Aug 18. Simple regression.
• Class 2. Aug 19. Multiple regression.
• Class 3. Aug 20. Interaction and regression with categorical predictors.
• Class 4. Aug 21. Analysis of Variance.
• Class 5. Aug 22. Logistic regression and time series.
• Class 6. Aug 23. Summary, exam discussion.

The best preparation will be to review the examples in the Casebook before coming to class. Classes correspond to the following Casebook chapters:

• Class 1: chapters 1-3.
• Class 2: chapters 4-5.
• Class 3: chapters 6-7.
• Class 4: chapter 9-10.
• Class 5: chapter 11.
• Class 6: review.

A pass/fail decision will be based on the performance in the waiver exam.

Feedback is strongly encouraged. You can use the one minute notes at the end of class or use the on-line feedback form for more detailed comments.