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       SYLLABUS  St 517  Fall 1994  D. A. Dickey
       Class time:  2:35-3:50           Room: GA 2213           
       Dickey, Office hours:   Tues.  Thurs. 10-11  
       Grader: Cheng-Hung Kao  office hrs. 2:30-3:30 W, F, 510 A Cox                                     
       
            The syllabus below lists test dates and reading material.  We will be 
        covering Rawlings' book, Applied Regression Analysis: A Research Tool.  The 
        page numbers below are more or less an even division of the book and are meant 
        only to approximate our position during the semester.  
       
       
                  Tues                     Thurs        
       
                                           Aug. 25    1-18
                 Aug. 30 Computing demo    Sep.  1   19-25
                 Sep.  6  31-47            Sep.  8   48-60
                 Sep. 13  66-79            Sep. 15   85-107
                 Sep. 20  (TEST 1)****     Sep. 22  108-126
                 Sep. 27 134-150           Sep. 29  153-165
                 Oct.  4 169-189           Oct.  6  193-212
                 Oct. 11 213-231           Oct. 13   (TEST 2)****
                 Oct. 18  (break)          Oct. 20  238-247
                 Oct. 25 249-272           Oct. 27  273-292
                 Nov.  1 299-323           Nov.  3  328-352
                 Nov.  8 356-374           Nov. 10  377-386
                 Nov. 15 388-407           Nov. 17   (TEST 3)****
                 Nov. 22 415-428           Nov. 24  (break)
                 Nov. 29 429-439           Dec.  1  441-463
                 Dec.  6 474-494           Dec.  8  (Last class)
       
       Final Exam: Tues. Dec. 15 1-4 p.m. ,  2213 GA    
       
       Homework:  I will incorporate SAS computing assignments and class examples.  
       Our second class meeting will show some examples of computing available  to 
       you.  We will be using the SAS system.  I encourage you to learn as much as 
       possible about computing routines for the calculations done in the course.  The 
       homeworks will count 15% of your grade.  Please feel free to discuss homework 
       and prepare for tests with a study group.  I strongly encourage you to take 
       this "group" approach.  However, each person should construct his/her own 
       computer programs and summaries of the output.  It is NOT acceptable to turn in 
       a copy of someone else's computer output or to run a program constructed by a 
       fellow student.   

       
       TESTS:  We will have three tests, a number of homework assignments, and a final 
       exam.  The final exam will be comprehensive.  For each test, you can bring one 
       standard sheet of paper with anything you want written on it (both sides).  For 
       the final exam you can bring up to three sheets if you like.  Other than that, 
       the tests will be closed book and notes.  Your grade will be calculated on this 
       basis: Test 1 20%, Test 2 20%, Test 3 20%, Final 25 %, Homework 15 %.