Spring 2021 - STAT 403 D100

Intermediate Sampling and Experimental Design (3)

Class Number: 3335

Delivery Method: In Person

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    Jan 11 – Apr 16, 2021: Mon, 12:30–1:20 p.m.
    Burnaby

    Jan 11 – Apr 16, 2021: Thu, 12:30–2:20 p.m.
    Burnaby

  • Exam Times + Location:

    Apr 24, 2021
    Sat, 12:00–3:00 p.m.
    Burnaby

  • Prerequisites:

    STAT 302, 305 or 350 or BUEC 333.

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

A practical introduction to useful sampling techniques and intermediate level experimental designs. This course may not be used to satisfy the upper division requirements of the Statistics major or honours program. Students with credit for STAT 410 or 430 may not take STAT 403 for further credit. Quantitative.

COURSE DETAILS:

Course Outline:

This course covers the basic and most useful methods of sampling and experimental design.  These methods are major components of much modern research.  This course is intended to provide practical expertise in these areas.  Methods of field research will be emphasized along with underlying ideas.  Methods will be illustrated with situations from environmental science, resource ecology, and other fields.  A project utilizing and evaluating methods from the course will serve to extend and integrate the course methods and concepts.

Mode of teaching:

  • Lecture: synchronous
  • Tutorial: synchronous
  • Midterm(s): synchronous; date: TBA
  • Final exam: synchronous; date: TBA

Grading

  • Written Projects 15%
  • Assignments 20%
  • Term Test 1 15%
  • Term Test 2 15%
  • Final Exam 35%

NOTES:

All above grading is subject to change.

Materials

MATERIALS + SUPPLIES:

Access to high-speed internet, webcam.

 

REQUIRED READING:

No formal text assigned.

Department Undergraduate Notes:

Students with Disabilities:
Students requiring accommodations as a result of disability must contact the Centre for Accessible Learning 778-782-3112 or csdo@sfu.ca


Tutor Requests:
Students looking for a Tutor should visit http://www.stat.sfu.ca/teaching/need-a-tutor-.html. We accept no responsibility for the consequences of any actions taken related to tutors.

Registrar Notes:

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY: YOUR WORK, YOUR SUCCESS

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Each student is responsible for his or her conduct as it affects the University community.  Academic dishonesty, in whatever form, is ultimately destructive of the values of the University. Furthermore, it is unfair and discouraging to the majority of students who pursue their studies honestly. Scholarly integrity is required of all members of the University. http://www.sfu.ca/policies/gazette/student/s10-01.html

TEACHING AT SFU IN SPRING 2021

Teaching at SFU in spring 2021 will be conducted primarily through remote methods. There will be in-person course components in a few exceptional cases where this is fundamental to the educational goals of the course. Such course components will be clearly identified at registration, as will course components that will be “live” (synchronous) vs. at your own pace (asynchronous). Enrollment acknowledges that remote study may entail different modes of learning, interaction with your instructor, and ways of getting feedback on your work than may be the case for in-person classes. To ensure you can access all course materials, we recommend you have access to a computer with a microphone and camera, and the internet. In some cases your instructor may use Zoom or other means requiring a camera and microphone to invigilate exams. If proctoring software will be used, this will be confirmed in the first week of class.

Students with hidden or visible disabilities who believe they may need class or exam accommodations, including in the current context of remote learning, are encouraged to register with the SFU Centre for Accessible Learning (caladmin@sfu.ca or 778-782-3112).