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Crop Sciences

College of Agricultural, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

CPSC 440: Applied Statistical Methods I

Online M.S. Degree in Crop Sciences

Course Description Statistical methods involving relationships between populations and samples; collection, organization, and analysis of data; and techniques in testing hypotheses with an introduction to regression, correlation, and analysis of variance using the completely randomized design, the randomized complete-block design.

Credit:: 4 graduate hours, 4 undergraduate hours, Non-Credit

Text An Introduction to Statistical Methods and Data Analysis (5th ed). Lyman, O.R. and Longnecker, M., Duxbury Press, Wadsworth, Inc. 2000.
Instructors Dr. German Bollero, Associate Professor, Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 217-333-9475; E-mail gbollero@uiuc.edu
Course Meetings Fall 2007: Online using Elluminate. In the week prior to class registered students will be notifed via email with instructions for downloading the Elluminate software. High speed Internet is recommended but not required. A working microphone is required for online discussions.
Spring 2006: Interactive two-way video to Champaign, Springfield, Oak Brook and Shawnee Community College in Ullin, IL.
Spring 2004: Course offered at Champaign, Oak Brook & DeKalb (Dr. German Bollero, Instructor)
Spring 2003: Course offered at Okaw Area Vocational Center (Dr. Kathleen Yeater, Instructor)
Fall 2002: Course offered in Bloomington (Dr. Kenneth Scmiciklas, Instructor)
Spring 2001: Course offered in Bloomington (Dr. German Bollero, Instructor)
Course Outline
Week Topics Chapters
1 Introduction/Descriptive Statistics Ch. 1, 2 specifically section 1.1, Ch.3, specifically sections 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6
2 Probability and Probability Distributions Ch. 4 not including sections 4.4, 4.5, 4.14
3 Hypothesis Testing/
t distribution/ Type I, II errors/Comparing Two Population Means (t-test)		 Ch. 5 sections 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6
Ch. 5 sections 5.7, 5.8,Ch. 6 sections 6.1, 6.2, 6.4, 6.6, 6.7
4 Comparing Two Population Means (t-test) cont'd./Comparing Two Population Variances (Chi-Square) Ch. 7 sections 7.1, 7.2, 7.3
5 Exam 1 (in-class)  
6 Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) Ch. 8 sections 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, Ch. 15 sections 15.1, 15.2
7 Multiple Comparisons in a Completely Randomized Design (CRD) Ch. 9 section 9.4, 9.5, 9.6, 9.7, 9.8
8 Randomized Complete Block Design (RCB) Ch. 15 section 15.3
9 Latin Square/Linear Contrasts Ch. 15 section 15.4Ch. 9 sections 9.1, 9.2, 9.3
10 Exam 2 (in-class)  
11 Factorial Designs/Linear Regression Ch. 15 sections 15.5, 15.6, 15.7
12 Linear Regression/Correlation Ch. 11
13 Final Exam  
CCA Credits All courses offered through the Online MS Degree Program in Crop Sciences provide Continuing Education Credits for Certified Crop Advisers. In the past the following CCA credits have been awarded for this class.
Nutrient Management
0 hrs
Soil and Water Management
0 hrs
Integrated Pest Management
0 hrs
Crop Management
15 hrs
Professional Development 0 hrs

In addition, this course is approved as biological science credit for adding biology endorsement to the standard teaching certificate for teaching agriculture at the high school level.