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FW 3200
- Inventory, Monitoring and Data Analysis. Sampling design,
implementation and analysis for inventory and monitoring of attributes
of stands, forests and landscapes. Includes computing skills
for data entry, storage and analysis and application of statistical
techniques to answer questions about ecological data. Credits:
4.0 Lec-Rec-Lab: (3-0-3). Pre-requisite(s): MA 2720 or MA
2710 or MA 3710.
Instructor: Robert
Froese, PhD, RPF (froese@mtu.edu)
Teaching Assistants: Nan Davis (nancdavis@gmail.com)
and Karl Romanowicz (kjromano@mtu.edu)
Course
Syllabus: You
can
download the Spring 2010 syllabus here.
Textbooks:
there is one required text:
Avery, T.E.
and H.E. Burkhart. 2002. Forest Measurements (5th
ed). McGrawHill, Madison WI. 456 pp.
This book is not
required, but it is great introduction to data analysis in Microsoft
Excel: Middleton, M.R. 2004.
Data Analysis
using Microsoft Excel (3rd ed).
Brooks/Cole/Thompson, Belmont CA. 280 pp. A good desk reference on choices of statistical methods: Dytham, C. 2004. Choosing and Using Statistics (2nd Edition). Blackwell, Malden, MA.
Grading:
There
are
NO formal exams in this course. Your course grade is made up of at least 10
homework
assignments,
equally weighted and worth 40% of your course grade, and six 25-minute quizes,
worth 10% each.
Assignments
and Readings: We
have one homework assignment each week.
Readings will be assigned periodically from the
required text. Please see
the
sidebar at right for details.
| Notes,
Examples and Handouts with the
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2010-03-05: Pivot tables to calculate stand tables with confidence intervals by DBH class 2010-03-03: Placing continuous data into classes handout 2010-02-19: Worked examples for sampling designs - updated March 1 2010-01-27: Worked examples for t-tests in Excel - updated Feb 8 2010-01-27: Handout for Tests Concerning Means and z/t functions in Excel 2010-01-11: Powerpoint slides from Lecture 1
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There is one assignment each week. Homework is due at the
beginning of class on Monday of the following week. You have
one
week for each assignment!
Due 2010-03-19: Homework No. 8 - Stand Inventory - the data Due 2010-03-05: Homework No. 7 - Not So Simple Sampling - the data Due 2010-02-26: Homework No. 6 - SRS and STRS - the data Due 2010-02-19: Homework No. 5 - Multiple Linear Regression - the data Due 2010-02-12: Homework No. 4 - Correlation and Regression Due 2010-02-08: Homework No. 3 - Tests of Differences Due 2010-01-29: Homework No. 2 - Statistics my Simulation Due 2010-01-15: Homework No. 1 - Review of Algebra
and
Statistics
Due Every Week: Homework No. 0 - Memo Format
Remember: recordings of lectures are available on iTunesU!
Avery
and Burkhart at amazon.com
Middleton's
book on amazon.com
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Important Dates:
2010-02-03: Quiz 1 - sample - key 2010-02-17: Quiz 2 - sample - key
2010-03-03: Quiz 3 - sample - key
2010-03-24: Quiz 4 - sample - key
2010-04-07: Quiz 5 - sample - key
2010-04-21: Quiz 6 - sample - key
2010-04-23: Final grades returned and course review forms
Readings:
newest on top
2010-02-15: Avery & Burkhart Ch. 3. pp. 34-47 and pp. 57-66
2010-01-11: Avery & Burkhart Ch. 2, pp. 25-31.
2010-01-11: Avery & Burkhart Ch. 2, pp. 11-24.
2010-01-11: Avery & Burkhart Ch. 1, pp. 1-10.
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