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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:
Andy Hallfrisch (ajhallfr@mtu.edu)
and Peter Holodnick (pwholodn@mtu.edu)
Course
Syllabus: You
can
download the Spring 2008 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 10
homework
assignments,
equally weighted and worth 40% of your course grade, and six
30-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
most recent on top |
2008-03-31: Worked examples of cluster sampling and sampling for attributes 2008-03-19: Graphical example of multiple regression 2008-03-17: Diagnostics for regression 2008-02-29: Worked examples of tests looking at relationships 2008-02-27: Test of Association or Indepedence 2008-02-22: Worked examples using ANOVA 2008-02-20: Two-way ANOVA without replication and with replication 2008-02-15: One way ANOVA handout including example from Dytham 2008-02-06: Handout summarizing tests of means 2008-02-06: Example for the Chi-Square test for randomness 2008-02-01: Worked examples in Excel of tests of differences 2008-01-16: Handout on algorithm for putting continuous data into classes
2008-01-14:
Powerpoint slides
from lecture 1
| Homework Assignments with the most recent on top |
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 2008-04-21: Homework No. 10 - Angle Count Sampling - data you need Due 2008-04-14: Homework No. 9 - Putting it All Together - data you need - CFI data sheet Due 2008-04-07: Homework No. 8 - Not So Simple Sampling - data you need for it Due 2008-03-31: Homework No. 7 - Simple and Stratified Sampling - data you need for it Due 2008-03-24: Homework No. 6 - Tests to look at relationships: part 2 Due 2008-03-17: Homework No. 5 - Tests to look at relationships: part 1 Due 2008-02-25: Homework No. 4 - Tests for multiple differences Due 2008-02-18: Homework No. 3 - Tests to Look at Differences Due 2008-02-04: Homework No. 2 - Basic Statistics by Simulation
Note 2008-01-22: there is no homework assignment this week!
Due 2008-01-22: 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:
2008-02-04: Quiz 1 - example - key
2008-04-22: Quiz 2 - example - key
2008-03-05: Quiz 3 - example - key
2008-03-26: Quiz 4 - example - key
2008-04-09: Quiz 5 - example - key
2008-04-23: Quiz 6 - example - key
2008-04-24: Final grades returned and course review forms
Readings:
newest on top
2008-04-18: Read Avery & Burkhart, Sec. 18-9 to 18-19.
2008-04-11: Read Avery & Burkhart, Sec. 11-1 to 11-14.
2008-04-02: Read Avery & Burkhart, Sec. 8-1 to 8-6.
2008-03-31: Read Avery & Burkhart, Sec. 5-1 to 5-8 and 6-1 tol 6-8.
2008-03-21: Read Avery and Burkhart, Sec. 3-1 to 3-11 and 3-17 to 3-21.
2008-02-29: Read Avery and Burkhart, Ch. 2, Sec. 2-18 to 2-24.
2008-02-15: Please make sure you've read all of the handouts!
2008-01-14: Read Avery
and Burkhart, Ch. 1 and Ch. 2 Sec. 2-1 to 2-11 only.
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