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Statistics Placement Assessment for Entering Doctoral Students

PH 142B

PH 142B (under construction)

Topics covered

Simple Regression
Multiple Regression
One-way analysis of variance
Follow-up tests including Tukey and Bonferroni
Two-way analysis of variance

Follow-up tests

Texts:
These texts will give you an idea of the material covered in the course and the level of difficulty. Read through the text and see if you can solve the problems at the end of the chapters.

Agresti & Finlay Statistical Methods for the Social Sciences
Neter, Kutner, nachtsheim, & Wasserman Applied Linear Statistical Models (4th edition, Irwin)

Readings from Neter et al.:

Topic  
Regression Chapter 1
  Chapter 2: sections: 2.1-2.5, 2.7-2.10
  Chapter 3: sections 3.1-3.3, 3.8, 3.9 skip Box-Cox
Multiple Regression Read around matrix derivations
Chapter 6: sections 6.1, 6.3-6.9
  Chapter 7: sections 7.1 - 7.3
Analysis of Variance Chapter 16: sections 16.1-16.9
  Chapter 17: sections 17.1-17.7
  Chapter 18: sections 18.1
  Chapter 19: sections 19.1-19.6
  Chapter 20: sections 20.1-20.3

Regression Skills List
Sample Regression Homework

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Please see your advisor if you would like to take a placement assessment exam for PH142A or PH142B.

For information on the placement process, you may email Claudia Waters at claudia2@socrates.berkeley.edu or Maureen Lahiff at lahiff@uclink.berkeley.edu.

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