Statistics 337

General Information

  1. Starting Date: Labs in Statistics 337 will start on Tuesday, September 7, 2021. The labs will be held on PC computers in Windows 10 environment. You will be using SPSS 26. No previous experience with SPSS is required.
  2. Software: The statistical software package SPSS version 26 will be used in the lab assignments. SPSS is among the most widely used programs for statistical analysis. It is used by market researchers, health researchers, survey companies, government, education researchers, marketing organizations and others.
  3. Introductory Lab: In the first lab period, on Tuesday, September 7, the lab TA will demonstrate you the basic tools in SPSS that are essential for labs 1-5. In order to access online instructions described those tool, click on the following link : The Introductory Lab: Doing Statistics with SPSS 20. The instructions are very detailed and self-explanatory. You are not required to submit any work for the introductory lab.
  4. Schedule: There will be a total of five lab assignments in the course. The due dates of the five lab assignments are provided in the following table:
    5. Lab
    Discussed
    Due Date
    Introductory
    Lab
    Sept. 7
    No work to be submitted
    1
    Sept. 14
    Monday, Sept.27, by 11:59 PM
    2
    		 Sept. 28 Monday, Oct. 11, by 11:59 PM
    3
    Oct. 12
    Monday, Nov. 1, by 11:59 PM
    4
    		 Nov. 2 Monday, Nov. 22, by 11:59 PM
    5
    		 Nov. 23 Monday, Dec. 6, by 11:59 PM

    There is no lab on November 9 (Fall Reading Week).

    You will have two lab sessions to work on each assignment. The lab instructor will give an introduction to the topics of the current lab in the first week (Discussion Period) only.

  5. Weight: Lab assignments are worth 13% of the final grade. They are not weighted equally. Harder or more time consuming assignments will constitute a larger percent of the combined percentage grade for the five lab assignments. The combined percentage grade for each student is computed by dividing the total points earned by the student by the total points possible for the five lab assignments.
  6. Preparation: Before you start working on any lab assignment, you should first get familiar with the lecture material and lab instructions corresponding to the lab assignment. It is not necessary to go over the lab instructions in detail to answer lab assignment questions; you may focus on those parts of the instructions that are relevant to the assignment questions.
  7. Backups: This is your responsibility to keep a backup of your work both on the IST campus file system and on a reliable portable data storage device (ZIP disk or USB Flash Drive) . If you keep your data on a single storage device only and the device gets damaged or corrupted, you will not be excused!

  1. Labs Submission: The assignments should be submitted online via Assign2. Assign2 is an online collaborative platform for grading assignments and exams.For detailed instructions see Assign2 Instructions. The assignments must be typewritten.

  2. Missed Assignments: A student who cannot complete a lab assignment because of an incapacitating illness, severe domestic affliction or other compelling reasons can apply to their course instructor for a transfer of the weight of the missed lab to the final exam. The application should be made within two working days of the missed lab assignment due date.

  3. Re-evaluation Policy: A student who believes an individual question or lab has been incorrectly marked may request that it be remarked. Such requests should be made to the lab TA before the next lab is due. After that, we will not consider remarking or re-evaluating the lab. in your remarking request you will have to demonstrate that the marker made a mistake in grading or the score for some components assigned by the marker are not consistent with the marking schema posted on the website. If after remarking by the grader, you still think the assignment should be re-considered, then you should contact the instructor directly. Students making a request for a remarking must accept that the resulting mark will become the new mark, whether it goes up or down or remains the same.

  4. Students are urged to familiarize themselves with the provisions of the Code of Student Behaviour at www.ualberta.ca/secretariat/appeals.htm to avoid any behaviour which could potentially result in suspicions of cheating, plagiarism, misrepresentation of facts and/or participation in an offence. Academic dishonesty is a serious offence and can result in suspension or expulsion from the University.

 
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