A First Course in Statistics for the Sciences

1. A First Course in Statistics for the Sciences A Collaborative Statistics Program Focused on Undergraduate Research Barbara Ward

2. Collaboration Majors Department of Mathematics & Computer Science Department of Biology Environmental Science Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Chemistry Physics Medical Imaging Technology Biology Science & Engineering Management Pre-Pharmacy Chemistry for the Health Sciences Pharmaceutical Studies • Mathematics • Statistics Minor Department of Psychology • Psychology • Neuroscience

3. Elementary Statistics for the Sciences Class Data Set • Height • Forearm Length  • Foot Length • Hand Span • Arm Span • Head Circumference • Navel height • Number of siblings • Number of siblings your mother had • Number of siblings your father had • Hair Color (blonde, red, brown, black) • Eye Color (brown, blue, green, gray, hazel) • Hand Dominance (left handed or right handed?) • Eye Dominance • Gender • Major • Classification • What was the length in minutes of your last cell phone call? • How many pairs of flip flops do you own? • How many hours a day do you listen to music? • Type of music you prefer (country, classical, rock, jazz, contemporary) • Do you prefer Coke or Pepsi? • Which of the primary colors do you prefer (red, blue or yellow)

4. Elementary Statistics for the Sciences Project Topics • Summarizing and Displaying Data • Confidence Intervals and Hypothesis Testing • Correlation and Linear Regression • Analysis of Variance

5. Biostats Laboratory Class # Lab Topic 1 Collecting, Classifying, Organizing data 2 Graphs and Descriptive Statistics 3 Binomial Distribution 4 Poisson Distribution • Normal Distribution • Confidence Intervals 7. Hypothesis Testing Class #Lab Topic 8 Correlation and Regression • Chi-square Goodness of Fit Chi-square Test for Independence 10 Two-Sample Hypothesis Testing and ANOVA 11 Nonparametric Statistics • Resampling 13 Reviewfor Lab Practicum 14 Lab Practicum

6. Biostats Laboratory: Cicadas Ventral view of the abdomen of three 13-year cicadas: Left to right – tredecim, tredecassini, and tredecula. References: 1. Periodical Cicadas in Alabama. Bulletin 635. Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station. Auburn, AL. 1998 2. “13-Year Cicadas.” Steven Murphree, Ph.D., Professor of Biology, Belmont University. Spring 1998.

7. Biostatistics Lab: Poisson Model with Yeast Cells

8. Biostats Laboratory: 2-Sample Confidence Intervals and Hypothesis Testing Student # Pulse (Before) Pulse (After) Temp(Before) Temp(After)

9. Biostats Lab: Chi-Square Tests with Dihybrid Corn Does it Fit Mendelian Ratio 9:3:3:1? Are Color and Texture Independent?

10. Psychology Statistics Lab: Reaction Time and Cell Phones Questions 1)      What did you have for dinner last night? 2)      What did you get for Christmas? 3)      What is your favorite movie? 4)      What is your favorite color? 5)      Where’d you get your shirt? 6)      What did you have for lunch? 7)      Tell me how to get to your house from the school. http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/java/reacttime.html

11. Psychology Statistics Lab: Analyzing Personality Scales with A Correlation Study of College Students • Achievement Anxiety Test (AAT) (Alpert & Haber, 1960) • The Computer Anxiety Scale (Cohen & Waugh, 1989) • State Anxiety Inventory (Spielberger, et al., 1970) • Personality type A/B (Jenkins, Ayzanski, Rosenman, 1971) • Locus of Control (Rotter, 1966) • Sidedness(Coren, 1992) http://www.uncc.edu/pagoolka/correlproject.html

12. Psychology Statistics Lab: Chi Square Tests: Does Hour of the Day Affect Types of Behavior in Television Commercials?

13. Undergraduate Research • Assessing a Math Inquiry Course: Do Students Gain an Appreciation for Mathematics?: qualitative analysis, factor analysis, chi-square tests, t-tests • The Effects of Testosterone Treatment on Conditioned Responses in Zebrafish: nonparametric statistical analysis • The Effects of Cellular Phone Conversations on Gait Characteristics of Young Adults: MANOVA, ANOVA, Bonferroni post hoc tests • Diversity of Soil Bacteria Around Native and Exotic Plants: chi-square tests, ANOVA • Examining the Impact of Human Activity on Swan Lake MANOVA, ANOVA, Tukey’s post hoc tests, factorial ANOVA • Nicotine Facilitates Learning in Zebrafish,Canio rerio: dosage response curve, independent samples t-tests • A Statistical Study of Portfolios Built Using Technical and Fundamental Analysis : Fama-French-Carhart four-factor multiple regression analysis model

14. Undergraduate Research • Testing the Relative Relatedness and In breeding in the Montgomery Bell State Park Termites: Wright’s F Statistics, bootstrapping • The Efficacy of Selected Botanically-Derived Biorepellents on Aedes Aegypti Mosquitoes in Human Volunteer Laboratory Assays: general linear model ANOVA, post hoc t-tests • A Demographic Analysis of the Rainbow Trout Population on the Caney Fork River: one way ANOVA, linear regression, Ws equations • Investigating a Possible Connection Between Pathogenic Avoidance and Reproductive Output of C elegans: correlation analysis, chi-square tests, fully nested ANOVA. • Rates of Herbivory in Exotic and Native Species and the Correlation between Age of Leaf and Occurrence of Herbivory: nonparametric statistics, Mann-Whitney tests. • Comparison of Photosynthesis and Transpiration Rates in Lonicera Maackii and Symphoricarpos Orbiculatus in Response to Environmental Factors: fully nested ANOVA

15. Many Thanks to the Co-Authors and Creators of Biology and Psychology Statistics Labs • Ginger Holmes Rowell, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Middle Tennessee State University • Robert Grammer, Department of Biology, Belmont University • Steve Murphree, Department of Biology, Belmont University • Lonnie Yandell, Department of Psychology, Belmont University