Useful Links
Below are some links of interest for the course. They are divided into five parts. The first part is the link to the Adobe Connect online aspect, in case you lose your invite. The second part is a series of links to the course documents. The third part is several links to journals and research article sources. The fourth part consists of links directly to data sources. The final part consists of links to statistical and typesetting programs (and distributions).
Connect online
![Link to: Connect Pro []](http://www.adobe.com/favicon.ico) |
Connect Pro |
This is the link to the logon page of Adobe’s Connect Pro, which serves as the media through which we can collaborate, teach, and learn across distances. |
Course documents
![Link to: Course syllabus []](images/favicon.ico) |
Syllabus |
This document lays out the general expectations for the course, including assignments, research paper, and weekly topics. |
![Link to: Course stylesheet []](images/favicon.ico) |
Style Sheet |
This document gives mechanics about how I want your documents to look for this course. Please follow it carefully. |
![External link to: APSA citation booklet []](http://www.ipsonet.org/favicon.ico) |
References |
This document demonstrates how to cite and reference your sources of information using the APSA citation style. |
![Link to: Experiment Description Form []](images/favicon.ico) |
Experimental Description Form |
This document helps you structure your research before you begin collecting data. Doing this helps you determine if your experiment is even feasible. |
Class Recordings
![Link to: Recording of Lecture II []](images/favicon.ico) |
Lecture II |
This is the recording (audio and video) for Lecture II: Comparing Means — the sequel. Note: There are a few minutes of dead space in the beginning. |
![Link to: Recording of Lecture III []](images/favicon.ico) |
Lecture III |
This is the recording (audio and video) for Lecture III: Post Hoc Tests and Linear Regression. Note: There are a couple minutes of dead space in the beginning. |
![Link to: Recording of Lecture IV []](images/favicon.ico) |
Lecture IV |
This is the recording (audio and video) for Lecture IV: Monte Carlo Techniques. Note: There are a couple minutes of dead space in the beginning. |
![Link to: Recording of Lecture V []](images/favicon.ico) |
Lecture V |
This is the recording (audio and video) for Lecture V: A Full Linear Analysis, with Parametric Bootstrapping. |
![Link to: Recording of Week VI []](images/favicon.ico) |
Lecture VI |
This is the recording (audio and video) for Lecture VI: Mid-Semester Laboratory. I'm not sure how helpful it is after the homework discussion, but if you are patient, I make a few points worth hearing again. |
![Link to: Recording of Week VII []](images/favicon.ico) |
Lecture VII |
This is the recording (audio and video) for Lecture VII: Research Update. It also includes the part on prediction lines, which will be useful for this week's assignment. |
![Link to: Recording of Week VIII []](images/favicon.ico) |
Lecture VIII |
This is the recording (audio and video) for Lecture VIII: Generalized Linear Models (Gaussian). This lecture introduced GLMs to you and why we need this new paradigm if we want to fit more types of dependent variables. |
![Link to: Recording of Week IX []](images/favicon.ico) |
Lecture IX |
This is the recording (audio and video) for Lecture IX: Generalized Linear Models (Binomial). This lecture discusses how to fit models with binary dependent variables. It covers most of the first half of Forsberg Chapter 7. |
![Link to: Recording of Week X []](images/favicon.ico) |
Lecture X |
This is the recording (audio and video) for Lecture X: Accuracy Measures. This lecture discusses many ways of measuring accuracy. It covers most of the second half of Forsberg Chapter 7. |
![Link to: Recording of Week XI []](images/favicon.ico) |
Lecture XI |
This is the recording (audio and video) for Lecture XI: Count and Lifetime Dependent Variables. This lecture discusses modeling count dependent variables (Poisson, quasiPoisson, Negative Binomial), the bias-variance tradeoff, and lifetime dependent variables (Gamma). It covers most of Forsberg Chapters 8 and 10. |
![Link to: Recording of Week XII []](images/favicon.ico) |
Lecture XII |
This is the recording (audio and video) for Lecture XII: Nominal and Ordinal Regression. This lecture discusses modeling nominal and ordinal dependent variables. It covers most of Forsberg Chapter 9. |
![Link to: Recording of Week XIII []](images/favicon.ico) |
Lecture XIII |
This is the recording (audio and video) for Lecture XIII: Survival Time analysis. In addition to the two presentations, this lecture covers how to model dependent variables that are survival times, and experience censoring. |
![Link to: Recording of Week XIV []](images/favicon.ico) |
Lecture XIV |
This is the recording (audio and video) for Lecture XIV: Time Series and Cross Sectional Time Series Analysis. |
![Link to: Recording of Week XV []](images/favicon.ico) |
Lecture XV |
This is the recording (audio and video) for Lecture XV: The Final Lab, including the homework and the foreign package. |
Research article sources
![Link to: FEMP Resources []](http://femp.okstate.edu/templates/okstateu/favicon.ico) |
FEMP Resources |
This is a listing (with direct links) of several important journals in the field of Fire and Emergency Management. |
![Link to: Articles at Edmon Low Library (OSU) []](http://www.library.okstate.edu/images/favicon.ico) |
Edmon Low Library |
This links to the page within the OSU's library website that lists all of the journals available to OSU students online. |
Data sources
![Link to: US Census Bureau []](http://www.census.gov/favicon.ico) |
US Census Bureau |
The mission of the US Census Bureau is to serve as the leading source of quality data about the nation’s people and economy. As such, it is a fantastic source of information about the United States of America. |
Miscellaneous items
![Link to: CRAN []](http://cran.r-project.org/favicon.ico) |
CRAN |
The Comprehensive R Archive Network (CRAN) is the source for the R program as well as a source for much of its documentation and extensions. You can also access (or download) the An Introduction to R document from here. |
![Link to: MiKTeX distribution []](http://miktex.org/favicon.ico) |
MiKTeX |
The MiKTeX distribution allows one to easily create documents in LaTeX. Download this in order to typeset your homework in LaTeX format. This program merely makes it easier to use LaTeX. You will still need a text processor, like Notepad (ewww!), WinEdt (the one I use), or LEd (freeware). |
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CTAN |
The TeX Archive Network (CTAN) is a set of fully-mirrored ftp sites providing the most complete, up-to-date TeX-related software possible. |
![Link to: StatSoft’s electronic statistics textbook []](http://www.statsoft.com/favicon.ico) |
StatSoft |
StatSoft’s electronic version of their textbook allows you to study specific topics in statistics. (They do, however, use screenshots of their proprietary statistics program.) |