STAC32

Applications of Statistical Methods

Ken Butler

bad picture of me in my old office

Welcome to the home page for STAC32. This is the place to look for all things course-related (notes, assignments, announcements etc., linked above) except for assignment hand-ins and marks, which will be on Quercus.

This is an applied course. Expect to be describing the process by which you got your answers, and explaining what the answers mean in the context of the data you are working with: that is to say, using your language skills as well as your statistical skills. Be prepared to show your understanding and insight; this course is about a lot more than “getting the answer”.

In real life, people do Statistics to make decisions or inform actions, and you will be expected to play your full part in that process, both in this course and in your statistical future.

News (most recent at the top):

  • 2026-08-05 14:00: my position on AI and the use of devices in class.

  • 2026-08-05 11:15: the course has a waitlist. If you are currently on it, I advise you to have backup plans in case you don’t make it in. Everybody on the waitlist wants to be in the course, so you will need to wait your turn.

  • 2026-06-29 18:00 (edited 2026-08-05 11:45): time to open things up for the fall 2026 edition of this course:

    • I will be checking prerequisites. To take STAC32, you must have completed (by the time STAC32 starts in September) either STAB27 or PSYC08 or MGEB12, or another equivalent that has already been approved by me. If you have not completed one of these courses by then, you will be removed from STAC32.
    • Notes:
      • you need to have completed one of these courses to be considered for admission to the Applied Statistics Minor program.
      • Psychology is revamping its Statistics courses; if you have taken PSYB07 but it was impossible for you to take PSYC08 because it was never offered in a semester after the one in which you took PSYB07, you should take the new PSYC06 as your second course, which will in any case prepare you better for the program than the new PSYB06 does.
    • Program FAQ.