DATE	TOPIC
W, 20 Jan	Course Intro/Scientific Methodology: Background information, questions, research hypotheses
M, 25 Jan	Scientific Methodology: The hypothetico-deductive approach in science, the test of hypothesis, and null hypotheses
W, 27 Jan	Scientific Methodology: Conclusions Sampling and statistical inference
W, 3 Feb	Parametric vs. non-parametric statistical inference
W, 10 Feb	Overview of statistical tests available
M, 15 Feb	Overview (cont.) Analyzing two parametric samples for differences in meristic or mensural means
M, 22 Feb	Analyzing two nonparametric samples for differences in meristic or mensural means
M, 1 Mar	Analyzing ratios for categorical data
M, 15 Mar	Multiple comparisons: 1-way ANOVA and post hoc tests
M, 22 Mar	Multiple comparisons: 2-way and 3-way ANOVA and the Kruskal-Wallis test
M, 29 Mar	Correlation and regression analysis
M, 5 Apr	Multiple linear regression, ANCOVA, logistic regression, and the general linear model
M, 12 Apr	Residuals analysis and nonlinear regression
M, 19 Apr	Multivariate analysis
M, 26 Apr	Phylogenetic comparative methods
M, 3 May	Monte Carlo randomization techniques