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search (2) Prereq: EIN 3114 and SPA 5135. Elaboration of
FORTRAN, use of analog-to-digital converters, and use of
small laboratory computers.
SPC 5335-Nonverbal Communication (4) Advanced theo-
ries and methods in the experimental study of nonverbal
communication.
SPC 5610-Persuasion in Social Movements (3; max: 9)
Critical examination of public speaking in major con-
troversies related to political, social, and intellectual life in
America.
SPC 5631-Theories of Political Communications (3) Prereq:
advanced work in contemporary history, public address, or
political science. Field work investigations and assessment of
individual theories.
SPC 5905-Special Topics (1-4; max: 7) Prereq: consent of
major professor and department chair. Graduate project or
research in a specific area of speech.
SPC 6218-Seminar: Human Communication Theory (3;
max: 9) Conceptualizing the role of communication in hu-
man affairs; process of building a human communications
theory.
SPC 6239-Studies in Rhetorical Theory (3; max: 9) Examina-
tion of ancient, medieval, renaissance and modern writers
who have influenced rhetorical thought, criticism, speaking,
and writing.
SPC 6253-Principles and Theories of General Semantics (3)
Systematic investigation of concepts and methodologies re-
lated to a broad theory of communication evaluation based
on modern scientific knowledge and postulates.
SPC 6323-Communication and Aging (3) Theory and re-
search concerning elders' use of mass media and in-
terpersonal channels of communication. Physiological
changes that mitigate effective communication.
SPC 6493-Theories of Small Group Communication (3) Pre-
req: SPC 3440 and 3270 or consent of instructor. Represent-
ative theories of the communication behavior of individuals
in small, face-to-face, problem-solving groups.
SPC 6619-Seminar in American Public Address (3) Selected
speeches, speakers, and speaking movements which have
had an impact on our history.
SPC 6682-Rhetorical Criticism (3) Principles and methods
of rhetorical criticism; problems in applying critical stan-
dards in the evaluation of public address.
SPC 6715--Seminar: Intercultural Communication (3) Pre-
req: SPC 3710 or equivalent. Analysis and evaluation of re-
search trends regarding personal communication in
crosscultural contexts.
SPC 6905-Individual Study (1-8; max: 8) Prereq: consent of
major professor and department chair. Project or research
course,
SPC 6910-Supervised Research (1-5; max: 5) S/U.
SPC 6971-Research for Master's Thesis (1-15) S/U.
SPC 7190-Seminar in Communication Processes and Dis-
orders (2)
SPC 7937-Seminar in the Philosophy of Speech Com-
munication (3; max: 9) Prereq: consent of the Department.
Problems, research and current literature in theory, criticism,
pedagogy, or quantitative exploration in the area of speech
communication.
SPC 7979-Advanced Research (1-9) Research for doctoral
students before admission to candidacy. Designed for stu-
dents with a master's degree in the field of study or for stu-
dents who have been accepted for a doctoral program. Not
open to students who have been admitted to candidacy.
S/U.
SPC 7980-Research for Doctoral Dissertation (1-15) S/U.

STATISTICS
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
 GRADUATE FACULTY 1984-85
 Chairman: R. L. Scheaffer. Graduate Coordinator: P. V.
 Rao. Professors: A. G. Agresti; I. A. Cornell; M. Ghosh;
 R. C. Littell; L. G. Martin; Z. R. Pop-Stojanovic; R. H.
 Randles; P. V. Rao; J. G. Saw; R. L. Scheaffer; J. J.
 Shuster; M. C. K. Yang. Associate Professors: R. L.
 Carter; V. Chew; A. I. Khuri; R. G. Marks; J. T. McClave;


W. C. Parr; A. Rosalsky; D. D. Wackerly. Assistant Pro-
fessor: K. M. Portier.
 Graduate programs are available leading to Master
of Science in Statistics, Master of Statistics, and Doc-
tor of Philosophy degrees. Both master's programs
usually require two years of course work including
material covered in STA 6207, 6208, 6326, 6327, 6246,
6247.
STA 5106-Computer Programs in Statistical Analysis I (1)
Prereq: STA 4203 or 6166. Utilization of library computer pro-
grams for analysis of balanced experimental data and regres-
sion analysis.
STA 5107-Computer Programs in Statistical Analysis II (2)
Prereq: STA 5106 and 6167. Programs for analysis of cov-
ariance and analysis of unbalanced experimental data. In-
terpretation of output. Elementary data management. Pro-
grams for nonlinear regression, cluster analysis, factor analy-
sis, discriminant analysis, categorical analysis.
STA 5321-Mathematical Methods of Statistics (3) Prereq:
MAC 3313 or equivalent. Topics in probability and statistics,
particularly discrete and continuous random variables,
sampling distributions, estimation and hypothesis testing.
Applications to engineering and natural science.
STA 6126-Statistical Methods in Social Research I (3) De-
scriptive statistics, estimation, significance tests, two-sample
comparisons, methods for nominal and ordinal data, regres-
sion and correlation, introduction to multiple regression.
STA 6127-Statistical Methods in Social Research II (3) Pre-
req: STA '6126. Further topics in multiple regression, model
building, analysis of variance, analysis of covariance, multi-
variate analysis of categorical data.
STA 6166-Statistical Methods in Research I (4) Statistical in-
ference based on t, F, and X2 tests. Analysis of variance for
basic experimental designs. Factorial experiments. Regres-
sion analysis and analysis of covariance.
STA 6167-Statistical Methods in Research 11 (4) Prereq: STA
6166. Analysis of split-plot and nested designs with in-
complete blocks, confounding and fractional replications.
Analysis of count data. Nonparametric methods.
STA 6176-Introduction to Biostatistics (3) Prereq: STA 6207,
6327. Definitions, terminology and research design concepts,
basic demographic concepts, measures of morbidity and
mortality, analysis of epidemiological studies and clinical
trials, introduction to survival analysis.
STA 6177-Advanced Topics in Biostatistics (3) Prereq: STA
6176. Analysis of biological assays, logit and probit analysis,
nonlinear regression, survivorship analysis and competing
risks analysis, advanced methods for clinical trials.
STA 6200-Fundamentals of Research Design (2) Choosing
the research objective, determining the type of data to col-
lect, repeated measures and blocking, choosing the sample
and the randomization technique, designing a data collec-
tion form. Applications to biomedical data.
STA 6201-Analysis of Research Data (3) Prereq: STA 6200.
Introduction to the most commonly used statistical analyses
for evaluating research data, with application to the
biomedical sciences. Emphasis on choosing the appropriate
procedure and evaluating the results properly, rather than
on the computational aspects of the procedures.
STA 6207-Design and Analysis of Experiments I (3) Prereq:
STA 4322. Basic concepts of experimental design. Principles
of statistical inference for linear models. Models of least
squares, regression analysis, analysis of variance. Factorial
and nested experiments, split plots. Analysis of covaripnce.
STA 6208-Design and Analysis of Experiments II (3) Prereq:
STA 6207. Multiple comparison procedures, incomplete
blocks, fractional factorials and confounding. Cross-over de-
signs, and control of residual effects.
STA 6209-Design and Analysis of Experiments III (3) Prereq:
STA 6208. General rules and principles of analysis of variance
for balanced linear models. Repeated measures analysis. Test
of hypothesis and estimation of variance components in un-
balanced linear models. Design and analysis of first order
and second order response surface models. Biased esti-
mation. Nonlinear regression.
STA 6226-Sampling Theory and Applications (3) Prereq:
STA 6327 or consent of instructor. Theory and application of