| Week 14 |
- Finish reading Chapters 19 (simulation),
and read Chapter 20 (expected value).
- Homework Assignment (Due Nov. 27th);
- #19.6
- #20.2, 20.4, 20.6, 20.10, 20.12, 20.16
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| Week 13 |
- Read Chapters 18 and your lecture notes on this chapter.
Read Chapter 19.
- Homework Assignment (Due Nov. 20th);
This is a long assignment despite the low number
of problems assigned.
- #18.19 (Explain, in detail, how you
used the table.)
- In #18.17, someone claims that p=0.15.
To test this, we have taken a SRS of 1500 adults,
and found that 12.5% of the adults in our sample jog.
Carefully test the theory that p=0.15, and write
down all of your analysis clearly and legibly.
- #19.2,19.12
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| Week 12 |
- Read Chapters 17 and 18.
- Homework Assignment (Due Nov. 13th);
- 17.16,17.18,17.23
- 18.2,18.4,18.17,18.18
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| Week 11 |
- Read Chapter 16, and prepare for midterm.
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| Week 10 |
- Read Chapters 15, your notes from the lectures on
the regression line, and Chapter 16.
- Homework Assignment (Due Oct. 30);
- #16.2,16.4,16.18
- For the illiteracy-vs-Murder Data shown in the
lectures we know the following: The average illiteracy rate
is 1.17 with an SD of about 0.61.
The average murder rate was 7.37 with an SD
of approximately 3.69. If a certain
state's illiteracy rate is 1.3, predict their murder rate.
- Start preparing for Midterm #2
(It will cover Chapters 12-16; Check out
the "Review" section in your
book, pages 328-341.)
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| Week 9 |
- Read Chapters 14, and 15.
- Homework Assignment (Due Wed. Oct. 23);
- #14.2,14.10,14.26
- 15.2,15.30
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| Week 8 |
- Read Chapter 13. Turn in the homeworks
in lecture; if it has been approved, you may put them in my
mailbox. Remember, and this will be enforced from now on,
homework under my door will not graded.
- #13.4,13.6
- Solve #13.12, and add the following to it:
Compute the 95th percentile in men's heights.
(Show your work including the normal curves, etc.)
- #13.24
- The GRE verbal scores between October 1, 1989
and September 30, 1992 averaged to 497 with a
standard deviation (SD) of 115 points.
What percentage of all GRE-takers in the said period
scored between 400 and 600 points?
(Show your work including the normal curves, etc.)
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| Week 7 |
- Read Chapters 11 and 12.
- Homework Assignment (Due Wed. Oct. 9th);
- #11.6,11.9,11.10,11.12.
- #12.2,12.14.
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| Week 6 | - Midterm preparation
- Chapters 1-6,8-11 (inclusive).
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| Week 5 | - Read Chapters
10 and 11.
- Homework Assignment (Due Wed. Sept. 25th);
- #10.3,10.9,10.11,10.16,10.23.
- #11.3,11.7.
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| Week 4 | - Read Chapters
8 and 9; skip Chapter 7.
- Homework Assignment (Due Wed. Sept. 18th);
- #8.1,8.5,8.9,8.17,8.18, pp.140-145.
- #9.1,9.9,9.13.
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| Week 3 | - Read Chapters
5 and 6.
- Homework Assignment (Due Wed. Sept. 11th);
- #5.1,5.23,5.24, pp.82-88.
- #6.6,6.9,6.12,6.17,6.22, pp.103-107.
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| Week 2 | - Read Chapters 2, 3,
and 4
- Homework Assignment (Due Wed. Sept. 4):
- #1.9, p. 17
- #2.2,2.6,2.7, pp. 26-27
- #3.19,3.24, p. 47
- #4.17, p. 67
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| Week 1 | - Read Prelude,
Statistics and You, Chapter 1, and Chapter 2
- Have a look at the graphic for
The Electronic Journal of Probability.
On the left-margin, click on Title with Java,
and look at the bottom of the page.
(You will need to be able to run Java to see this.)
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