Newly Updated Calendar and Homework

(last updated 4 APR 2001)

{Questions in Curly Brackets are Recommended but NOT REQUIRED}

Jan 11-18: Chapters 1,2,3
                      HW 1(Due Jan 22) - Chapter 2: 4-7, 8-10, 15, 18-20, 34-36 [soln]
                      Computer Ex 1 - Graphical and Descriptive Summaries in S-Plus 2000 (Ex 29-30)

Jan 23-25: Chapter 3 (whatever is left), and 4.1-4.4
                      HW 2(Due Jan 29) - Chapter 3: {1-11}, 12-13, 31-45, {46-48}, {94-97}, 98-102 [soln] and also [solns in word format]
                      Computer Ex 2 - Probability

Jan 30, Feb 1: 4.5-4.9, 4.14 (4.10*-4.13*)
                      HW 3(Due Feb 5) - Chapter 4: 1-4, 5-10, 14-15, 26, {27-31}, 32, 36-38, {53-56,63-65,73-74}, 75-77 [soln]
                      Computer Ex 3 - Simulation and Binomial Probabilities

Feb 6-8: 5.1-5.6, 5.9 (5.7*-5.8*)
                      HW 4(Due Feb 12) - Chapter 5: {1-5}, 6-7, 41-44, 45, 71-72, 74-76 Optional for more Normal Dist practice: (8,9,23-25) [soln]
                      Computer Ex 4 - Exploring Assumptions of Normality

Feb 13-15: 6.1-6.6,6.8,6.11 (6.9*-6.10*)
                      HW 5(Due Feb 19) - Chapter 6: 1-2, {3-4}, 7-8, 10-16, {35-37}, 44-46, 51-57, 88-91 [soln]
                      Computer Ex 5 - Confidence Intervals and the Central Limit Theorem

Feb 20-22: 7.1-7.7

Feb 27: Exam 1 (Chapters 1-6) - list of topics

Mar 1 : (7.1-7.7 from last week), 7.9, 7.11, 7.12 (7.10*)
                      HW 6(Due Mar 5) - Chapter 7: 1-4, 5-9, 24-25, 26-28, 34-38, 80-82 [soln]
                      Computer Ex 6 - Testing, Confidence Intervals and Sample Size Determination

Mar 6-8: 8.1-8.5, 9
                      HW 7(Mar 19) - Chapter 8: 1-3, 11 (assume equal variances), 12-14, 25-28, 31-36, 81-84 [soln]
                      Computer Ex 7 - Two-Sample Hypothesis Testing

Mar 13-15: Spring Break

Mar 20-22: Chapter 9, 10.1-10.4
                      HW 8(Due Mar 26) - Chapter 9: {1-5}, 11-12, 15-18, 19-23 (as computer lab, not by hand), 24, 26, 38-40 (yes, groan, this means you also have to do 7.88). [soln]
                      Computer Ex 8 - Write up Homework Questions 9.19-9.23 as a lab report, just like you did last week, doing the appropriate tests in Splus. You'll find Wilcoxan tests in the menu just below the t-tests we used last week. Have a title, complete paragraphs with complete sentences combined into one concise (1 page) complete report.

Mar 27-29: 10.4-10.6, 10.9
                      HW 9(Due April 10) - Chapter 10: 1-7, 8-12, 25-28, 33-34, 37-38, 29-32, 55 [soln]
                      No computer lab

April 3-5 : 11.1-11.4, 11.6
                      HW 10(Due April 23) - Chapter 11: 16, 31-35, 47-48, 55-56, 60-62, 65-68
                      Postponed due date b/c some of ch 11 hw requires next week's lectures.
                      Computer Ex 10 (Due April 23) - Regression

April 10: 11.5, 11.9-11.10, 11.13
                      HW 11(Due April 23) - Same as Hw 10 above -- Chapter 11: 13-16, 30-35, 47-48, 55-56, 60-62, 65-68 [Use the computer to perform most of these computations, but verbally interpret the results in the context of each problem] -- [soln]
                      Computer Ex 10 - Regression - use Splus for these HW calculations. Verbally interpret the results in the context of each problem.

April 12 Exam 2: Chapters (1-6), 7-10 [ list of topics]
                     

April 17-19: 12.1-12.5, 12.7, 12.8, 12.10
                      HW 12(not due, but useful for final exam)Chapter 12: {1-5}, 9-11, 12-13, 47-49, 69, 52-53 - use the computer
                      - use the computer to help with these calculations. verbally interpret your results.

April 24: wrap-up/review/ch 13-14 overview

May 3: 2-5pm Final Exam