MATH171 - Statistical Decision Making - Fall 2004

Assignments

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Click here for practice homework problems from the textbook (some of which will be hand-in problems, see below).  Once we have finished covering a Section in the text, you are responsible for working the non hand in homework problems for that section given at the above link.  I may also assign homework problems from the Virtual Laboratories in Probability and Statistics (VLPS) which will be indicated below.

Assignments

 
Week & Date of Class Assignment(s) Due/Quiz or Test Scheduled

Material Covered

Non Hand-In Assignments Hand-In Assignments (Due Date)

Week 1

M 8/30

None

Review of Syllabus/Website

Start Chapter 1

- Read Chapter 1 (pages 1 to19)

- Start the practice homework assignment from this Chapter (in particular, start becoming familiar with your calculator and Excel)

- Easy Quiz 1 (9/3)

Week 1

W 9/1

 

Finish Chapter 1

Start Chapter 2

- Finish all practice homework problems from Chapter 1

- Start Problems from Chapter 2, Sections 2 & 3

- Start Hand-In Homework 1  (tentative due date: 9/17)

Week 1

F 9/3

Easy Quiz 1 Due Beginning of Class Finish Chapter 2 - Finish Problems from Chapter 2  
M 9/6 No Class - Labor Day      

Week 2

W 9/8

  Chapter 3, Section 2 - Work Problems in Chapter 3, Section 2  

Week 2

F 9/10

In-Class Quiz 2 (Covers Chapters 1 & 2) Start Chapter 3, Section 2 - Start working problems in Chapter 3, Section 3  

Week 2

M 9/13

  Finish Chapter 3, Section 3

- Finish problems from Chapter 3, Sections 2 & 3 (Assignment updated as of 9/13!)

- Compute the sample standard deviations for the data in the histograms handed out in class and then rank from smallest to largest in terms of variance.

 

Week 3

W 9/15

  Start Chapter 3 Sections 4 & 5 Start working problems from Sections 4 & 5  

Week 3

F 9/17

Homework 1 Due (see 9/1 for assignment) Finish Chapter 3 Sections 4 & 5 Finish problems from Sections 4 & 5  

Week 3

M 9/20

In-Class Quiz 3 (Covers Chapter 3 Sections 2, 3, Quartiles (from Section 4) and Box Plots (Section 5)) 

Start Chapter 4 Section 2

- Work problems assigned from Chapter 3 Review & Chapter 3 Quiz

- Start Problems from Section 4.2

 

Week 4

W 9/22

 

Finish Section 4.2

- Finish Problems from Section 4.2  

Week 4

F 9/24

 

Review for Test 1

   

Week 4

M 9/27

Test 1

Study Guide

     

Week 5

W 9/29

  Section 4.3 - Work all problems assigned from Section 4.3  

Week 5

F 10/1

  Section 4.4 - Work all problems assigned from Section 4.4  

Week 5

M 10/4

  Section 4.5 - Start working problems from Section 4.5  

Week 6

W 10/6

In-Class Quiz 4

(Covers Sections 4.3 and 4.4)

Finish Section 4.5 - Finish working all problems assigned from Section 4.5  

Week 6

F 10/8

  Finish Chapter 4 - Finish working all problems assigned from Chapter 4  

Week 6

M 10/11

Section 5.2 - Work all problems from Section 5.2

Week 7

W 10/13

  Section 5.3 - Work all problems from Section 5.3  

Week 7

F 10/15

In-Class Quiz 5

(Covers Sections 4.5, 4.6 and 5.2)

Section 5.4 - Work all problems from Section 5.4  

M 10/18 - T 10/19

No Class - Fall Break      

Week 7

W 10/20

  Sections 6.2 and 6.3 - Start working problems from Section 6.3.  

Week 8

F 10/22

  Finish Section 6.3 and start Section 6.4

- Finish all problems from 6.3

- Read Section 6.4

 

Week 8

M 10/25

In-Class Quiz 6 (Covers Sections 5.2, 5.3 and 5.4) Finish Section 6.4 - Work all problems from Section 6.4  

Week 8

W 10/27

  - More on Section 6.4

- Finish all problems from Section 6.4

- Read Section 6.5

 

Week 9

F 10/29

 

- Review for Test 2

- Section 6.5

- Read Section 6.5 and work through the examples in the text.  

Week 9

M 11/1

Test 2

Covers Chapters 4, 5, and 6

  - See homework assignment from 10/29  

Week 9

W 11/3

  - Finish Section 6.5 - Finish working all problems from Section 6.5  

Week 10

F 11/5

  - Section 7.2 - Read Section 7.2  

Week 10

M 11/8

  -  More on Section 7.2 - Work most of Section 7.2 Problems  

Week 10

W 11/10

 

- Finish Section 7.2

- Section 7.3

- Finish all problems from Section 7.2

- Section 7.3 Problems

 

Week 11

F 11/12

  - Section 7.4 - Section 7.4 Problems - Start Hand-In Homework 2  (tentative due date: 12/10)

Week 11

M 11/15

In-Class Quiz 7

(Covers Sections 6.5, 7.2, and 7.3)

- Finish Section 7.4 - Finish all problems from Section 7.4  

Week 11

W 11/17

  - Sections 8.2 & 8.3 - Start problems in 8.2 and 8.3  

Week 12

F 11/19

  - More on Sections 8.2 & 8.3 - Start problems 8.2 and 8.3  

Week 12

M 11/22

In-Class Quiz 8

(Covers Sections 7.4, 8.2)

- Section 8.4 - Section 8.4 Problems  
W 11/24 - F 11/26 No Class - Thanksgiving Holiday      

Week 12

M 11/29

  - Section 8.5

- Section 8.5 Problems

 

Week 13

W 12/1

  - Sections 9.2 and 9.4

- Sections 9.2 & 9.3 Problems

 

Week 13

F 12/3

Test 3 - Covers the following Sections:  7.1 - 7.4, 8.1 - 8.5      

Week 13

M 12/6

  - Sections 10.2 and 10.3 - Section 10.2 and 10.3 Problems You should be working on Hand-In Homework 2  by now.  Note that the assignment was updated on 12/5 to reflect what we have covered in class.  Due Date: 12/10

Week 14

W 12/8

  - Section 10.4 - Section 10.4 Problems  

Week 14

F 12/10

Last Day of Class

Hand-In Homework 2 Due

Review for Final Exam    
M 12/13 No Class but you can pick up your graded homework 2 at my office.  I will leave a folder that contains the homework by the door when I am not there.
T 12/14 Final Exam (Section 1 which meets on MWF 8:00 a.m.) 8:00-10:30 a.m. Study Guide for Final Exam
Th 12/16 Final Exam (Section 3 which meets on MWF 2:00 p.m.) 8:00-10:30 a.m.

 


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