MATH171 - Statistical Decision Making - Spring 2005

MWF Class Pace/Assignments

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Click here for practice homework problems from the textbook.  Once we have finished covering a Section in the text, you are responsible for working the homework problems for that section given at the above link.   This page will be updated as we progress through the class so please check regularly for updates.

Assignments (in reverse chronological order)

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

Material Covered

Homework Problems

Given on the Practice Homework Page

Week 15

M 5/2

Final Exam

8:00-10:30 a.m.

   

Week 14

F 4/29

Final Project Due by 12:00 p.m. (High Noon) - Review for Final Exam  

Week 14

W 4/25

  - More on Testing the Correlation Coefficient in Single Variable Regression and Using Megastat for your Final Project. (Section 10-3)  

Week 14

M 4/25

 (Tentative Date 4/29) - Testing the Correlation Coefficient in Single Variable Regression (Section 10-3) - Revisit the homework problems in Section 10-3 and this time perform the hypothesis test for significance.

Week 13

F 4/22

Test 3

Covers Sections 6-5, 7-1 through 7-4, 8-2 through 8-4

   

Week 13

W  4/20

Quiz 8

Covers Sections 8-3 and 8-4

(Rescheduled due to Professor Malfunction :-))

- Review of Regression Basics (10-1 through 10-4)  

Week 13

M 4/18

  - Sections 9-2 and 9-4 - Work all problems from Sections 9-2 and 9-4.  Use the p-value method and unequal (i.e. unpooled) variances for all problems.

Week 12

F 4/15

  - Finish Sections 8-3 and 8-4  

Week 12

W 4/13

  - More on Sections 8-3 and 8-4 - Finish all problems from Sections 8-3 and 8-4.  For Section 8-4, only use the p-value method for your hypothesis tests.

Week 12

M 4/11

  - Start Hypothesis Testing (8-3, 8-4)

- Directions for your Final Project are ready!  Due date is 4/29

- Start working the problems in Section 8-3 (for this section, you should conduct all hypothesis tests using both the "critical region" and "p-value" methods).

Week 11

F 4/8

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 4/6

 

- Start Section 7-4

- Start Working Problems from Section 7-4

Week 11

M 4/4

 

- Section 7-3

- Work all problems from Section 7-3

Week 10

F 4/1

 

- Finish Section 7-2

- Finish all problems from Section 7-2

Week 10

W 3/30

  - Start Section 7-2 - Start Working the problems from Section 7-2

Week 10

M 3/28

  - Finish Section 6-5 - Finish working all problems from Section 6-5

Week 9

F 3/25

Test 2 - Covers Chapters 4 (all), 5 (through Section 5-4), and 6 (through Section 6-4)    

Week 9

W 3/23

 

- Section 6-5

- Work all problems from Section 6-5

Week 9

M 3/21

  - Review Sections 6-3 and 6-4 - Make sure you have worked all problems from Sections 6-3 and 6-4

3/14 - 3/18

Spring Break!

Test 2 will be during Week 9

   

Week 8

F 3/11

Quiz 6 - Covers Chapter 5 - Finish Sections 6-3 and 6-4 - Finish all problems from Sections 6-3 and 6-4

Week 8

W 3/9

  - Start Chapter 6, Sections 6-2, 6-3, and  6-4 - Start Working the Problems in Sections 6-3 and 6-4

Week 8

M 3/7

 

- Finish Section 5-4

 

- Finish the problems from 5-4

Week 7

F 3/4

  - Finish 5-3, Start 5-4 - Finish the problems from Section 5-3 and start working the problems from 5-4

Week 7

W 3/2

Hand-In  Project Part 1 Due

Quiz 5 - Covers Chapter 4

- Start Chapter 5 - Sections 5-2 and 5-3 - Work the problems from Section 5-2 and start working the problems from 5-3

Week 7

M 2/28

No Class - Snow Day    

Week 6

F 2/25

  - Finish Chapter 4  

Week 6

W 2/23

  - Cover Sections 4-4 and 4-6 - Work the problems from Sections 4-4 and 4-6

Week 6

M 2/21

  - Go over Homework from 4-2 and 4-3 - Make sure you are able to get the data from the Hand-In  Project Part 1 into Excel.  Continue working on the Project.

Week 5

F 2/18

Quiz 4 - Covers 4-5 - Finish Sections 4-2 and 4-3 -  Finish all problems from Sections 4-2 and 4-3

Week 5

W 2/16

  - Finish Sections 4-2 and 4-3 -  Finish all problems from Sections 4-2 and 4-3

Week 5

M 2/14

  - Start Sections 4-2 and 4-3

- Start working on your Hand-In  Project Part 1 (it will be due in a few weeks)

- Start working the problems from Section 4-2.

Week 4

F 2/11

Test 1 - Covers Chapters 1, 2, 3, & 10    

Week 4

W 2/9

 

- Finish Section 4-5

- Finish all problems assigned from Section 4-5

Week 4

M 2/7

  - Start Chapter 4 - Section 5 - Start working problems assigned from Section 4-5 (you should be able to work up through problem #25).

Week 3

F 2/4

Quiz 3 - Beginning of Class - Covers Chapter 3 - More on Chapter 10 (Correlation and the Regression Line - Sections 3 and 4) - Finish all problems assigned from Chapter 10

Week 3

W 2/2

  - More on Chapter 10 (Correlation and the Regression Line - Sections 3 and 4) - Continue  working the problems from Chapter 10 (do not do the hypothesis test for the correlation coefficient yet - at this point you should be able to compute the corr. coef. with your calculator and have an idea of the meaning of this number, see page 520 for detailed directions for the TI 83).  Check out the Guessing Correlations game!

Week 3

M 1/31

 

- Chapter 3 (Boxplots)

- Chapter 10 (Start Sections 2 and 3)

- Finish all problems from Chapter 3

- Start working problems from Chapter 10 (In Section 10-3 on problems 13 - 27 odd, only work parts a, b, e, and also add the centroid of the data to your scatterplot, )

Week 2

F 1/28

  - Finish Chapter 3 (Sections 4 and 5) - Finish Working all Problems from Chapter 3 (expect problems for drawing box plots)

Week 2

W 1/26

Quiz 2 - Beginning of Class - Covers Chapter 1 and 2 - Chapter 3 (Section 3) - Work Problems in Section 3

Week 2

M 1/24

  - Chapter 3 (Section 2) - Work Problems in Section 2

Week 1

F 1/21

Easy Quiz 1 Due - Finish Chapter 2 (Sections 3 and 4) - Finish all problems assigned from Chapter 2

Week 1

W 1/19

  - Start Chapter 2 (Sections 2 and 3) - Work problems from sections 2-2 and 2-3.

Week 1

M 1/17

Easy Quiz 1 (Due 1/21)

- Review of Syllabus/Website

- Cover Chapter 1

Become familiar with your calculator, get Excel configured on your laptop, and work the problems assigned from Chapter 1 (see the Practice Homework page).

 


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