MATH271 - Applied Statistics - Spring 2005

Class Pace/Assignments

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Assignments (in reverse chronological order)

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

Material Covered

Homework Assignments

Week 15

F 5/6

Final Exam    

Week 14

R 4/28

Homework 5 Due - Review for Final Exam  

Week 14

T 4/26

Bring a laptop to class (or share one with your partners) - In-class Lab Day - Work on Homework 5  

Week 13

R 4/21

Bring a laptop to class (or share one with your partners) - In-class Lab Day - More  on Random Number Generation - Using the Monte Carlo Method (Section 14-5)  

Week 13

T 4/19

 

- Errors in Hypothesis Testing and the Power of a Statistical Test (Section 8-1 and 8-2)

- Random Number Generation - Introduction to the Monte Carlo Method (Section 14-5)

- Problems from Section 8-2:  1 - 11, 13.  On problem 13, also identify what constitutes a type I and type II error in the context of each scenario.

- Hand-In Homework 5 (Due 4/28)

Week 12

R 4/14

Test 2

Test 2 Study Guide

   

Week 12

T 4/12

 

- Review for Test 2

- Two-Way Analysis of Variance (Section 12-4)

 

Week 11

R 4/7

  - One-Way Analysis of Variance (Section 12-2 with 12-3)  

Week 11

T 4/5

  - Review of Quiz 6 (Regression and Chi-Square Goodness of Fit Tests)

- Rework problems from the Regression and Chi-Square Chapters if you are still having problems with these concepts

- Read 12-1 and 12-2. 

Week 10

R 3/31

In-Class Quiz  6

Covers Regression (Testing the Correlation Coefficient (or Slope of Regression Line), Reading Excel Output, Visually Representing Types of Error (see page 525), etc.) and Section 11-2 (Chi-Square Goodness of Fit Tests)

- Finish Tests Using Contingency Tables  (Section 11-3)

- Finish all problems in Section 11-3.

Week 10

T 3/29

  - Start Tests Using Contingency Tables (Section 11-3) - Section 11-3:  1 - 21 odd (Independence Tests), 23 - 31 (Homogeneity Tests)

Week 9

R 3/24

Hand-In Homework 4 Due - The Chi-Square Goodness of Fit Test (Section 11-2)

- Finish all of the Review Exercises and Chapter Quiz Exercises assigned below.

- Section 11-2:  1 - 15 odd (use the p-value method for all hypotheses tests).

Week 9

T 3/22

  - Review of Regression Fundamentals & Using Excel for Regression Analysis

- Finish all problems from Section 10-5

- You should also start working the following review and chapter quiz problems from Chapter 10:

Review Exercises (p.542):  1-13 odd

Chapter Quiz (p.543):  1-8, 11-26

3/14 - 3/19 Spring Break!    

Week 8

R 3/10

In-Class Quiz 5

Covers Sections 7-4 and Regression Basics (includes Scatterplots, Centroids, Correlation Coef., Regression Line, and Using the Regression Line to Infer.  Does not include testing the corr. coef. for significance.)

- Coefficient of Determination, Formulas and Relationships in Linear Regression (please download the formula sheet on the main page for this class) - (Section 10-5)

- Hand-In Homework 4:  Due 3/24/05

- Start problems in Section 10-5:  1 - 21 odd

Week 8

T 3/8

  - Significance of Correlation, Finding, Plotting, and Interpreting the Regression Line (10-3, 10-4) - Section 10-4:  1 - 35 odd (Be sure to generate a scatterplot, plot the centroid, and plot the regression line for these problems).

Week 7

R 3/3

  - Scatter Plots, Covariance, and Correlation (Sections 10-2 and 10-3)

- Read pages 494 - 506

- Work the following problems:

Section 10-3 Problems:  1, 3, 5, 11, 13 - 27 odd with these new directions:  Draw Scatterplot with Centroid, find the sample covariance (sXY), and the sample correlation coefficient, r (find both ways (using sXY and the sample standard deviations and directly via software) as discussed in class).    When you find r via your calculator, also record the values of the coefficients for the regression line.  Try playing the "Correlation Guessing Game"

Week 7

T 3/1

Hand-In Homework 3

Due Beginning of Class

- Confidence Intervals and Hypothesis Tests for Proportions (Sections 7-4 and 8-5)

- Work the following problems:

Section 7-4:  1 - 19 odd

Section 8-5:  1 - 19 odd

Week 6

R 2/24

 

- Hypothesis Tests for the Difference Between Two Means (Sections 9-2 and 9-4)

- Work the following problems:

Section 9-2:  1 - 19 odd

Section 9-4:  1 - 13 odd

Week 6

T 2/22

Test 1

Test 1 Study Guide

 

 

Week 5

R 2/17

In-Class Quiz 4 - Covers Confidence Intervals for Means (Sections 7.2 and 7.3)

- Review for Test 1

 

Week 5

T 2/15

  - Hypothesis Tests for Means (Sections 8-2 and 8-3)

- Work the following problems:

Section 8-2:  1 - 13 odd

Section 8-3:  1 - 25 odd

- Hand In Homework 3:  Due 2/24

Week 4

R 2/10

Hand-In Homework 2 Due Beginning of Class

- Finish Confidence Intervals for Means (Section 7-3)

- Work the following problems from Section 7-3:  1 - 19 odd

Week 4

T 2/8

In-Class Quiz 3 - Covers the Normal Distribution and the CLT (Chapter 6)

- More on Confidence Intervals for Means (Finish Section 7-2) - Work the following problems from Section 7-2:  1, 3, 5 - 7, 9 - 25 odd

Week 3

R 2/3

 

- More on the Central Limit Theorem

- Start Confidence Intervals for Means (Chapter 7, Sections 7-2 and 7-3)

- Make sure you can work the problems assigned from Chapter 6 for your quiz on Tuesday (note that I have updated the problem list since class on 2/3). 

- Look at the problems from Section 7.2

Week 3

T 2/1

Hand-In Homework 1 Due Beginning of Class - The Central Limit Theorem (Chapter 6, Section 6.5 of text)

- Finish all practice problems assigned below from Chapter 6.

- Hand In Homework 2:  Due Thursday 2/10

Week 2

R 1/27

In-Class Quiz 2

Covers Basic Descriptive Stats (essentially  Chapters 2 and 3 of your book)

- Continue Review of the Normal Distribution - Computations and "Checking for Normality" (Chapter 6, Sections 6.3, 6.4 of text) - Continue working the problems assigned below from Chapter 6

Week 2

T 1/25

Easy Quiz 1 Due Beginning of Class

- More on Measures of Center and Spread for Sample Data (more on Standard Deviation, z-scores, percentiles, the empirical rule for "bell shaped" data) - Chapter 3 of text.

- Start review of the Normal Distribution (Chapter 6)

- Finish the practice problems assigned in Week 1 below.

- Practice:  Read Sections 6.1-6.3.  Start working these problems from Chapter 6:  Chapter Review exercise pages 318-319:  1 - 11 odd;  Chapter Quiz pages 320-321:  1 - 15, 18 - 28

Week 1

R 1/20

  - Review of Measures of Center and Spread for Sample Data (Mean, Median, Quartiles, Standard Deviation, Box Plots, Basic Data Shapes (skewness)) - Chapter 3 of text.

- Practice:  Start working the following problems

Pages 159 - 161 Review Exercises: 1, 7, 9, 20, 21, 22

Pages 161 - 163 Chapter Quiz: 3 - 11, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 22, 23, 27, 28, 31, 32, 35, 36

- Hand In Homework 1:  Due 2/1

Week 1

T 1/18

Easy Quiz 1 (Due 1/25)

- Review of Syllabus/Website/Technology Requirements

- Review of Visual Representations of Data (Histograms, etc.) - Chapter 2 of text.

- Get Your Computer Configured!Make sure your laptop is configured with the required software (see the Syllabus and pages 23-24 of your textbook, and click here for problems/solutions when installing Megastat).  If you need practice with Excell, work through the Excel tutorials on my NSF Project Website.  Make sure you can enter a list into your TI-83 calculator.

- Practice:  page 90 problems 20-23, 25, 26 (also construct a histogram for problem 26).  You should be able to do these by hand and also by using your computer software.

 


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