MATH271 - Applied Statistics - TR Class - Spring 2007

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

Week 14

W 5/2

Final Exam

 

 

Week 14

R 4/26

Hand-In Homework 6 Due (12.39 and 12.40)

- Review for Final

 

Week 13

T 4/24

 

- Select Topics from Chapter 13: Two-Way Analysis of Variance

 

Week 13

R 4/19

Hand-In Homework 5 Due (11.27 and 11.28)

- Finish Chapter 12

Hand-In Homework 6:  12.39, 12.40 (Due: R 4/26)

Week 12

T 4/17

 

- Start Chapter 12:  One-Way Analysis of Variance

 

Week 12

R 4/12

 

- Finish Chapter 11: Multiple Regression

 

Week 11

T 4/10

Hand-In Homework 4 Due (10.4, 10.44, 10.45)

- Start Chapter 11:  Multiple Regression

Practice Homework:  11.1 - 11.5, 11.9, 11.11, 11.13

Hand-In Homework 5:  11.27 and 11.28

Week 11

R 4/5

 

- Cover pages 653-656 in Section 10.2:  Analysis of Variance for Regression

 

Week 10

T 4/3

 

- Cover Section 10.1: Simple Linear Regression

Practice Homework:  10.1, 10.3, 10.5, 10.7, 10.19, 10.26, 10.35, 10.36

Hand-In Homework 4:  10.4, 10.44, 10.45.  DUE:  Tuesday 4/10

Week 10

R 3/29

In-Class Quiz 5

Covers Section 8.2 and Converting Data from problems in Section 8.2 to Two-Way Tables and finding Marginal (but not Conditional) Distributions

- Questions from Chapter 9

- Review of Regression Basics (Chapter 3 Review)

 

Week 9

T 3/27

 

- Finish Chapter 9

Practice Homework:  9.1 - 9.7, 9.9, 9.11, 9.15, 9.19 (compute p-value using calculator), 9.25, 9.27, 9.29, 9.37

Week 9

R 3/22

 

-  Questions from Section 8.2

- Start Chapter 9:  Data Analysis for Two- Way Tables

- Read Section 9.1

- Try working these Practice Homework problems:  9.1 - 9.7, 9.9

Week 8

T 3/20

 

- Cover Section 8.2:  Comparing Two Proportions

Practice Homework:  8.33, 8.37 - 8.45 odd, 8.46, 8.47 - 8.53 odd

Week 8

R 3/8

Midterm Exam

Covers Chapter 1, Chapter 5, Sections 6.1, 6.2, 7.1, 7.2, and 8.1

You may bring an 8.5x11 inch formula sheet with these restrictions:  You are only allowed to write on one side of the sheet, your name must be on the sheet, you will hand in the sheet with your test, and I will keep your sheet.

Week 7

T 3/6

In-Class Quiz 4 on Sections 7.2, 5.1

- Questions from Section 8.1 homework.

- Review for midterm

 

Week 7

R 3/1

 

- Questions from Section 5.1 homework

-Cover Section 8.1:  Inference for a Single Proportion

Practice Homework:  8.3, 8.5, 8.7, 8.11, 8.13, 8.15, 8.17, 8.21, 8.23, 8.25

Week 6

T 2/27

Hand-In Homework 3 ( 7.24, 7.25, 7.42, 7.84) Due

- Cover Section 5.1: Sampling Distributions for Counts and Proportions

Practice Homework: 5.1 - 5.25 odd

Week 6

R 2/22

Tentative Midterm Date:  Thursday 3/8

 

 

Week 5

T 2/20

In-Class Quiz 3 on Sections 6.1, 6.2, and 7.1

- Cover Section 7.2:  Comparing Two Means

Practice Homework:  (Use SPSS on exercises with an asterick*):  7.53 - 7.61 odd, 7.65, 7.69, 7.71, 7.73, 7.75*, 7.77*, 7.81

Hand-In Homework 3:  Add problem 7.84 to your assignment.  Note new due date!

Week 5

R 2/15

 

- Questions on Sections 6.2 and 7.1

 

Week 4

T 2/13

 

- Finish Section 7.1

- How to do inference for a population mean via SPSS

Practice Homework:  (Use SPSS on exercises with an asterick*):  7.1*, 7.5*, 7.7*, 7.11, 7.13, 7.15 - 7.18, 7.21, 7.24*, 7.25*,7.27*, 7.29, 7.31, 7.37, 7.39, 7.41

Hand-In Homework 3:  7.24, 7.25, 7.42  Due:  Thursday 2/22

Week 4

R 2/8

Hand-In Homework 2 Due Beginning of Class

- Finish Section 6.2

- Start Section 7.1: Inference for a Population Mean

Read Section 7.1

Finish all problems assigned from Section 6.2 below

Week 3

T 2/6

In-Class Quiz 2 on Chapter 1 and Section 5.2

- Questions from Section 6.1

- Start Section 6.2: Tests of Significance

Read Section 6.2

Section 6.2 Practice:  6.33 - 6.51 odd, 6.55, 6.57, 6.61, 6.63 - 6.71 odd

Week 3

R 2/1

Hand In Homework 1 Due Beginning of Class

- Questions from 5.2 Practice Homework

- Cover Section 6.1: Estimating with Confidence (Power Point Slides)

Read Section 6.1

Practice Homework: 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.5, 6.7, 6.9, 6.11, 6.13, 6.15, 6.17, 6.19, 6.21, 6.23, 6.25, 6.27

Week 2

T 1/30

 

- Questions from Chapter 1 Practice Homework

-Cover Section 5.2:  The Sampling Distribution of the Sample Mean (Power Point Slides)

-Activity:  Sampling Distributions and the Central Limit Theorem

- Link to zip file containing Sampling Sim program

Hand In Homework 2:  Work parts (j) - (q) on the Activity Sheet handed out in class. DUE Thursday 2/8

Read Section 5.2

Practice Homework: 

From the Textbook:  5.29, 5.31, 5.33, 5.35, 5.37, 5.39, 5.43, 5.54, 5.59

Week 2

R 1/25

  - Finish covering Chapter 1 of the SPSS Manual (i.e. finish review of Chapter 1 of the IPS Textbook)

Hand In Homework 1:  From the Textbook:  1.147 on page 99.  DUE:  Thursday 2/1

Week 1

T 1/23

Easy Quiz 1 Due Beginning of Class - Start covering Chapter 1 of the SPSS Manual (this is review of Chapter 1 of the IPS Textbook)

Practice Homework:  

From the SPSS Manual:  Exercises for Chapter 1 (starting on page 48):  2, 8

From the Textbook: 

Review of Normal Distribution:  1.93 - 1.108, 1.111

Normal Quantile Plots: 1.2221.1231.125

Week 1

R 1/18

 

- Review of Syllabus/Website

-  Cover Chapter 0 of the SPSS Manual

- We will be using this data set

- Easy Quiz 1 (Due 1/23)- 

Become familiar with your calculator, get your computer configured with the appropriate software, add-ins, etc. as specified on the class syllabus.

- Finish reading any material we did not cover out of Chapter 0 of the SPSS Manual

-  Read Chapter 1 of the IPS Textbook


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