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NO CLASS Monday 7/3! According to the UST website today, the university is closed Monday, July 3.
MINOR DETAIL: The last day of class is Wednesday, July 12, not the preceeding week's Wednesday July 5. The FINAL EXAMIATION will be held Monday, July 17, not Thursday July 5th. Sorry for inconvenience this may have caused.
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Homework 0 (optional): Assigned 5/31/06, due Monday 6/5 (in class) - "Statistics in the News," good for 1 point on final course grade.
Find an example of statistics in the news and summarize. To receive credit, your example must (1) state the 'headline'; (2) summarize the data, with an explanation for the data presentation technique you chose; (3) state and evaluate/critique the claim; (4) include the citation; (5) paper must be NO MORE THAN 1 PAGE!
Assigned 5/31, due 6/7
Homework 1: Chapter 1: 1.61, 1.62, 1.63, 1.64, 1.65
Homework 2: Chapter 2: 2.51, 2.53, 2.57, 2.61, 2.62
Assigned 6/7, due 6/14
Homework 3: Chapter 3: 3.61, 3.62, 3.69, 3.70, 3.78
Homework Regression.1: Assigned 6/7, due 6/14       Chapter 13: Case 13B, Continental Trucking (p. 548).
Be sure to organize your paper neatly. The following questions may guide your approach. Excluding attachments/graphs, the case should be about two pages in length.
a. Summarize what the issues are in the case.
b. What has Norm decided to do about them? What data has he collected and what does he hope to find out with them?
c. Perform the appropriate regressions and interpret your results. Unless you intend to discuss the significance measures that Excel produces, do not include them.
d. Based on your analysis, what are your CONCLUSIONS and how would you present this to Mr. Painter?
e. What would your RECOMMENDATIONS to Mr. Painter be? These would include suggestions for further data collection, etc.
Assigned 6/14, due 6/21
Homework 4: Chapter 4: 56, 58, 63, 67, 70, 75, 77
Homework 5: Chapter 5: 84, 97, 105, 106, 115, 116
Assigned 6/21, due 6/28
Homework 6: Chapter 6: 13, 18, 21, 23, 26, 28
Homework 7: Chapter 7: 65, 67, 70, 78, 80
Assigned 6/28, due 7/5
Homework 8: Chapter 8: 58, 59, 61, 64, 66, 75
Homework 9: Chapter 9: 43, 44, 50, 51, 57
All cases from the casebook -- Peck, Roxy [et al.] (2006). Statistics: A Guide to the Unknown, 4th ed., Belmont, CA, Thomson, Brooks/Cole, 440p. ISBN: 0534372821. Please answer the indicated questions at the end of the chapter. Write-ups must be professional but not exceeding one page in length, unless number of questions warrants.
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