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5/7/09: See Best of 385... Also check Owlspace for the Hoedown video
1/13/09: LAB 1 IS ASSIGNED. Lab 1 will be held 1/20/09 at the Lab. See Lab section for more information
1/11/09: BETH BOWER is our Labbie/TA! We have a GREAT TA/labbie, she is Beth Bower; check out the syllabus for contact information. Please come to the Lab Tuesday night and meet her, make her feel welcome!
1/6/09: NO LAB tonight. Out labbie/grader/TA has not been assigned yet. Additionally, IT is still getting Palisades software working on the Symonds II machines.
1/5/09: WELCOME to STAT 385! Please note that we WILL be using OWL-Space for this course; a login link is at the top and to the right. this page is maintaned for backup purposes.
Homework 1: Chapter 2 and 3. Due 1/23
Chapter 2: 2, 7, 14, 23, 26, 32, 43, 46, 49
Chapter 3: 7, 12, 21, 34, 43
Homework 2: Chapter 5, Due 1/30
Problems 1, 3, 7, 11, 15, 18, 30, 39, 50, 73
Please copy and paste results and/or graphs and type solutions in a word document if you plan to submit electronically. If not, please submit a not that states you turned in/will turn in a hardcopy.
Homework 3: Chapter 6, Due 2/6
Problems 1, 9, 43, 46, 52, 72, 76
Please copy and paste results and/or graphs and type solutions in a word document if you plan to submit electronically. If not, please submit an electronic note (dummy assignment) that states you turned in/will turn in a hardcopy.
Homework 4: Chapter 7, Due 2/13
Problems 2, 9, 19, 24, 27, 31, 32, 54
If you turn in a hardcopy please remember to submit a "dummy" assignment stating that you turned in a hardcopy so that a grade can be entered for you.
Homework 5: Chapter 8, Due 2/20
Problems 15, 21, 30, 36, 41, 43 , 44, 74
Software Hints:
Problem 15: use MOD function to get systematic sample
Problem 43: best to use StatTools to get repeated samplesPlease do not include samples in your solution. Just post the summary measures as requested in the problem. For example, If part a) of problem asks for you to choose a sample of size 10 just type a) Generated sample of size 10.
Homework 6: Chapter 9, Due 2/27
Problems 1, 4, 7, 8, 17, 24, 29, 32, 36,
Modifications:
For problem 7, answer the following, instead:
1. Select a Simple Random Sample of size 50 the old-fashioned way (see pg. 381 of your textbook to figure out how to do this).
2. Based on your random sample, construct a 95% confidence interval for the mean NFL salary in 2000 (you can use StatTools for this) and answer the following questions:
a) Interpret the confidence interval
b) Does the confidence interval contain the population mean? If not, why not?
c) What proportion of many similarly constructed intervals should include the true population mean?Software Hints:
Problem 29: Use pivot tables (yes, those again) to get proportion in each category.
Homework 7: Chapter 10, Due 3/9
Problems 6, 19, 26, 28, 41, 49, 55
For Problem 49: Use a pivot table to get counts in each category.
Homework 8: Due 3/27
Chapter 11,
Problems 3, 13, 20, 23, 26, 31
Chapter 12,
Problems 4, 6, 17, 21, 39, 41
Homework 9: Chapter 13, Due 4/1
Problems 1, 12, 19, 20, 36, 45, 46, 59
Homework 10: Chapter 14, Due 4/10
Problems
Homework 11: Chapter 16, Due ___
Problems
Laboratories.
Occasionally a dedicated Lab will be assigned. Weekly lab time is set aside for you to work on and receive help on homework and team projects.
A formal lab covering Chapter 4 will be held during the Lab time on 1/20/09. Lab writeups for both Excel 2003 and Excel 2007 are available on the OWL-Space website.
Team Project.
There will be at least one team project. You will be expected to turn in a written report, and provide a team oral presentation during class. In some instances, you may be allowed to pick your team, and in others will be assigned. The size of each team will be limited to an appropriate number.
The team project will be based on case file of your chosing from the text; the list of case files are as follows:
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Team project written reports will be due the last day of class, April 17, 2008. Presentations will be scheduled the week of April 13th.
Textbook Software Download This is the software for REVISED 3rd Edition textbook, i.e., the software for Excel 2007 and later. You will need the textbook index in order to satisfy the challenge question. The index is posted on the Owlspace site in case you need it.
Textbook Website Student resources; not much here, it is mostly on the included CD that comes with the text. There are some supplements and a link to the authors website.
Authors' Website Useful stuff here. Remember we are using the Revised Third edition.