Elements of
Statistics
Math 106
Marian Frazier
Fall 2008
Statistics Clinic
(8:00 - 10:00 pm in Hayes Hall 311)
Sunday Kathy Lin
Tuesday Katie Woods
Thursday Ariela Haber
Daily Agendas
- August 28
- September 1
- September 3
- September 5
- September 8
- September 10
- September 12
- September 15 no class due
to power outage
- September 17
- September 19
- September 22
- September 24
- September 26
- September 29
- October 1 Exam #1 Solutions (Covering Chapters 1
5)
- You may use
calculator, cheat sheet (8.5x11, front and back), and Minitab.
- October 3 Solutions
to Applied Probability Problems
Challenge Problem:
- Suppose that there are
25 students in a class. What is the probability that at least two of them
have the same birthday?
- Now suppose there are
n students in a class. How large
does n have to be so that the probability of at least two students having
the same birthday is at least 0.5?
- You may ignore leap
years.
- October 6
- October 8
- October 13
- October 15
- October 17
- October 20 Problem Session FAQ
- October 22
- October 24
- October 27
- October 29 Problem Session
- October 31 Exam #2 Solutions (Covering Chapters 6
9, plus Appendix A)
- You may use
calculator, cheat sheet (8.5x11, front and back), Minitab, standard
normal table, and t table.
- November 3
- November 5
- November 7
- November 10 Problem Session
- November 12
- November 14
- November 17 Problem Session
- November 19
- November 21
- December 1 Exam Review
- December 3 Exam #3 Solutions (Covering Chs. 9
11, 12.1, and Nonparametric tests)
- You may use
calculator, cheat sheet (8.5x11, front and back), Minitab, standard
normal table, and t table.
- December 5
- December 8 Problem Session
- December 10
- December 12 Problem Session
and Evaluations
- December 18 Final Exam
(Cumulative)
- 9:10 class Final is
from 6:30 9:30 pm
- 12:10 class Final is
from 1:30 4:30 pm
- You may use
calculator, three cheat sheets (8.5x11, front and back), Minitab,
standard normal table, and t table.
Homework
Assignments
- Hmwk #1 due Wednesday, September
10
- Hmwk #2 due Friday, September 19
- Short
Paper #1 (Design a simple comparative experiment using the step by
step process from Sept. 17) - due Friday, September 26
- Hmwk #3 due Monday, September 29
- Hmwk #4 due Wednesday, October 8
- Hmwk #5 due Friday, October 17
- Hmwk #6 due Wednesday, October 22
- Chapter 9 Practice Problems not
due, but good practice for the exam
- Hmwk #7 due Wednesday, November 12
- Hmwk #8 due Friday, November 21
- Chapter 12 Practice Problems
not due, but good practice for the exam
- Short Paper #2 (Summarize and critique
an article that uses statistical inference) - due on Friday, December 5
- Hmwk #9 due Friday, December 12
Exam 1 Samples
Exam 2 Sample
Problems
Note: Because of the different book and
slightly different coverage of this exam compared to previous semesters, there
are several old exams that contain problems that will not be covered on
your exam! I have denoted these problems
next to each link. Also note that few of
these exams cover CIs for proportions.
This will be covered on the exam; see the Chapter 9 problems for
practice.
Exam 3 Samples
Note: Because of the different book and
different coverage of this exam compared to previous semesters, there are no
old exams that cover the exact material that will be on your exam. I have included old exams that contain
problems like the ones on your exam; I have denoted the problems that are
relevant next to each link.
Final Exam Samples
Interesting Links