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Mtg Section Assigned Quiz Assignment
Chapter 1: How to Make Decisions with Statistics
1
Wed, Aug 30
None
2 Sec 1.3 Fri, Sep 1 1 p. 67: 1 - 10
3 Sec 1.3 Mon, Sep 4 1 p. 67: 11 - 14
4 Sec 1.4 Tue, Sep 5 1 p. 67: 15 - 23, 25
5 Sec 1.4 Wed, Sep 6 1 p. 67: 27, 28, 30, 31, 32, 37, 43, 45, 50
Chapter 2: Producing Data
6 Sec 2.1 - 2.4 Fri, Sep 8
None
7 Sec 2.4 Mon, Sep 11 2 p. 97: 1, 3, 4, 6 - 9; p. 136: 44, 46, 48 - 50
8 Sec 2.5 Tue, Sep 12 2 p. 107: 13, 15 - 18; p. 136: 51, 53
9 Sec 2.6, 2.8 Wed, Sep 13 2 p. 115: 19 - 23; p. 126: 35-38; p. 136: 55, 56, 63(a)
Chapter 3: Observational Studies and Experiments
10 Sec 3.1 - 3.3 Fri, Sep 15 2 p. 155: 1 - 3, 5 - 8; p. 196: 39 - 43, 45, 47
11 Sec 3.4 Mon, Sep 18 3 p. 164: 9 - 12, 14; p. 196: 49 - 51
12 Sec 3.5 Tue, Sep 19 3 p. 171: 17, 19, 21; p. 182: 25, 26, 29, 34; p. 196: 59, 60, 67, 68, 70
Chapter 4: Summarizing Data Graphically
13 Sec 4.1 - 4.2 Wed, Sep 20 3 p. 219: 1 - 5
14 Sec 4.3.1 - 4.3.2 Fri, Sep 22 3 p. 226: 6 - 11 (see p. 243 for the definition of "skewness")
15 Sec 4.4.1 - 4.4.3 Mon, Sep 25 4 p. 248: 22 - 27, 29
Chapter 5: Summarizing Data Numerically
16 Sec 4.4.4 Tue, Sep 26 4 None [p. 259: 30, 31; p. 284: 68, 69]*
17 Sec 5.1 - 5.2 Wed, Sep 27 4 None [p. 311: 1 - 8; p. 345: 29 - 31]*
18 Test 1 Fri, Sep 29 Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4
19 Sec 5.3.1 - 5.3.3 Mon, Oct 2 5 None
20 Sec 5.3.3 Tue, Oct 3 5 p. 333: 12, 14, 15, 19; p. 345: 37, 38, 40, 42 - 44, 52, 53
Do the exercises on the last slide of Lecture 16
21 Sec 5.3.4 Wed, Oct 4 5 p. 333: 10, 11, 14, 16 - 18, 20; p. 345: 32, 36, 39, 47, 55
Chapter 6: Using Models to Make Decisions
22 Sec 6.1 - 6.3.1 Fri, Oct 6 5 p. 376: 1 - 3, 32; p. 397: 78, 83 - 85
23 Sec 6.3.1 Mon, Oct 9 6 p. 376: 4 - 9, 13, 15, 16; p. 397: 54, 55, 56, 67 - 69
24 Sec 6.3.1 Tue, Oct 10 6 p. 376: 10, 11, 14, 17, 18, 19, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27
25 Sec 6.3.1 Wed, Oct 11 6 None
Chapter 7: How to Measure Uncertainty with Probability
26 Sec 6.4, 7.5.1 Fri, Oct 13 6 p. 394: 47, 48, 50, 51; p. 481: 47, 48, 49; p. 489: 93
27 Sec 7.5.1 Wed, Oct 18 6 p. 481: 51, 52, 54, 56, 57*; p. 489: 94, 95, 97, 99
*omit d
28 Sec 7.5.1 Fri, Oct 20 6 p. 489: Find σ (only) for the distributions in Exercises 93, 94, 95, 97, 99
Chapter 8: Sampling Distributions: Measuring the Accuracy of Sample Results
29 Sec 8.1 - 8.2 Mon, Oct 23 7 None
30 Sec 8.2 Tue, Oct 24 7 None
31 Sec 8.2 Wed, Oct 25 7 None
32 Test 2 Fri, Oct 27 Chapters 5, 6, 7
33 Sec 8.2 Mon, Oct 30 8 p. 526: 4 - 10, 13, 14; p. 557: 33 - 36
34 Sec 8.4 Tue, Oct 31 8 p. 551: 17 - 21, 24, 25, 27, 28; p. 557: 43, 44, 45
Chapter 9: Making Decisions about a Population Proportion with Confidence
35 Sec 9.1 - 9.3 Wed, Nov 1 8 p. 580: 1 - 6, 8, 10, 14
36 Sec 9.3 Fri, Nov 3 8 None
37 Sec 9.3 - 9.4 Mon, Nov 6 9 p. 580: 7, 9, 11, 12, 13
38 Sec 9.4 Tue, Nov 7 9 p. 595: 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 30; p. 607: 43, 47, 55
Chapter 10: Making Decisions about a Population Mean with Confidence
39 Sec 10.1 - 10.2 Wed, Nov 8 9 p. 633: 1 - 6; p. 658: 36 - 38, 40
40 Sec 10.1 - 10.2 Fri, Nov 10 9 p. 633: 7 - 17
* In problems 9 - 17, show all 7 steps and assume normality as necessary.
41 Sec 10.2 Mon, Nov 13 10 None
42 Sec 10.2 Tue, Nov 14 10 p. 647: 19, 21, 22, 27, 30; p. 658: 42, 43, 45, 47, 49
Chapter 11: Comparing Two Treatments
43 Sec 10.4 Wed, Nov 15 10 None
44 Sec 11.1, 2, 4 Fri, Nov 17 10 p. 676: 1, 2, 6, 7; p. 713: 22, 27*(omit d), 28*, 29*, 31, 32; p. 728: 45*(omit e), 46*
*Show all 7 steps of the hypothesis test.
45 Sec 11.4 Mon, Nov 20 11 p. 713: 21, 23(omit c), 25(omit d), 26(omit d); p. 728: 45e, 48(omit d)
46 Sec 11.5 Tue, Nov 21 11 p. 725: 34*(omit d, e), 35*; p. 728: 54 - 56
* Show all 7 steps.
Chapter 14: Analysis of Count Data
47 Sec 14.1-14.3 Mon, Nov 27 12 None
48 Sec 14.3 Tue, Nov 28 12 p. 928: 1, 2, 4; p. 935: 6 - 11, 15
49 Sec 14.4 Wed, Nov 29 12 p. 948: 17, 18*, 19*, 20*, 21*, 22*
* Perform the complete test, showing all 7 steps, and show the table of expected counts.
50 Test 3 Fri, Dec 1 Chapters 8, 9, 10, 11
51 Sec 14.5 Mon, Dec 4 13 p. 959: 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 31, 34; p.966: 41, 46
Chapter 13: Is There a Relationship Between Two or More Quantitative Variables?
52 Sec 13.3.1 Tue, Dec 5 13 p. 821: 2, 3a, 4a, 5a; p. 901: 43a
53 Sec 13.3.2 Wed, Dec 6 13 None
54 Sec 13.3.2 Fri, Dec 8 13 p. 821: 2, 3, 4, 6; p. 901: 43, 46(omit e), 47(a-e), 48

*These problems would have been assigned.


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