Homework Assignments, Statistics

Homework assignments, Statistics (Math 138-01)

Prof. Janeba, Fall 2008

Have you noticed?
At the very end of each chapter, after the review questions, there is a concise chapter summary.

Homework assignments for the week of:
Sept. 3 | Sept. 8 | Sept. 15 | Sept. 22 | Sept. 29 | Oct. 6 | Oct. 13 | Oct. 20 | Oct. 27 | Nov. 3 | Nov. 10 | Nov. 17 | Nov. 24 | Dec. 1 | Dec. 8
Final Exam
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Week #1:

Sept. 3:

Read syllabus (quiz next period)
Study Chapter 1. Prepare study questions for chapter 1 , and
Do Set A (p. 20-) #1-5,7,11,14; Review Exercises (p. 24-) #1-3,5,8

Sept. 5:

Study Chapter 2. Prepare study questions for chapter 2 , and
Do Set A (p. 20-) #6,8-11,13 and Review exercises (p. 24-) #4,7,9-11

Week #2:

Sept. 8:

Read chapter 3 and prepare study questions for chapter 3.
Do chapter 2 review problem #12, and chapter 3 problems A1-7

Sept. 10: Quiz #1; Do chapter 3 problems B1-3, C1,2,4, D1,2 E1,2 and review 1,4
Sept. 12: Read chapter 4 and do chapter 4 study questions, do chapter 3 review #2,3,5-7,9,10

Week #3:

Sept. 15: Do chapter 4 problems A1-6,8,9 B1-5, C1-3,6 D1-6, E1-6,8,9,11
Sept. 17: Quiz #2; Do chapter 4 review #1-4,6-9,11, read chapter 5, do chapter 5 study questions, problems A1,2 B1,2,3,5 C1-3 D1-3
Sept. 19: Worksheet #1. Do Chapter 5 E1-3, review #1-6,8,9,11, read chapter 6, Do chapter 6 study questions

Week #4:

Sept. 22: Do chapter 6 review #1-5, and chapter 6 "Special Review" problems¹ #1,3,4,6,10,14
Sept. 24: Exam 1; Read chapter 13 for Friday and prepare chapter 13 study questions.
Sept. 26: Read Chapter 13, Do 13 A1-5, B1-3, C1,3,4,6 D1,2,4,5,7

Notes: [1] Despite being in chapter number 6, we have already covered the material these problems require.

Week #5:

Sept. 29: Do chapter 13 review #1-4,6-9,12, read chapter 14, prepare chapter 14 study questions, and do 14 A1-3, B1-6
Oct. 1: Quiz #3; Do chapter 14 C1-5, D1-4,6,7 Review 1,3,5-11
Oct. 3: Worksheet #2; Read chapter 15, do 15 A1-6, Review 1-5,7-11

Week #6:

Oct. 6: Read chapter 16, do 16A 1-4,6,8
Oct. 8: Quiz #4; Do chapter 16 B1-4,6,7 C1-3 Review #1-7,9
Oct. 10: Read chapter 17, do 17 A1-3,6,7 B1-3,5,6 C1-3,5,7 D1-3

Week #7:

Oct. 13: Do chapter 17 E1-4,6,7,9 review #1,3,4,5,7,9,12,13. Read chapter 18, do 18 A1,2,5,6, B1,2,5
Oct. 15: Quiz #5; Do chapter 18 C1,2,3,5,6, read chapter 19, do 19 A1-6,8,10-12
Oct. 17: Do chapter 19 review 1-4,6,7,9,11,12. Read chapter 20, prepare chapter 20 study questions, do chapter 20 A1-6, B1-3,5 C1-4

Week #8:

Oct. 20: Do Chapter 20 review 1-3,5-11

Review problems for upcoming exam: Chapter 15 Special Review Problems¹: #18-20, Chapter 23 Special Review Problems²: #13-20,23,24

Oct. 22: Exam 2; Read Chapter 21 for Monday, prepare chapter 21 study questions.
Oct. 24: Mid-semester day, no class meeting

Notes:
1) These problems are at the very end of chapter 15, after the "ordinary" Review Problems
2) The problems listed here, at the very end of chapter 23, do pertain to chapters we've actually read, despite their location.

Week #9:

Oct. 27: Writing Assignment #1 given. Do chapter 21 A1-8, B1-3, C1-5, D1,2 E1
Oct. 29: Do chapter 21 review #2-6, 8, 11-14, and read chapter 22
Oct. 31: Quiz #6; Read Chapter 23, do Chapter 23 A1-3,6,9 B1-3,5-8 C2,3

Week #10:

Nov. 3: Do Chapter 23 D1-3, Review #1-5,8,9, read chapter 26 parts 1-5
Nov. 5: Do Chapter 26 A1-4 B1-3,5 C1-4 E1-4,6
Nov 7: Writing assignment #1 due; Read chapter 26 part 6, do Chapter 26 F1-3,4abc,7 and Review #1-4,6,8,9,11

Week #11:

Nov. 10: Read chapter 27, Do 27 A1-4,6 B1-4,6
Nov. 12: Quiz 7; Chapter 27 C1-3, D1,4,6 (7 is optional, several good problems there), review #1-3,5,7,10, read chapter 28 sections 1-2
Nov. 14: Do Chapter 28 A1-5, read the rest of chapter 28

Week #12:

Nov. 17: worksheet #3; Do chapter 28 C1-3,5-7, review 1-3,6
Nov. 19: Exam 3; Read chapter 8, prepare chapter 8 study questions
Nov. 21: Do chapter 8 A1-3,5 B1-5,7, C1-3, D1-3

Week #13:

Nov. 24: Writing assignment #2 given, do chapter 8 review 1-9, read chapter 9, prepare chapter 9 study questions, do chapter 9 A2,3,7,10 B1 C1,4 D2, E2-4
Nov. 26: worksheet #4; read chapter 10

Week #14:

Dec. 1: Do chapter 10 A1,2, B1-3, C1-3, D1,2, E1-3
Dec. 3: Quiz 8; Read Chapter 29, do Chapter 29 A1,2 B1-3,5-7 C1-6 D1-3 E1-3
Dec. 5: Do chapter 10 review 1,2,4-6,8,9, Read chapter 11

Week #15:

Dec. 8: Do chapter 11 A4-7, B1-3, D1-4, E1 and review 1-3,8,9
Dec. 10: Writing assignment #2 due at 4:00 p.m.; [Chapter 12 homework to be added];
Dec. 12: Last day of class; Do chapter 29 review #1,2,4,5,7-9
Here are some other term-long review problems you can use for study. The questions come from all the chapters prior to the listed one, e.g. the chapter 6 special review problems pertain to chapters 1 through 6, the chapter 15 problems pertain to chapters 1-15. Answers are available on the handouts page:

Chapter 6 Special review #1-6,8,10,12,14
Chapter 15 Special review #11-15,17-20
Chapter 23 Special review #1,3-5,7-9,11,13-20,22-28,30
Chapter 29 Special review #24,25,27,35

Week #16:

Thursday, Dec 18, 8:00-11:00 a.m. Final Exam

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