Spring 2001
Statistics 515 - Statistical Methods I
Tuesday/Thursday 11:00-12:15
113 LeConte

Course Website: http://www.stat.sc.edu/~habing/courses/515F01.html

Page numbers given in parentheses are from the blue covered 7th edition,
for those who do not have copies of the current edition

12Due: Thursday, December 6th
  • Pg. 721: 13.16 by hand OR SAS
  • Pg. 734: 13.29 b-d by hand AND SAS. Is the sample size large enough? Is this a test of homogeneity or of independence? Why?
11Due: Tuesday, November 20th
  • Pg. 565: 11.72 c,d,e (9.83 in 7/e)
  • Pg. 570: 11.80 b [they give you the output] (9.92 in 7/e)
  • Pg. 571: 11.82 a-e using SAS [b means you should check the assumptions] (not in 7/e)
10Due: Tuesday, November 13th
  • Pg. 455: 10.22b using SAS. State H0 and HA, your conclusion, and check the assumptions. (7.76 in 7/e)
  • Pg. 517: 11.10 (9.10 in 7/e)
9Due: Thursday, November 8th
  • Pg. 440: 10.6 (not in 7/e)
  • Pg. 453: 10.16 a-c (7.72 in 7/e)
8Due: Thursday, October 25th
  • Pg. 333: 8.24 by hand and SAS. Also test
    H0: sigma2=4 vs. HA: sigma2>4 by hand. (6.24 in 7/e)
  • Pg. 387: 9.17 by hand and SAS. Also use SAS to test if the variances are equal and check that the two populations are approximately normally distributed. (7.15 in 7/e)
  • Pg. 408: 9.57 Verify if the samples are large enough and calculate the p-value. (8.15 in 7/e)
7Due: Thursday, October 18th
  • Pg. 311: 7.60 (5.54 in 7/e)
  • Pg. 327: 8.7, 8.10, 8.12 (6.7, 6.10, 6.12 in 7/e)
  • Pg. 367: 8.98 b,c (6.83 a,b in 7/e)
6Due: Thursday, October 11th
  • Use the data in pg. 299 #7.34 (5.30 in 7/e). Both by hand and SAS construct a 90% CI for the mean and standard deviation. Use SAS to construct a Q-Q plot and say if the assumptions appear to be met.
  • Pg. 304: 7.37 (5.31 in 7/e)
5Due: Thursday, October 4th
  • Pg. 260: 6.3 a,c,d (4.90 in 7/e)
  • Pg. 271: 6.24a-c (4.102 in 7/e)
  • For n=20 (df=19) find P(t<2.093) and P(chi2>7.63273)
  • Give three possible ideas for the project: one using census data, one using a sample, and one using an experiment
4Due: Thursday, September 20th
  • Pg. 177: 4.25 a,b (4.15 in 7/e)
  • Pg. 191: 4.42 a-c (4.34 in 7/e)
  • Pg. 226: 5.16 a,c (4.46 in 7/e)
  • Pg. 227: 5.20a, 5.24a (4.48, 4.50 in 7/e)
3Due: Thursday, September 13th
  • Pg.48: 2.44 c-f using SAS. Also, use SAS to form side by side boxplots of the three groups.
  • Pg. 109: 3.6
  • Pg. 136: 3.51 (Give an example if false.)
2Due: Thursday, September 6th
  • Pg. 54: 2.52d (also for median). What happens to each of these four statistics if each observation has 5 added to it? if each observation is multiplied by 5?
  • Pg. 63: 2.71 Explain how you got your answers.
1Due: Thursday, August 30th
  • Pg. 14: 1.11, 1.12
  • Pg. 35: 2.17 Construct a histogram by hand.
  • Pg. 47: 2.38 Also, is it skewed? which direction?