Fall 1999
Statistics 515 - Statistical Methods I
Tuesdays/Thursdays 12:30 - 1:45
210B LeConte

Course Website: http://www.stat.sc.edu/~habing/courses/515F99.html

Assignment 1Due: Tues. Aug. 31st Page 18-19: 1.21 e+f, 1.25 e+f
Page 26: 2.2
Page 48: 2.30
Assignment 2Due: Thurs. Sept. 2nd Page 61: 2.62
Page 69: 2.77
Page 84: 2.100
Assignment 3Due: Thurs. Sept. 9th Page 39-40: 2.20, 2.21, 2.22
Page 51: 2.45
Page 76: 2.92
Use SAS to generate the graphs
and then answer the questions
Assignment 4Due: Tues. Sept. 14th On Handout
Assignment 5(MOVED!) Due: Tues. Sept. 21 On Handout
Assignment 6Due: Tues. Sept. 21 Page 180-181: 4.46 c+f, 4.48 c+d,
4.52 a+f, 4.54 a
Page 199-201: 4.89 a, 4.96
Assignment 7Due: Thurs. Oct. 7 Page 200: 4.87 a,b, 4.88 a,d
Page 223: 5.23 by hand and SAS and
use SAS to make a Q-Q plot for
the data
Page 231: 5.40
Assignment 8Due: Thurs. Oct. 14 Page 237: 5.48
Page 251-252: 6.1, 6.4, 6.6, 6.10a
Assignment 9Due: Tues. Oct. 19 Page 251: 6.7
Page 262-264: 6.24, 6.26
Page 268: 6.45 by hand and SAS
Does the data seem normal?
Assignment 10Due: Thurs. Oct. 21 Page 257: 6.17 answer using both
SAS and by hand, also make a
90% CI for the variance, and
check if the data seems normal.
Page 275: 6.52
Assignment 11Due: Tues. Oct. 26 On Handout
Assignment 12Due: Thurs. Oct. 28 Page 300: 7.8 by hand and SAS.
Check assumptions
Page 317: 7.38 a,b by hand and SAS.
Check assumptions.
Page 366: 8.8
Assignment 13Due: Thurs. Nov. 11 Page 413: 9.22 by hand and SAS.
also caluclate the MSE
both by hand and SAS
and check the errors using SAS
Assignment 14Due: Tues. Nov. 16 Construct the ANOVA table for
9.23b (page 417)
Page 426, 9.44
Assignment 15Due: Thurs. Nov. 18 Page 424: 9.40
Page 432-435: 9.46, 9.52
Assignment 16Due: Tues. Nov. 23 Page 444: 9.68 Using SAS.
Also construct the 95% confidence
and prediction intervals for it
like figure 9.24
Assignment 17Due: Tues. Nov. 30 Page 376-378: 8.29, 8.39
Assignment 18Due: Thurs. Dec. 2 Page 390: 8.53 by hand and SAS