Fall 2000
Statistics 518 - Nonparametric Statistical Methods
Monday/Wednesday/Friday 9:05-9:55
210A LeConte

Course Website: http://www.stat.sc.edu/~habing/courses/518F00.html

8Due: Friday, December 8th Homework 8 in PDF
(Do as much as you can on the 2nd problem... since we didn't have time to cover it in class it will be extra credit)
7Due: Friday, December 1st
  • Page 197 #8 by hand and either SAS or S-Plus
  • Page 249 #1 using both Kolmogorov-Smirnov and Chi-squared (your choice of by hand, SAS, or S-plus)
  • Page 250 #2 by hand and either SAS or S-Plus
6Due: Wednesday, November 8th Homework 6 in PDF
5Due: Tuesday, October 31st by 10:00am Homework 5 in PDF
4Due: Friday, October 13th Homework 4 in PDF
(You do not need to do the q-q plot by hand.)
3Due: Wednesday, September 27th
  • Pg. 113 #2
  • Pg. 114 #6
  • Pg. 133 #2, 4, for these, use both exact and large sample approximations both by hand and by S-Plus.
  • Problem C: Using the data in pg. 267 #23, use both SAS and S-Plus to check if the data is approximately normally distributed and report the p-value for testing mu=70 vs. mu>70
2Due: Monday, September 18th
  • Pg. 63 #4
  • Pg. 78 #7, also, why?
  • Pg. 93 #2a,b
  • Pg. 94 #1a-e, 2a
  • Problem B: Using the data in pg.93 #2, construct a CI for the mean and a CI for the variance of the number of points scored in all games played by this team. What assumptions are not met?
1Due: Monday, September 11th
  • Pg. 12 #2, also, what if each letter is used only once?
  • Pg. 21 #6
  • Pg. 33 #2
  • Pg. 51 #13, also, say X was found to be 9. Construct the z-score (X-mu/sigma). Does it seem the race was fixed?
  • Problem A: Consider flipping two fair coins. Let A={1st coin heads}, B={2nd coin heads}, C={both coins the same}. Show that each pair A-B, B-C, and A-C are independent, but that the three together are not mutually independent.