HW SYLLABUS (updated 4/23/03)

 

STATISTICS I, ECON 112 SYLLABUS

INSTRUCTOR:  GRAMLICH

TEXT:  “ELEMENTARY STATISTICS,” 8th ed, Addison- Wesley Longman, BY MARIO F. TRIOLO

 

Please read/ preview sections before coming to class and foremost, PRACTICE!,  by doing these exercises:

(The exercises below are subject to change.  Revisions will be announced in class.)

 

WEEK                    TOPIC                                   EXERCISES

1                      Stat Vocab                    Introduction

                        Measurement                1-2       p. 10                 1-19, all

                        Sampling                       1-4       p. 23                 1-16

                        Cumulative Review       p. 28     1-12

2                      Graphs                          2-2       p. 40-41            1-13 (#13, use 8 classes), odd

                                                            2-3       p.  51                1-5,odd, 11 (use 4&5 classes, resp),13,17,19,21,23

                        Center                          2-4       p.  65                1,5 (identify skewness in 2-2 & 2-3 exercises)

3                                                          EXAM 1 covers Ch 1

                        Variation                       2-5       p.  81                1,5 (find range rule of thumb s for each), 17,21

                                                            2-6       p   93                1, 9, 21, 31 (read p.88, fig 2-17)

                                                            2-7       p.  102              1 (identify skewness)

4                      Probability                     3-2       p. 123               1-7, odd, 21

                                                            3-3       p. 132               1-11, odd

                                                            3-4       p. 140               1-7, odd; 11, 15, 19

                                                            3-5       p. 150               17

5                                                          EXAM 2 covers Ch 2

                        Probability                     4-2       p.  190              1-11, odd; 8, 10

                        Distributions                  4-3       p.  201              1-7, odd; 25, 27

                                                            4-4       p.  207              1-7, odd

6                      Normal Distribution       5-2       p. 239               9-31, odd

5-3       p. 245               1-5, odd; 9, 13, 23

7                                                          EXAM 3 covers Ch 3 - 4

                                                            5-2       p. 239               33-43, odd

                                                            5-4       p. 252               1-7, odd; 11, 13

                                                            5-5       p. 263               1-11, odd; 15

                        Confidence Intervals      6-2       p. 309               5-15, odd; 19

                        (CI)                              6-3       p. 320               1-7, odd, 2, 13, 17, 19, 25

                                                            6-4       p. 327               1-7, odd

8                      Hypothesis Testing        7-2       p. 379               9-35, odd

                        (HT)  (1 Sample)           7-3       p. 395               7, 9, 11

9                                                          EXAM 4 covers Ch 5 - 6-4

                                                            7-4       p. 405               1, 3, 11, 15, 19 (calculate p-values)

                        2 Sample HT & CIs      8-3       p. 454               1, 3, 7, 9 (calculate p-values)

10                                                         (8-5)     p. 476               1, 5 (calculate p-values)

                                                            8-6       p. 489               1, 3, 11, 13, 15 (calculate p-values & conf intervals)

11                     Proportion HT & CIs     6-5       p. 338               19, 21

                                                            7-5       p. 414               1, 3, 5

                                                            8-4       p. 466               15, 17, 19

12                                                         EXAM 5 covers Ch 7-2, 7-3, 7-4,  8-3, 8-5, 8-6

                        Goodness of Fit Test      10-2      p. 585               3, 6 (a = 5%), 7, 11

13                     Indep & Homogeneity   10-3      p. 600               3, 5      

14                                                         EXAM 6 covers 6-5, 7-5, 8-4, 10