(updated 2/28/06)

MATH 152 “PROBABILITY” HW SYLLABUS

LECTURER:  GRAMLICH

TEXT:  “ELEMENTARY STATISTICS,” 9th ed, by  Mario F. Triola

               Addison- Wesley Longman Publishing, © 2004, isbn#:  0-201-77570-0

 

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       EXERCISES

 

1                 Introduction, review basic math concepts (ooo, %, fractions), read 3-1

                   ooo review   p. 32            1-12

                   3-2               p. 128                   3-19, odd; 23, 25

2                 3-3               p. 137                   1-11, odd; 23

                   3-4               p. 146                   1-15, odd; 19, 21, 23, 27

3                 3-5              p. 153                   1,3; 7-21, odd; #24

                   3-6               p. 160                   1-7, odd

4                 3-7               p. 169                   1-11, odd; 15, 19, 22-25; 29, 31

5                 EXAM 1 on ch 3-2, 3-3, 3-4

Read 1-1, 1-2 (pp. 4-7), 2-2 (freq table),

2-4 (mean), 2-5 (variance & standard deviation)

4-2              p. 192                   1-9, odd: (also, calculate variance), 11, 13

6                 4-3              p. 203                   1-7, odd; 25-31, odd

                   4-4              p. 209                   1-7, odd; 15 (also, calculate variances)

7                 EXAM 2 on ch 3-5, 3-6, 3-7

8                 4-5              p. 216                   1, 5, 9 (also, calculate std dev & variances)

                   4-3              p. 207                   37, 38, 39

9                 Read 7-1, 7-2

10-2             p. 577                   1, 7, 9, 15 (calculate P-Values)

10                EXAM 3 on ch 4

11                10-3             p. 591                   5, 15 (calculate P-Values)

12                EXAM 4 on ch 4-3 distributions & ch 10