Computer Assignments
There are three computer homework assignments, which comprise a total of 20% of the course grade and should be completed independently. The MATLAB® tutorial below covers the basics of MATLAB.
MATLAB Tutorial (PDF)
Optional Assignments
The optional homework assignments correspond to problems from the course textbook:
Tamhane, Ajit C., and Dorothy D. Dunlop. Statistics and Data Analysis: From Elementary to Intermediate. Prentice Hall, 1999. ISBN: 9780137444267.
| CHAPTERS | TITLES | PROBLEMS |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Review of Probability | 2.25, 2.42, 2.43, 2.56, 2.62, and 2.80 |
| 3 | Collecting Data | 3.12, 3.17, and 3.18 |
| 4 | Summarizing and Exploring Data | 4.12a, 4.13bc, 4.30, 4.33, 4.35, and 4.44 |
| 5 | Sampling Distributions of Statistics | 5.4, 5.6, 5.11ab, 5.23, and 5.25 |
| 6 | Basic Concepts of Inference | 6.5abc (but not the plot), 6.15, 6.17, 6.24, 6.27abc, and 6.28 |
| 7 | Inferences for Single Samples | 7.3, 7.7, 7.9, 7.10, 7.12, 7.17, 7.18, and 7.19 |
| 8 | Inferences for Two Samples | 8.9, 8.14, 8.18, 8.20, 8.22, and 8.23 |
| 9 | Inferences for Proportions and Count Data | 9.2, 9.5, 9.10, 9.11, 9.12, 9.19, 9.20, 9.22b, and 9.24 |
| 10 | Similar Linear Regression and Correlation | 10.7, 10.13a, and 10.22 |
| 14 | Nonparametric Statistical Methods | 14.2, 14.8, and 14.9 |