Z-scores and normal distributions

Week 3: January 27 through 31

MATH 214 ~ Probability and Statistics for Business Majors ~ Spring 2003


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Class meeting schedule and topics

Monday, January 27 ~ Z-scores
Wednesday, January 29 ~ Normal distributions
Friday, January 31 ~ Quantiles of normal distributions
Monday, February 3 ~ Random numbers

Homework Assignments

  1. Due Monday, January 27

    Required work

    • Prepare your Executive Summary and Report for the Baseball Arbitration hearings
    • Exercise 2.84 on pages 84 and 85

    Optional work

    • Exercises 2.76 and 2.83 on page 84

  2. Due Wednesday, January 29

    Required work

    • Read about normal distributions on pages 219 through 231
    • Obtain copies of the TI-83 programs CLEAN, NORMAREA, and NORMINV from Tom Short or from another student in the class.
    • Exercise 2.86 on pages 85 and 86

    Optional work

    • Exercise 2.80 on page 84

  3. Due Friday, January 31

    Required work

    • Baseball salary arbitration reports and executive summaries due
    • Exercises 5.14 and 5.16 on page 231

    Optional work

    • Exercises 5.13, 5.15, and 5.17 on page 231

  4. Due Monday, February 3

    Required work

    • Read about random sampling on pages 157 through 161
    • Exercises 5.22 and 5.32 on pages 231 and 233

    Optional work

    • Exercises 5.18, 5.24, and 5.35 on pages 231 through 233


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