Sample sizes and statistical tests

Week 9: March 17 through 21

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


| Course Home | Course Info | Syllabus | Q & A | Links |

Class meeting schedule and topics

Monday, March 17 ~ Planning sample sizes for confidence intervals
Wednesday, March 19 ~ Statistical tests of hypotheses
Friday, March 21 ~ Tests of hypotheses for one population mean

Homework Assignments

  1. Due Monday, March 17

    Required work

    • Read Section 7.4 on "Determining the Sample Size"
    • Exercises 7.34 and 7.40 on page 315

    Optional work

    • Exercises 7.37, 7.38, and 7.39 on page 315

  2. Due Wednesday, March 19

    Required work

    • Read Section 8.1 on "The Elements of a Test of Hypotheses"
    • Exercises 7.50 and 7.52 on page 321

    Optional work

    • Exercises 7.51, 7.53, 7.54, and 7.55 on pages 321 and 322

  3. Due Friday, March 21

    Required work

    • Read Section 8.2 on "Large-Sample Test of Hypotheses About a Population Mean"
    • Exercises 8.8 and 8.10 on page 345

    Optional work

    • Exercises 8.9 and 8.11 on page 345

  4. Due Monday, March 24

    Required work

    • Read Section 8.3 on "Observed Significance Levels: p-values"
    • Exercises 8.18 and 8.20 on pages 351 and 352

    Optional work

    • Exercises 8.17, 8.19, and 8.21 on pages 351 and 352

  5. Due Wednesday, March 26

    Required work

    • Read Section 8.4 on "Small-Sample Test of Hypotheses About a Population Mean"
    • Exercises 8.34 and 8.36 on page 359

    Optional work

    • Exercises 8.33 and 8.37 on page 359


Return to the top of this page Send comments to: tshort@iup.edu
Link to the MATH 214 course page Last modified by THS
Please see IUP's statement regarding pages that do not officially represent the University.