Binomial Distributions

Week 10: March 14 through 18

MATH 216 ~ Probability and Statistics for Natural Science Majors ~ Spring 2005

Class meeting schedule and topics

Monday, March 14 ~	Bernoulli trials
Tuesday, March 15 ~	Binomial probabilities and expected value
Wednesday, March 16 ~	Exact binomial inference
Friday, March 18 ~	Two-sided alternatives and two-sided p-values
Monday, March 21 ~	Type I and Type II Errors

Homework Assignments

32. Due Tuesday, March 15

    Required work

    • Read pages 167 through 176 in Chapter 3

33. Due Wednesday, March 16

    Required work

    • Review pages 167 through 176 in Chapter 3
    • Read pages 178 through 185 in Chapter 3
    • Practice problem 3-13 on page 177

    Optional work

    • Think of your own random variable, W that follows a Binomial distribution. Justify your result.

34. Due Friday, March 18

    Required work

    • Review pages 178 through 185 in Chapter 3
    • Read pages 187 through 194 in Chapter 3
    • Practice Problem 3-14 on page 177

    Optional work

    • Practice Problem 3-15 on page 177, using the applet or Fathom

35. Due Monday, March 21

    Required work

    • Review pages 187 through 194 in Chapter 3
    • Read pages 196 through 208 in Chapter 3
    • Practice Problem 3-16 on page 185
    • Practice Problem 3-18 on pages 185 and 186

    Optional work

    • Practice Problem 3-17 on page 185