Binomial Inference and Type I and Type II Errors

Week 11: March 21 through 25

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

Class meeting schedule and topics

Monday, March 21 ~	Exact binomial inference
Tuesday, March 22 ~	Two-sided alternatives and two-sided p-values
Wednesday, March 23 ~	Confidence intervals for one proportion
Friday, March 25 ~	Type I and Type II errors
Monday, March 28 ~	The binomial approximation to the hypergeometric distribution

Homework Assignments

36. Due Tuesday, March 22

    Required work

    • Review pages 187 through 194 in Chapter 3
    • Read pages 196 through 199 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

37. Due Wednesday, March 23

    Required work

    • Review pages 196 through 199 in Chapter 3
    • Read pages 201 through 208 in Chapter 3
    • Practice problems 3-19 and 3-20 on page 195

    Optional work

    • Practice Problem 3-21 on page 195

38. Due Friday, March 25

    Required work

    • Review pages 201 through 208 in Chapter 3
    • Read pages 210 through 215 in Chapter 3
    • Practice Problem 3-22 on page 200

    Optional work

    • Practice Problem 3-23 on page 200

39. Due Monday, March 28

    Required work

    • Review pages 210 through 215 in Chapter 3
    • Read pages 218 through 222 in Chapter 3
    • Practice Problem 3-26 on page 209

    Optional work

    • Practice Problem 3-25 on page 209