Type I and Type II Errors, Power, and Approximations

Weeks 12 & 13: March 28 through April 8

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

Class meeting schedule and topics

Tuesday, March 29 ~	Type I and Type II Errors
Wednesday, March 30 ~	Statistical power
Friday, April 1 ~	The binomial approximation to the hypergeometric distribution
Monday, April 4 ~	The sign test
Tuesday, April 5 ~	Conceptual review for Test 3
Wednesday, April 6 ~	Technology review for Test 3
Friday, April 8 ~	Test 3
Monday, April 11 ~	Normal distributions

Homework Assignments

39. Due Wednesday, March 30

    Required work

    • Review pages 201 through 208 in Chapter 3
    • Read pages 210 through 215 in Chapter 3
    • Practice Problem 3-25 on page 209

    Optional work

    • Identify other statistical tests of hypotheses we have performed in class, or that you can think of in other contexts, and describe what Type I and Type II errors would represent.

40. Due Friday, April 1

    Required work

    • Review pages 210 through 215 in Chapter 3
    • Read pages 218 and 219 in Chapter 3
    • Practice Problem 3-26 on page 209

41. Due Monday, April 4

    Required work

    • Review pages 218 and 219 in Chapter 3
    • Practice problem 3-27 on page 216

42. Due Tuesday, April 5

    Required work

    • Review Chapter 3
    • Practice Problem 3-29 on pages 216 and 217

    Optional work

    • Practice Problem 3-28 on page 216

43. Due Wednesday, April 6

    Required work

    • Review Chapter 3
    • Practice Problem 3-31 on page 220

    Optional work

    • Practice Problem 3-30 on page 220

44. Due Friday, April 8

    Optional work

    • Review problems for Chapter 3

45. Due Monday, April 11

    Required work

    • Read pages 223 through 232 in Chapter 4