Normal distributions and the Distribution of a Sample Proportion

Week 14: April 11 through 15

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

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Class meeting schedule and topics

Monday, April 11 ~ Normal distributions
Tuesday, April 12 ~ Sample proportions
Wednesday, April 13 ~ Sampling distributions for sample proportions
Friday, April 15 ~ Statistical tests for one sample proportion
Monday, April 18 ~ Type I and Type II errors and confidence intervals

Homework Assignments

  1. Due Tuesday, April 12

    Required work

    • Review pages 224 through 241 in Chapter 4
    • Read pages 242 through 246 in Chapter 4

    Optional work

    • Any practice problem from 4-1 through 4-7

  2. Due Wednesday, April 13

    Required work

    • Review pages 242 through 246 in Chapter 4
    • Read pages 248 through 254 in Chapter 4
    • Practice Problem 4-9 on page 246

    Optional work

    • Practice Problems 4-8 and 4-10 on pages 246 and 247

  3. Due Friday, April 15

    Required work

    • Review pages 248 through 254 in Chapter 4
    • Read pages 256 through 260 in Chapter 4
    • Practice Problem 4-12 on page 255

    Optional work

    • Practice Problems 4-11 and 4-13 on page 255

  4. Due Monday, April 18

    Required work

    • Review pages 256 through 260 in Chapter 4
    • Read pages 263 through 270 in Chapter 4
    • Practice Problem 4-14 on page 271

    Optional work

    • Practice Problems 4-15 and 4-16 on page 271

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