Fisher's Exact Test and Summarizing Quantitative Data

Weeks 4 and 5: January 31 through February 11

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

Class meeting schedule and topics

Monday, January 31 ~	Probability Simulations
Tuesday, February 1 ~	Fisher's Exact Test
Wednesday, February 2 ~	Review for two binary categorical variables
Friday, February 4 ~	Summarizing quantitative data with numbers
Monday, February 7 ~	Summarizing quanatitative data with graphs
Tuesday, February 8 ~	Transformations
Wednesday, February 9 ~	Review for Test 1
Friday, February 11 ~	Test 1

Homework Assignments

12. Due Tuesday, February 1

    Required work

    • Review Section 1-6 and the "Investigation 1-10a: Random Drug Testing Two Years in a Row" handout
    • Look ahead to Section 1-7 on "Fisher's Exact Test"
    • Practice Problem 1-20 on page 69

13. Due Wednesday, February 2

    Required work

    • Review to Section 1-7 on Fisher's Exact Test
    • Practice Problem 1-21 on pages 69 and 70

14. Due Friday, February 4

    Required work

    • Look ahead to Section 2-1 on "Summarizing Quantitative Data"
    • Practice Problems 1-23 and 1-24 on page 78

    Optional work

    • Practice Problem 1-22 on page 78

15. Due Monday, February 7

    Required work

    • Review pages 81 through 94 in Section 2-1
    • Practice Problem 2-1 on page 95

16. Due Tuesday, February 8

    Required work

    • Review pages 96 through 103 in Section 2-1
    • Practice Problem 2-2 on page 95

17. Due Wednesday, February 9

    Required work

    • Review pages 81 through 103 in Section 2-1
    • Practice Problem 2-3 on page 103

    Optional work

    • Practice Problems 2-5 and 2-6 on page 104

18. Due Friday, February 11

    Required work

    • Prepare for Test 1

    Optional work

    • Revise returned homework problems

19. Due Monday, February 14

    Required work

    • Read pages 105 through 108 in Section 2-1