Monday, February 14 ~ Computing means and standard deviations in Excel and Fathom Tuesday, February 15 ~ Z-scores Wednesday, February 16 ~ The Empirical Rule Friday, February 18 ~ Statistical significance for quantitative data Monday, February 21 ~ Randomization tests
- Due Tuesday, February 15
Required work
- Review Investigation 2-2: Cloud Seeding found on pages 85 through 94
- Read pages 106 through 108 on Z-scores.
- Due Wednesday, February 16
Required work
- Read pages 110 through 115 the "Fan Cost Index" in baseball
- Complete Investigation 2-2: Cloud Seeding parts (a) through (q) on pages 85 through 94
Be sure to include the mean as a measure of center and the standard deviation as a measure of spread.Optional work
- Repeat parts (o) through (q) of Investigation 2-2 using a square root transformation instead of a logarithm. Compare the results found using a square root to those found using a log transformation.
- Due Friday, February 18
Required work
- Read pages 123 through 130 on "Statistical Significance"
- Practice Problem 2-7 on page 109
Optional work
- Practice Problem 2-8 on page 109
- Due Monday, February 21
Required work
- Review pages 123 through 135 in Chapter 2
- Practice Problem 2-9 on page 115
- Practice Problem 2-12 on page 122
Optional work
- Practice Problems 2-10 and 2-11 on page 122
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