Randomization Tests and Sampling from Populations

Weeks 7 and 8: February 21 through March 4

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


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Class meeting schedule and topics

Monday, February 21 ~ Randomization tests for the mean and median
Tuesday, February 22 ~ Sampling from a population
Wednesday, February 23 ~ Systematic samples, multistage samples, and stratified random samples
Friday, February 25 ~ Sampling variability of sample means
Monday, February 28 ~ Sampling variability of sample proportions
Tuesday, March 1 ~ Statistical inference
Wednesday, March 2 ~ Review for Test 2
Friday, March 4 ~ Test 2

Homework Assignments

  1. Due Tuesday, February 22

    Required work

    • Read pages 136 through 144 in Chapter 3

  2. Due Wednesday, February 23

    Required work

    • Review pages 137 through 144 in Chapter 3
    • Read pages 146 through 148 in Chapter 3

  3. Due Friday, February 25

    Required work

    • Review pages 146 through 148 in Chapter 3
    • Read pages 150 through 154 in Chapter 3
    • Practice Problem 2-13
    • Practice Problem 3-1

    Optional work

    • Practice Problem 2-14 (use the original data, before taking the log transformation)
    • Practice Problem 3-2

  4. Due Monday, February 28

    Required work

    • Review pages 150 through 154 in Chapter 3
    • Read pages 155 through 159 in Chapter 3
    • Practice Problem 3-3 on page 149

    Optional work

    • Practice Problems 3-4 and 3-5

  5. Due Tuesday, March 1

    Required work

    • Review pages 155 through 159 in Chapter 3
    • Read pages 161 through 164 in Chapter 3

  6. Due Wednesday, March 2

    Required work

    • Review pages 161 through 164
    • Practice Problem 3-8
    • Practice Problem 3-10
    • Practice Problem 3-12

    Optional work

    • Practice Problems 3-6, 3-7, 3-9, and 3-11

  7. Due Friday, March 4

    Required work

    • Prepare for Test 2

    Optional work

    • Review problems for Test 2

  8. Due Monday, March 14

    Required work

    • Read pages 167 through 176 in Chapter 3 on "Sampling from a Process"


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