Unless
otherwise noted, readings are from the
primary text by Devore and Berk.
References to "Verzani" refer to the “Simple R” guide by John Verzani (PDF).
| Date | Readings | Warm-up
problems (initials represent person responsible for presenting the problem) |
Hand-in
problems due at the |
| Mon 1/5 |
Skim Ch. 1; Review Probability Notes |
None | None |
| Weds 1/7 | Read Sec 5.2, 6.1 | Math 362 Intro to R (pdf); Ch. 5: 24(GAK), 29(SB), 31(EN), 33(GD) | None |
| Fri 1/9 | Read Sec 6.2 | Ch. 6: 1(CH), 3(KK), 7(DO), 9(RP) | R Lab #1 (pdf) |
| Mon 1/12 | Read Sec 6.3 | Ch. 6: 15(JS), 17(GAK), 21(SB), 23(GD), 25(CH) | Ch. 6: 6, 8, 10 |
| Weds 1/14 | Read Sec 6.4 | Ch. 6: 29(KK), 35(JS), 41(DO), 43(RP) | Ch. 6: 14, 20, 22, 24, 26 |
| Fri 1/16 | Read Sec 5.5 | Ch 6: 49(GAK), 51(SB), 55(GD), 59(EN), 63(CH) | Ch 6: 28,34, 38, 40, 42, 44* R Lab #2 (pdf) |
| Mon 1/19 | MLK Holiday- No Class | ||
| Weds 1/21 | Read Sec 7.1 | Ch 5: 65 (a,b,d) , Supp 1, Supp 2 (Link to supp problems (txt)) {Presenter will be chosen at random.} | Ch 6: 48, 50a-b( c*), 54, 64, 66 |
| Fri 1/23 | Read Sec 7.2, pp. 344-346 | Ch 7: 3, 9, 11, 15 {Be prepared to do all} | R Lab #3 (pdf) |
| Mon 1/26 | Read Sec 7.2, pp. 346-349 (stop before Ex 7.19); pp. 351-352 | Ch 7: 23a; Supp1, Supp2 (pdf) | Ch 7: 2, 4, (use exe07-04.Rdata) 6 (Hint: See p. 201 and use exe07-06.Rdata in my R Workspaces directory), 8, 12, 20* |
| Weds 1/28 | Review | Ch 7: 21, 23b, 29 | Ch 7: 13(just find the method of moments estimator for the distribution given there), 22, 58a |
| Thurs 1/29 | Exam I | ||
| Fri 1/30 | NO CLASS | ||
| Mon 2/2 | Read Sec 8.1 pp. 375-383 | Ch 8: 1, 3, 5 | None |
| Weds 2/4 | Read Sec 8.2 pp. 385-390 | Ch 8: 9, 11 | None |
| Fri 2/6 | Read Sec 8.3 pp. 393-399 | Ch 8: 23 (using prop.test() in R and with a calculator) | Ch 8: 6, 8, 10 R Lab #4 (pdf) |
| Mon 2/9 | Read Sec 8.5 pp. 404-410 | Ch 8: 41 (Rdata) | Ch 8: 14, 16, 20, 22 (use prop.test in R- first find the number of successes that corresponds to the given p-hat value), 26 |
| Weds 2/11 | Read Sec 9.1 pp. 417-426 | Ch. 8: 51 (Rdata) | Ch 8: 34, 38, 40, 42 |
| Fri 2/13 | Read Sec 9.2 pp. 428-439 | Ch. 9: 9, 11 | Ch 8: 52 (Rdata), 56 (Rdata) R Lab #5 (pdf) |
| Mon 2/16 | Read Sec 9.3 | Ch: 9: 27(SB), 29(GD) | Ch 9: 4, 10, 12, 14 |
| Weds 2/18 | Read Sec 9.4 | Ch 9: 37(DO) | Ch 9: 18, 26, 30, 34 |
| Fri 2/20 | Read Sec 10.1 | Ch 9: 55 (Rdata) (RP) | Ch 9: 38, 40, 42 (also use R to plot the Type II Error probability as a function of p' for p'=seq(.5, 1,. 05) using n=20 and the rejection region of part (a) ), 44 |
| Mon 2/23 | Read Sec 10.2 | Ch 10: 5 (JS) | Ch 9: 52, 54, 56, 58 |
| Weds 2/25 | Review Chaps 8-9 | Ch 10: 29 (GAK) | Ch 10: 8, 10, 16, 18 |
| Thurs 2/26 | Exam II | ||
| Fri 2/27 | NO CLASS | ||
| Mon 3/2 | Read Sec 10.3 | Work on your project | None |
| Weds 3/4 | Read Sec 10.4 | Ch 10: 39 (SB) | Ch 10: 22, 26, 32, 38 |
| Fri 3/6 | Read Sec 10.6 (focus on Bootstrap Methods) | Ch 10: 49 (GVD), 51 (CH) | Ch 10: 40(Rdata), 42(Rdata), 44, 46(Rdata) |
| Mon 3/9 | Read Secs 12.1-12.2 (omit logistic regression) | Ch 10: 69 (Rdata) (KK), 73b (Rdata) (DO) | Ch 10: 50, 52, 56, 58 |
| Weds 3/11 | Read Secs 12.3-4 (omit logistic regression) | Ch 12: 4 (Rdata) (RP), 13 (JS) | Ch 10: 70 (Rdata) |
| Fri 3/13 | None | None | Ch 12: 36a, c, d |