MATH 251, Probability and Statistics I, Fall 2001, Day 1

 Syllabus     Study Guide

Be sure to return the info sheet to me, Mac 102.
Addition to text:  Pareto Chart: A bar graph of a categorical variable distribution, where the categories are arranged in order from the largest to the smallest frequencies.  (A simple idea, useful, e.g. to see which parts of an assembly line break most, should be fixed first.)



Unless otherwise noted, all assignments are in Moore & McCabe, Intro to the Practice of Statistics, 3rd ed. ("IPS")
Italics are notes to myself--which problem is it?

Day 1 (Fri. Aug. 27) Assigned:
    Read:  Introduction. Section 1.1.  Read ahead, 1.2 thru p. 51.
 
Do to hand in: 
p.23, 1.7, 1.9 
1.12 
1.15 
1.19 (dates of coins-skewed left)
1.31 Make it a Pareto chart! (cf 2 pop's. Proportion)
1.33 (unequal widths; area!)  The data is on p. 36
Read, be prepared to discuss
1.1, 1.3, 1.11(1st def's, choosing vbl)
1.13
1.16, 17, 18
 

 

Optional


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