Math 160 K Assignments

Math 160 K

Fall 2009

Assignments

Assignments are due in class on the due date.

Please show your work (where appropriate). Problems with only an answer may not receive credit (homework and exams)

Exercises for this course will come in two varieties: Basic, short answer questions (such as Assignment #1 below) and assignments (such as Assignment #2 below) which call for critical analysis and writing. For this second type of assignment, please write clearly and professionally, as if you were the Statistician for come company, organization, educational institution, etc. Part of your grade for this second group of assignments will be determined by the quality of your writing.

A note on the more formal exercises. In exercises calling for writing (such as Assignment 2), please respond in the form of a report, considering each of the questions in the assignment as a section of the report. You should open with a description of the problem (which can be, for the most part, taken from the problem write-up). While you should do all parts of the problem, you may want to consider incorporating each into your writing (into a consistent narrative). For each question, state the problem you are trying to s olve. You should use complete sentences in your answers. Address your response to an intelligent audience without access to the textbook. Final reports should printed out from an appropriate word processing program (such as MS Word)

Assignment #8, due Monday, December 7. This will be the last assignment to turn in, is an informal exercise worth 20 points. Please work

On pages 346 - 348, problems 5.41, 5.43, 5.45, 5.48, 5.49, and 5.50
On pages 357 - 358, problems 6.1, 6.2, and 6.3
On page 363, problems 6.5, 6.6
On pages 365 - 366, problems 6.7, 6.8
On page 369, problems 6.10, 6.11
On pages 378 - 379, problems 6.38, 6.39
On page 381, problems 6.40, 6.41, 6.42
On page 391, problem 6.52, 6.53, and finally,
On page 392, problems 6.57, 6.59

Assignment #7, due Monday, November 16. Please work

On pages 286 - 289, problems 4.72, 4.73, 4.79 (please do these before Thursday so that we can talk about them), 4.89, 4.90, 4.91
On page 314, problem 5.1
On page 315, problem 5.4
On page 319, problem 5.5
On page 331, problems 5.9, 5.10, 5.11, 5.12
This is an informal exercise (i.e., handwritten answers are OK) and will be worth 10 points.

Assignment #6, due Friday, November 6. Please work

On pages 241 - 242, problems 4.4, 4.5 (I hope to do part of this in class Friday), and 4.6 (report on outcomes)
On pages 255 - 257, problems 4.21, 4.22, 4.23, 4.26, 4.31, 4.33, 4.36
On pages 267 - 270, problems 4.49, 4.50, 4.66
This is an informal exercise in that handwritten answers are fine. This exercise will be worth 10 points.

Assignment #5, due Thursday, October 22. Please work

On page 152, problems 2.111 - 2.113
On page 163, problem 2.142
On pages 192 - 193, problems 3.17, 3.18, 3.26
On pages 208 - 209, problems 3.52, 3.53, 3.56, 3.70, 3.74
On page 221, problems 3.82, 3.83, 3.84
On page 232, problems 3.102, 3.105, and finally
On page 236 problem 3.129
This assignment is worth 20 points. Handwritten answers are fine.

Assignment #4. This assignment comes in two parts: A formal part (see the description above) which follows the outline set above, and an informal part which can be handwritten with attached outputs from Minitab.

Formal portion (Due Monday, October 12, worth 20 pts.) Please work

On page 95, problems 2.6 - 2.7
On pages 105 - 106, problems 2.30 - 2.31
On page 122, problems 2.58 - 2.61

Informal portion (Due Thursday, October 8, worth 10 points) Please work

On pages 95 - 97, problems 2.9 and 2.16
On page 105, problem 2.29. Please show your work.
On page 107, problem 2.46. Report on your observations.
On pages 122 - 123, problems 2.57 and 2.65. Please show your work.

Assignment #3, Due Thursday, September 24. Please work

On pages 48 - 49, problems 1.56 and 1.64
On pages 72 - 75, problems 1.113 (nothing to turn in), 1.114, 1.115, 1.118 (turn in your results), 1.120, 1.139.
For this exercise, handwritten answers with graphs from Minitab will suffice.

Assignment #1. Due Tuesday, September 15. Please work

On pages 22 - 30, problems 1.10, 1.12, 1.15, 1.23,1.24
Data for 1.23, 1.24 can be found in the minitab data files under EX01_023.MTP and EX01_024.MTP (MiniTab Portable worksheet in directory Minitab\ch01). However, please be ready to do this without the software on an exam
This exercise will be worth 10 points.

Assignment #2 Due Friday, September 18. On pages 28 - 30, please work problems 1.43 - 1,45, The data for this exercise can be found in TA01_009 in the Minitab files (in directory Minitab\ch01). For this exercise, please turn in a printed MSWord document with graphs from Minitab and written commentary for each problem. In this and future exercises, part of your grade will be determined by how well you write. Please be concise and thorough. This exercise will be worth 20 points.

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