Suggested Homework

 

The following will NOT be collected for a grade. Instead, they are for you to practice to master the concepts and to prepare for tests.

 

Ch 1

Definitions: to memorize, understand and apply:

descriptive vs. inferential statistics

sample vs. population

statistics

discrete vs. continuous data

categorical vs. numerical data

 

1.4: 9, 17, 19

supp: 22,

 

Ch 2

Definitions: to memorize, understand and apply:

biases

observational study vs. experiment

extraneous factor

confounding variables

random sample

control group

placebo

response variable vs. experimental factor

 

2.2:  24, 26

2.3 27, 31, 37

 

Ch. 3

Definitions: to memorize, understand and apply:

symmetric, skewed, uni/bi modal

frequency/relative frequency

outliers

 

3.1: 3a, 13

3.2: 20, 22

3.3: 25 abcd, 26, 27,  32(density!), 35abd, 39

supp: 65, 66

 

Ch. 4

Definitions: to memorize, understand and apply:

trimmed mean

mean vs. median

z score

standard deviation

rules of empirical and Chebyshev’s

x bar, μ, s, σ

 

4.1: 1, 5, 6, 8, 12, 14

4.2:  19, 26, 27, 28, 29

4.3: 31, 33, 34

4.4: 38, 39, 40, 41, 43, 45

supp: 53c, 54, 55c, 67 abe, 68

 

 

 

 

Ch. 5

Linear regression is tedious by hand – you MUST be able to do these problems on your calculator

3.4: 43, 49

5.1: 1, 2,  6, 12

5.2: 17, 24, 25, 26

5.3: 32, 39, 40, 42

5.4: skip

5.5: read only

supp: 56, 57, 62, 64

read pp. 264-265

 

Ch. 6

6.1: 3

6.2, 6.3: 18, 20, 25bc

6.4: 33, 36

6.5: 40, 46-48

6.6: skip

6.7: read and do 78a-f

 

Ch. 7

7.1: 7

7.2: 9, 11, 14

7.4: 28, 34, 32

7.3: 21, 22, 24, 26

7.5: 47, 49, 51a-c,  55

7.6: 67-71, 73e, 74, 76, 79, 80

7.7: skip

7.8: skip

 

Ch 8

8.1    1, 3, 4ab

8.2        17, 20, 21a, 23, 24c, 26

8.3:  28, 31, 32a-c, 33, 34, 35  

supp ch 8 36, 37, 39, 40 , 41, 42

 

 Ch 9

9.1: none

9.2:  11, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 24, 27    

9.3:  30, 31, 32a, 35, 37, 38, 39, 42, 46, 47  

supp ch 9:  53, 57  

 

Ch 10

10.2:  12, 16, 18

10.3:  33a, 35, 36, 37d, 38, 39, 40

Supp p 571      66, 68, 72

10.4  :   48, 49, 51, 54, 58

10.5:    skip

10.6:  read only  

 

Ch 11

11.1:  2, 3, 4,  5c, 7(small prey), 11, 13b, 14, 17, 19a, 24

11.2  :  35b, 36, 38

11.3: 41, 45, 47, 52, 55

 

Ch 12

12.1        5, 7, 9, 12   

12.2        26, 27, 32