Math 141 - Introductory Statistics - Spring 2000

• Course Policies
• Tentative Course Syllabus
• Suggestions for reading a math book
• Guidelines for submitting reading assignments

• Etiquette for using the computers in Room A102 during class.

• February Reading Assignments
• March Reading Assignments
• April Reading Assignments
• Answers to the Reading Assignments from the Monday-Wednesday class (Only available to on-campus users du ring the semester).
• Answers to the Reading Assignments from the Tuesday-Thursday class (Only available to on-campus users during the semester).

• Some interesting Java applets
  • Normal distrubition applet that allows you to calculate the percentage of normal distribution that lies between two values. Very cool.
  • Play the Correlation guessing game with other Wheaton students
  • Linear regression applet where you add points and guess the regression line.
• Articles referenced during class
  • Nightlight Study
  • "Campus survey finds no cut in binge drinking" (Only available to on-campus users during the semester).

• Calculate your current grade

Homework Assignments

Due February 9 (141-03) or February 10 (141-02)

Section 1.1: 12, 13, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 25

Due February 16 (141-03) or February 17 (141-02)

Section 1.2: 38, 39, 42, 46, 47, 48

Section 1.3: 62, 63, 67

Due February 23 (141-03) or February 24 (141-02)

Section 1.3: 68

Section 2.1: 8, 11

Section 2.2: 23ab, 25, 26

Due March 8 (141-03) or March 9 (141-02)

Section 2.3: 41, 44, 46, 48

Section 2.4: 60, 62, 65, 66

Section 3.1: 17, 21, 24, 30

Due March 29 (141-03) or March 30 (141-02)

Section 3.2: 47, 48, 50

Section 4.1: 10

Section 4.2: 29, 31, 35, 36

Section 4.3: 50, 51, 55

Due April 12 (141-03) or April 13 (141-02)

Section 6.1: 19, 21

Section 6.2: 43, 44, 51

Section 6.3: 60
You should also make sure you completely understand the following exercises, although they will not be collected:
Section 6.1: 3, 9, 10
Section 6.2: 29, 33, 39

Due April 19 (141-03) or April 20 (141-02)

Section 7.1: 16ab, 23, 24

Section 7.2: 41, 44, 47

For May 1 (141-03) or May 2 (141-02)

These will not be collected, but you make sure that you completely understand the following exercises before the exam:

Section 8.1: 15, 18

Section 8.2: 31, 33

Chapter 9 Review Exercises: 11