Math 141 - Introductory Statistics - Spring 2003
- Course Policies (.pdf file)
- Tentative Course Syllabus
- Inclass Exercises, Minitab Files, and Homework Solutions
- Install Minitab on your Windows PC
- Etiquette for using the computers in Room A102 during class.
- Calculate your current grade
- The Central Limit Theorem in action, from Rice University
- Suggestions for reading a math book
- Guidelines for submitting reading assignments
- Reading Assignments
Homework Assignments
All assignments are from The Basic Practice of Statistics, Second Edition by David Moore.Whenever possible, you should use a word processing program to write up your results. This will greatly improve the clarity of your writeup since you can copy and paste graphs and output from Minitab directly into your assignment.
- Due February 6 Individual Assignment
- Section 1.1: 2, 5, 6, 12, 24
- Section 1.2: 28, 32, 42, 46
- Section 1.3: 54
- For 24 & 28, use a histogram rather than a stemplot,
and for 32 & 42, use a boxplot rather than a stemplot - Section 1.2: 28, 32, 42, 46
- Due February 13 Group Assignment
- Section 1.3: 56, 70, 86
- Section 4.3: 44
- Handout from class
- Section 4.3: 44
- Due February 20 Individual Assignment
- Section 4.3: 52, 53, 65
- Section 6.1: 2, 6, 19, 22
- Chap 6 Review Exercises: 74ab, 76
- Use a boplot or histogram rather than a stemplot
- Section 6.1: 2, 6, 19, 22
- Due March 6 Group Assignment
- Section 8.1: 2, 9, 10, 11, 15, 18
- Section 6.2: 25, 28, 30, 31
- Section 6.2: 25, 28, 30, 31
- Due March 13 Individual Assignment
- Section 6.2: 36, 38, 44, 51, 52
- Section 7.1: 7, 16, 18, 23
- Section 7.1: 7, 16, 18, 23
- Due March 27 Group Assignment
- Section 7.2: 28, 32, 35, 43, 44
- Due April 17 Group Assignment
- Section 9.2: 8, 11, 15, 16. Use Minitab for these.
- Section 10.1: 1, 3, 15, 16
- Section 10.1: 1, 3, 15, 16