GBS221 Trollen  Class Assignments

    NOTES:

  • Assignments appearing with yellow shading are subject to change.
  • Assignments involving book problems and worksheets: In order to prepare for class session and exams, work each problem manually (with calculator and formula sheet) and show your work, including plugging into formulas.
     

Date

Class

Assignments Due

06-Nov Thu

22

Read/Study Chapter 9: Hypothesis Testing, sections 1-3 on pages 348-367, skip Excel topics.

Do Chapter 9 Worksheet 1, problem 1.

11-Nov Tue

 

Veteran’s Day Recess

13-Nov Thu

23

Do StatCrunch Project 3

Read/Study Chapter 9: Hypothesis Testing, section 4 on pages 370-377, skip Excel topics.

Do Chapter 9 Worksheet 1, problems 2 and 3.

Read/Study Chapter 9: Hypothesis Testing, section 5 on pages 380-384, skip Excel topics.

Do Chapter 9 Worksheet 1, problem 4.

Read/Study Chapter 9 Summary and Glossary, pages 386-387.

18-Nov Tue

24

Read/Study Chapter 10, section 1 (Inferences About the Difference Between Two Population Means: s 1 and s2  Known), pages 399-403, skipping Excel topics.

Do Chapter 10/11 Worksheet 1, problem 1.

Read/Study Chapter 10, section 2 (Inferences About the Difference Between Two Population Means: s 1 and s2  Unknown) pages 406-411.

Do Chapter 10/11 Worksheet 1, problem 2.

20-Nov Thu

25

Read/Study Chapter 11, section 1 (Inferences About the Difference Between Two Population Proportions) pages 452-457, skipping Excel sections.

Do  Chapter 10/11 Worksheet 1, problem 3.

Read/Study Chapter 14, sections 1 (Philosophies and Frameworks) and 2 (Statistical Process Control) on pages 610-629, skipping np Chart on page 628, and skipping Excel topics.

Do Chapter 14 Worksheet 1, problems 1-3.

25-Nov Tue

26

Do Ch 9 Book Problems: 2, 1, 6, 7, 15, 17, 53, 33, 56, 45. Work each problem using the 6-step hypothesis testing format. [After due date, answers will be in Downloads]

Do StatCrunch Project 4

27-Nov Thu

 

Thanksgiving Recess

02-Dec Tue

27

Do Chapter 11 Worksheet 2 (Viagra) [Note: You may turn this assignment in late until 10:00 AM Wednesday December 3. At that time I will place the graded worksheets in my mail folder in CM404 so you can come to pick yours up for review before Thursday's exam.]

Read/Study Chapter 14, section 3 (Acceptance Sampling)  pages 631-639, skipping Excel topics. Use your Binomial Tables booklet and bring it to class.

Do Chapter 14 Worksheet 1, problems 4-6.

Do Ch 10 Book problems: 8 (but use a=.06 instead) , 14. Work each problem using the 6-step hypothesis testing format. [Answers in Downloads]

Read/Study Chapter 12, sections 1 (Simple Linear Regression Model) and 2 (Least Squares Method), pages 485-495, skipping Excel topics.

Do Chapter 12 Worksheet 1, problems 1 – 6.

04-Dec Thu

28

Do Ch 11 Book problems: 9, 10. Work each problem using the 6-step hypothesis testing format. [Answers in Downloads]

Do Ch 14 Book problems: 7 (use the data in samples 1-7 only…ignore samples 8-20), 19, 21, 8 abc, 9abc, 15 (in part b, use p1 =.10 instead of .08 so you can use the cumulative BINOmial tables). [Answers in Downloads]

Exam 3

09-Dec Tue

29

Read/Study Chapter 12 section 3 (Coefficient of Determination) on pages 501-507, skipping Excel topics.

Do Chapter 12 Worksheet 1, problems 7 - 11.

Read/Study Association and Cause-and-Effect.

11-Dec Thu

30

Read/Study Chapter 12, section 5 (Testing for Significance), pages 511-518, skipping Confidence Interval for b1 on page 514 and F Test on pages 515-517.

Do Chapter 12 Worksheet 1, problems 12-13 and 14.

Read/Study Chapter 12, section 7 (Using the Estimated Regression Equation for Estimation and Prediction), pages 527-531, stop at Using Excel to Develop Confidence and Prediction Intervals.

Do Chapter 12 Worksheet 1, problems 15 – 16.

Read/Study Chapter 12 Summary and Glossary, pages 542-543.

18-Dec Thu

 

StatCrunch Project 5 (Omit Step 4: Using your preferred independent variable...)

Do Chapter 12 Book Problems: 4, 3, 17, 25ab, 39.  [Answers will be in Downloads]

Final Exam@  7:30-9:20

 

 

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