Material for Course 607: Inferential Statistics

Course 607A: Principles of Inferential Statistics: Fall 2001

[Material for Chapter 9 updated January 5, 2004]

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Topic

Notes

Homework Due by this Date

Other Material

         

j 6

§1.1 Displaying Distributions with Graphs

Ch 1

.

Homegrown ('HG') Exercises around Ch. 1

Other resources for Ch 1

M 10, 5 pm

   

Submit Info to 607 Class List

Submit Data for 606/607

 
         

T 11

§1.2 Describing Distributions with Numbers

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M&M Ch 1 EXERCISES
4, 10, 14, 16, 22, 24, 36, 106, 107*

'HG' EXERCISES
-1- (lead) parts a and b
-10-

* related article , which we will use later
 

 

j 13

§1.3 The Normal Distributions

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M&M Ch 1 EXERCISES
44*, 45**, 46, 50, 52**,
55, 56, 108, 112

* use answers to exercise 43, page S-2

** SAS datasets under Other Resources

'HG'
-1- (lead) part c
-4-
-5-
-7-

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T 18

§4.1 Randomness

§4.2 Probability Models

§4.5 General Probability Rules

Ch 4

M&M Ch 1 EXERCISES
70, 72, 74, 76, 80, 82, 84, 88, 95,115,120

Excel   spreadsheet   for Exercise 1.120


'HG'
-8-

Exercises around Ch5, Course 323 (opposite date F 18 of 323)

- Q3 (Galton's 'Q')

- Compute 'Q' for the heights of the 100 males in the Excel Spreadsheet 'heights of individual parents' (opposite W 16) and compare with the 1.7 inches Galton cites on page 87 of his Book (under 'Galton and marriage selection' opposite W 16). Galton had 205 sets of parents.

Homegrown ('HG') Exercises around Ch. 4

Other resources for Ch 4

j 20

§4.3
Random Variables

§4.4
Sums / Means / Variances of Random Variables

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M&M Ch 4 EXERCISES
12, 30, 34, 36, 96, 112

'HG'
-1-
-2-  

-6- part a

 

 

       

T 25

§ 5.1: Proportions: Binomial Distribution

Ch 5

* M&M Ch 4 EXERCISES

52, 55, 60, 66, 70, 72

* 'HG'

-4-

* Exercises around Ch5, (opposite F 18 of 323)

Q2A, and the 1st part of Q2C

[rest of 2C optional]

Homegrown ('HG') Exercises around Ch. 5

Other resources for Ch 5

j 27

§ 5.2: Means: SE's; Central Limit Theorem

.    

F 28, 5 pm

. .

M&M Ch 5 EXERCISES

2, 4, 12, 8, 16

'HG' Ch 5

-1-     -4-     -6-     -17-

 

 

       

T 2

FREQUENTIST INFERENCE
§ 6.1: Confidence Intervals

Ch 6

 

Homegrown ('HG') Exercises around Ch. 6

Other resources for Ch 6

j 4

FREQUENTIST INFERENCE
§ 6.2: Tests of Hypotheses;
§ 6.3: Meaning of Tests / P-values

.    

F 5, 4 pm

. .

M&M Ch 5 EXERCISES

24, 29, 30, 34, 40

'HG' Ch 5

-10-     -11-     -14-     -16-

 

 

       

T 9

§7.1 m1, CI[]; 1-sample t-test; matched pair designs
Sample size Considerations
§ 7.2 (m1, m2) CI; tests

Ch 7

 

Homegrown ('HG') Exercises around Ch. 7

Other resources for Ch 7

j 11

§ 7.2 (m1, m2), continued...
§ 6.3: Power; Sample size Considerations

.

'HG' Ch 6

-3- (telling sexes apart)

Bring your 8 'conclusions' to this (Thurs 11th) class so that we can compile and show results in class.

 

F 12, 4 pm

. .

M&M Ch 6 EXERCISES

6, 12, 18, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 38, 50

 

 

       

T 16

More on Ch 7

.    

j 18

BAYESIAN INFERENCE

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F 19, 4 pm

. .

M&M Ch 7 EXERCISES

19*, 20*, 29a*, 48*, 62

'HG' Ch 7

-4*-     -7-     -8-     -9-

* must use SAS/SPSS if proceeding to course 513-621

 

 

       

T 23

Distribution-Free ("Non-parametric") Methods

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j 25

MID TERM EXAM

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MID TERM EXAMS from Previous Years

 

       

T 30

§8.1 Proportion p1, CI's; tests; matched pair designs;
Sample size Considerations;
Bayesian Inference

Ch 8.1

 

Homegrown ('HG') Exercises around Ch. 8

Other resources for Ch 8

j 1

§8.2 p1 vs. p2; CI's; tests; Sample size Considerations;
Bayesian Inference

Ch 8.2

  .

 

       

T 6

§9 Inference for Two-way Tables

Ch 9

M&M Ch 8 EXERCISES

2

(also, compare large sample CI in 8.2(b) with exact binomial CI from spreadsheet)

10, 18, 20

'HG' EXERCISES, Ch 6

-2-

'HG' EXERCISES, Ch 8

-1-

-11- parts a, b, c, d, and e

-12-

Other resources for Ch 9

j 8

§ 8/9 concluded...

Statistics for Epidemiology

Ch 9 epi

   

F 9, 4 pm

. .

M&M Ch 8 EXERCISES

8.38
(Woburn is the town in the John Travolta movie A Civil Action)
8.58
8.66

'HG' EXERCISES, Ch 8

-3-
-6-
-15-

 

 

       

T 13

Ch 2 Correlation
§2.1 Scatterplots
§2.2 Correlation

Ch 2

 

Homegrown ('HG') Exercises around Ch. 10 (a)

Other resources for Ch 10

j 15

§10 Simple Linear Regression

Bridge

Ch 10

  .

 

       

T 20

§10 Simple Linear Regression

 

M&M Ch 2/10 EXERCISES

2.40, 10.6, and 10.11,     2.43,     2.46

'HG' EXERCISES, Ch 10(a)

* -1-     -2-     -3-     -4-

* -1- involves a simulation, so use simulation built into Excel spreadsheet

if going on to Data Analysis I (621): use SAS for -2- -3- and -4-

 

j 22

§10 Simple Linear Regression

short digression:
non-parametric methods

Ch14

 

Homegrown ('HG') Exercises around Ch. 14

Other resources for Ch 14

 

       

T 27

§10 Simple Linear Regression

More, via
Exer 2.40

Anova
Table

F Ratio
(F9!)

The material below is for analysis/discussion in class this week

Changes in Bone Density over 2 centuries
art. and q's  fig1   fig2

Questions 2-4 from this   c678 assignment

These are NOT an assignment to be handed in; but, if you have time, print/peruse them beforehand

 

j 29

8:45-9:30
Julie Boivin:
Kilimanjaro

§10 Simple Linear Regression

 

'HG' EXERCISES, Ch 14

-2-

-4- (Kilimanjaro)

 

 

       

T 4

Review

     

 

       

 

       

T 11

FINAL EXAM

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FINAL EXAMS from Previous Years

T 18

  .

project due

 

Notes from May 1997

Topic Notes /
Resources    
Ch 2     Looking at data: relationships
Ch 3     Producing Data:- Resources
Ch 9