Mathematical Statistics

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News:

None yet. Tentative times Monday/Thursday 8:30 - 10 AM.


Handouts:

Course syllabus



Assignments:

Assignment 1: 1.5, 1.6, 1.8, 1.9, 1.13, 1.23, 1.28, 1.41, 1.47, 1.49
Due Thursday, Sept. 25 at 8:30 AM

Assignment 2: 2.9agj, 2.12, 2.21, 2.27, 2.33, 2.34, 2.56, 2.62, 2.66, 2.80, 2.98, 2.99
Due Thursday, Oct. 2 at 8:30 AM

Assignment 3: 3.2a, 3.4b, 3.7a, 3.10, 3.18, 3.26, 3.32, 3.45, 3.46, 3.50, 3.54, 3.56ac, 3.60, 3.67, 3.88
Due Monday, Oct. 13 at 8:30 AM (extended!)

Assignment 4: Click here Note that the two extra questions on this assignment are more extended and interesting, which implies that they are harder. Be sure to start this assignment in plenty of time.
Due Wednesday, Oct. 22

Assignment 5: Click here, midterm synthesis. Remember the rules, that you must do this on your own. Use only your notes, our textbook, and your own wherewithal!
Due Monday, Nov. 3 at 8:30 AM

Assignment 6: Click here
Due Thursday, Nov. 13 (extended)

Assignment 7: Click here
Due Thursday, Nov. 20 (my 38 1/2 birthday)

Assignment 8: 7.2, 7.8, 7.9, 7.21, 7.22, 7.37 (use transformation technique), 7.49, 7.53, 7.54, 7.57, 7.62
Due Thursday, Dec. 4 at 8:30 AM

Assignment 9: Click here
Due Tuesday, Dec. 9 at 11:59 PM

Assignment 10 (final synthesis): Click here
Due Wednesday, Dec. 17

You should be reading 8.1 - 8.3 at the moment.

Problem of the Day ordering: Saumya (of course), Katie, Yousuf, Becky, James


Links:

An article on Bayes' Theorem

Maple worksheet containing derivation of amusement park density function

Maple worksheet containing derivation of cannon density function using the transformation technique

Maple worksheet containing graphs and calculations with the chi square distributions

Maple worksheet containing graphs and calculations with the F-ratio distributions

Maple worksheet containing comparison of t-distributions with the standard normal distribution



Last modified: Dec. 5, 2003 / Glen Van Brummelen

Office: Dickinson 213. Phone numbers: (w) 440-4467; (h) 440-8142.