MSM 709: Assignments

Problem sets are assigned on the dates listed, to be completed by the following class meeting. We will go over any questions on the problems at the beginning of class. These problems will not be collected.

This list will be updated on my website: http://www.salemstate.edu/~jbelock. Click on the course page for MSM 709.

Date assigned	Sections		Problems
1/25	Ch. 1: Types of data Ch. 2: Frequency distributions and histograms Other graphs	p. 32 p. 61	1, 3, 5, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10 handout
2/1	Another snow day – class canceled		Online tutorials for box-and-whisker plots and stem-and-leaf plots
2/8	Ch. 2: continued Ch. 3 Measures of central tendency Dot (or line) plots, stem-and-leaf plots, box-and-whisker plots (or boxplots) Using technology: introduction to Minitab and the TI-83/84	p. 61 p. 82	2, 11, 12 4, 5, 6, 9, 14 handout
2/15	Ch. 4 Measures of variability	p. 111	1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 13
2/22	Hand-in assignment #1 due Ch. 5: Probability (read pp. 115 – 123 and pp. 127 - 131) Exam 1: take home	p. 148	1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 9, 17
3/1	Exam 1 due Ch. 5: Counting methods (read pp. 123 – 126) Random variables (read pp. 131 – 143)	p. 148	3, 4, 5, 10, 11, 15, 16
3/8	More on counting methods and probability
3/15	Spring break – class does not meet
3/22	More on counting methods and random variables		Handout
3/29	Ch. 11: Correlation: quantifying association. Note: we will only study the Pearson correlation coefficient; omit pp. 270 – 275.
4/5	Exam 2 on Ch. 5: probability(1 hour) Ch. 11 continued Ch. 12: Regression and linear models	p. 281 p. 307	1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 14 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 11, 14, 15
4/12	Ch. 12 continued Ch. 6: The Normal Distribution
4/19	Ch. 6 (continued) Ch. 7: Sampling	p. 169 p. 191	1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 12, 13, 15 1ab, 3
4/26	Ch. 7 (continued) Curriculum projects due (if you want them back by the end of the course)	p. 191	7, 8, 9
5/3	Final exam / Curriculum projects due