David Love

The Key for Test 3 is now online.

Excel file (or .xls version) for the in class example of computing the p-value of a two way table.

A solution to Excel #5 for classroom discussion.

The Key for Test 2 is now online.

The Key for Test 1 is now online.

Some links for a discussion of scatterplots:

• Human Development Index Positive, linear association.
• Mean years of school for men Positive, linear association, but not as strong.
• Child Mortality vs. Wealth Negative, linear association.
• Corruption Perception Index Positive, nonlinear association.
• Democracy Score vs. Median Age No clear association. Democracy score takes only discrete values.
• Health care spending in rich countries

A short list of countries by population and gdp, and a longer list.

I'd like to welcome everyone to the website for MATH 263 Section 5, Intro to Statistics and Biostatistics. Here you'll find all the important documents for the course, along with homework assignments and test announcements. See the sidebar for important links for this course.

This class uses WebAssign for some homeworks. To do these, you will be required to purchase a WebAssign access card. New versions of the textbook will come with this card. The textbook can be purchased Freeman Publishing for $99.95, which comes with 6 months of WebAssign Access

WebAssign requires that all members give their university, and a class key to get the assignments. Our class code is arizona 8124 5862.

Death Penalty Statistics for the first lecture.

Histogram 1 and Histogram 2 showing the income distribution of American households in 2000 and 2005, respectively.

Homework for Chapter 12:

• WebAssign 12, due Tuesday, December 6
• Excel Assignment #8, Due Wednesday December 7
• Word Document with Questions
• Excel Spreadsheet with Data
• Pdf with Questions

Homework for Chapter 9:

• WebAssign 9, due Wednesday, November 30

Homework for Chapter 8:

• WebAssign 8.2, due Wednesday, November 23
• Excel Assignment #7, Due Wednesday November 23 (or Friday November 25 by email)
• Word Document with Questions
• Excel Spreadsheet with Data
• Pdf with Questions

More homework for Chapter 6, some for Chapter 7

• WebAssign 7.1, due Tuesday November 8
• WebAssign 7.2, due Thursday November 10
• Written Assignment #4, Due Wednesday Novembe 9
• Problem 6.20, pg 358
• Problem 6.55, pg 379
• Problem 7.28, pg 428

Homework for Chapter 6:

• WebAssign 6.1, due Wednesday, November 2
• WebAssign 6.2, due Friday, November 4
• Excel Assignment #6, Due Friday November 4
• Word Document with Questions
• Excel Spreadsheet with Data
• Pdf with Questions
• CondidenceInterval.html
• CondidenceInterval.jar

More homework for Chapter 5:

• WebAssign 3.3, due Tuesday October 25
• WebAssign 5.2, due Thursday October 27
• Excel Assignment #5, Due Friday October 28
• Word Document with Questions
• Excel Spreadsheet with Data
• Pdf with Questions

More homework for Chapter 4:

• WebAssign 5.1, due Wednesday October 19
• Written Assignment #3, Due Friday October 21
• Problem 5.7, pg 308
• Problem 5.10, pg 309
• Problem 5.57, pg 335

More homework for Chapter 4:

• WebAssign 4.3, due Wednesday October 5
• WebAssign 4.4, due Friday October 7
• Excel Assignment #4, Due Friday October 7
• Word Document with Questions
• Excel Spreadsheet with Data

Some homework for Chapter 4:

• WebAssign 4.2, due Wednesday September 28
• WebAssign 4.5, due Friday September 30
• Written Assignment #2, Due Friday September 30
• Problem 3.36, pg 186
• Probelm 4.20, pg 245
• Problem 4.116, pg 291

Homework for Chapter 3:

• WebAssign 3.1, due Tuesday September 20
• WebAssign 3.2, due Friday September 23
• Excel Assignment #3, Due Friday September 23
• Word Document with Questions
• Excel Spreadsheet with Data

The last of the homework for chapter 2:

• WebAssign 2.4, due Monday September 12
• WebAssign 2.6, due Tuesday September 13
• Excel Assignment #2, Due Friday September 16
• Word Document with Questions
• Excel Spreadsheet with Data

New Homework is up. Remember to show your work and write good explanations for the written assignment.

• WebAssign 2.1, due Tuesday September 6
• WebAssign 2.2, due Wednesday September 7
• WebAssign 2.3, due Friday September 9
• Written Assignment, due Friday September 9
• Problem 1.39, pg 26.
• Problem 1.89, pg 49.
• Problem 1.145, pg 73.
• Problem 2.35, pg 99.
• Problem 2.47, pg 106.

Four homework assignments are due during the second week of class:

• WebAssign 1.1, due Wednesday August 31
• WebAssign 1.2, due Thursday September 1
• WebAssign 1.3, due Friday September 2
• Excel Assignment #1, Due Friday September 2
• Word Document with Questions
• Excel Spreadsheet with Data
• Extra File for Mac Users

Tentative dates for the exams:

• Exam 1: September 14
• Exam 2: October 12
• Exam 3: November 18

The final exam follows the university schedule.

• Final Exam: Monday, December 12, 10:30-12:30

• August 29: Last day to use UAccess to add a class
• September 5: Labor Day, no class
• September 18: Last day to use UAccess to drop a class
• October 14: Last day to drop class with instructor signature
• November 11: Veteran's Day, no class
• December 7: Last day of classes