Math 181B   (Spring 2009)

Lecture: MWF 1-2pm at APM2301 (sections each Thursday)

Assignments/announcements:

• HW 1 (due Fri Apr 10) Ch. 10, Sections 10.1-10.3: ex. 2,3,18,23,26,29,31,33.

No office hours on Fri Apr 10 (Ph.D. defense).
• HW 2 (due Fri Apr 17) Ch. 10 Sections 10.4-10.7: ex. 21,34,40,41,42,45,51,54, and re-do the test of ex. 18 using the p-value.

For the week of Apr 13-17, Prof. Politis' office hours will be MWF 2:30-3:30 (instead of 10:30-11:30am).
• HW 3 (due Fri Apr 24) Ch. 10 Sections 10.8-10.12: ex. 64, 68,73, 78, 81,82, 88, 101, 105, 111.
• Midterm exam: Wed Apr 29 In class; closed book exam on Ch. 10. Bring blue book, calculator, and one page of notes.
• HW 4 (due Fri May 1) Ch. 11 Sections 11.1-11.4: ex. 1,3,5, 20,21,22.
• HW 5 (due Fri May 8) Ch. 11 Sections 11.5-11.9: ex. 15,17, 23, 26, 28,35,38, 43,54,63.
• HW 6 (due Fri May 15) Ch. 11 Sections 11.10-11.13: ex. 66,69, 72,78, 99, 100. Ch. 13 Sections 13.1-13.5: ex. 1,6,8,10.
• HW 7 (due Fri May 22) Ch. 13 Sections 4,5,7,11,12,13: ex. 16,19,24,27,31,59,68,70; Ch. 14 Sections 1,2: ex. 1,2.
• HW 8 (due Fri May 29) Ch. 14 Sections 3--7: ex. 6,8,9,13,22,25,34,39.
• TAKE HOME FINAL (due Wed June 10 by 2pm):
  Ch. 10 ex. 126,128,130.
  Ch. 11 ex. 74,97,105, and the following:
  EX. 1: Suppose you use the x-values that were the answer to Problem 11.99 to design your experiment. Nevertheless, suppose that in the end you decide to fit a quadratic model to your data. Is this a good design (i.e., a good set of x-values) for fitting a quadratic, and why?
  Ch. 13 ex. 82 (parts b and c only), and the following:
  EX. 2: Re-cast the set-up of ex. 13.82 using linear regression (with indicator variables) instead of ANOVA, and conduct a level 0.05 test of a difference between plan 1 and plan 3 this way.
  Ch. 14 ex. 24, 36,38.
  Ch. 15 ex. 6.