Notation: n manditory problem
(n) helper problem
{n} thought problem
[n] ungraded problem
Bracketed problems do not have to be turned in.
Chap Prob Description/Notes
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Homework 8
21 14 is population proportion .25 or greater?
17 what p-value should you use?
18 type 1 and type 2 errors in physicians health study
22 1,2 majority of catholics?
3 one-sided vs. two-sided
9 interpretting a news report
10 interpretting a beta test
15 ESP and image format
16 smoking and pregnancy
17 drinking and driving
Project Outline:
Include answers to the following questions:
0) Who will be in your group?
1) What question are you trying to answer
2) What is the population?
3) What data will you collect? Think about measurement issues here
4) How will you sample? What is the sampling frame?
5) How large will the sample be?
Use some fake data to see how large a sample might
be needed to get the results you would like. Be ambitious
but reasonable.
You can send this to me by email or give me a hard copy in class
tomorrow.
Homework 9
23 1 Claritin Ad
2a 1-sided vs 2-sided
3 AIDS vaccine testing
4ab drinking and driving
5 drug against shopping impulses?
7 "no difference" and sample size
10 lack of significance in ESP tests
11 aspirin and strokes
12 lots of tests on same data
[15-17] big picture
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