STA 3032
Probability and Statistics for Engineers
Section 80126
Fall, 2012
Building 50, Room 3124
TTh 3:05 - 4:20
Assignments
Note 1: If you find that Excel does not have Data Analysis loaded, click on the Microsoft
Office button, choose Excel Options, then Add-Ins, and check Analysis ToolPak and
Analysis ToolPak - VBA.
Note 2: When an exercise calls for discussion, be sure to write in complete sentences,
and to be grammatically correct.
Assignment
Due
Date
HW #1: pp. 10-11: 1.1, 1.2 (Ignore the phrase “in terms of preferences.” Be sure
to be complete in your discussion, which should be in the form of a short
paragraph or two.), 1.3, 1.4, 1.5
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Quiz #1: Chapter 1
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HW #2: pp. 22-24: 2.1, 2.12 (Use Excel, and the procedure discussed in class.
It is simpler to construct the histogram first, followed by the table. Cut and paste
the result); pp. 36-38: 2.30 (Your answer should be in the form of a short
paragraph.), 2.31, 2.36, 2.39 (For boxplot, use Excel to find the quartiles; cut and
paste from your worksheet to your homework.), 2.40 (For the first part, use the
Excel procedure that was demonstrated in class; cut and paste from the
worksheet to your homework.)
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Quiz #2: Chapter 2
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HW #3: pp. 53-55: 3.5, 3.8bcd; pp. 63-66: 3.28a (You should write a short
paragraph.), 3.40, 3.45, 3.48; pp. 75-77: 3.56ab (You should write a short
paragraph for each part.), 3.60, 3.63 (Use the definition of conditional
probability.)
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Quiz #3: Chapter 3
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HW #4: (Be sure to show all or your work on your paper. Be complete and
specific, with reasons given where necessary.) pp. 91-93: 4.2, 4.4, (In each of the
following two exercises, you should check to see that the given situation satisfies
the five conditions for being a binomial experiment. Assume random sampling.
State the condition, and give the reason that the condition is satisfied.) 4.15,
4.18; pp. 102-103: 4.34, 4.36, 4.41
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Quiz #4: Chapter 4, Sections 1, 2, and 4
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HW #5: pp. 102-103: 4.44, 4.45, 4.46, ; pp. 110-111: (For exercise 4.54, you
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must make a statement about the comparison of the binomial probability and the
Poisson approximation.) 4.54, 4.56, 4.58
Quiz #5: Chapter 4: Chebyshev’s Theorem and Poisson processes
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Exam 1: Chapters 1 through 4.
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HW #6: pp. 124-125: 5.2, 5.10; pp. 133-135: 5.27, 5.30, 5.34, 5.36; pp. 144145: 5.54, 5.58, 5.68
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Quiz #6: Chapter 5
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HW #7: pp. 186-187: 6.2 (Your answer should be in the form of a short
paragraph.), 6.11 (For each part, your answer should be in the form of a
complete sentence.), 6.17; pp. 191-192: 6.20, 6.24; pp. 202-203: 6.58, 6.61 (For
each part, your answer should be in the form of a complete sentence.)
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Quiz #7: Chapter 6
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HW #8: pp. 212-214: 7.2, 7.6, 7.10, 7.16, 7.20, 7.23 (For all questions, your
answer should be in the form of a complete sentence or short paragraph.)
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Quiz #8: Chapter 7, Sections 1- 2.
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HW #9: pp. 228-229: (In the following exercises, you must justify your answer
with reasons.) 7.42, 7.43, 7.46; pp. 234-235: (Be sure to include all 6 steps in
each hypothesis test.)7.56, 7.62
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Exam #2: Chapters 5, 6, and 7.
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HW #10: (In all hypothesis tests, follow the 6-step procedure used in class.) pp.
257-259: 8.1, 8.2, 8.5a, 8.13;
pp. 262-263: 8.14, 8.17ab.
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Quiz #9: Chapter 8
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Homework #11: pp. 275-276: 9.9, 9.15; pp. 282-283: 10.5, 10.8, 10.9; pp. 290291: 10.25, 10.26
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Quiz #10: Chapter 9, Chapter 10
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Homework #12: pp. 315-320: 11.2abcd, 11.4, 11.12ab
Final Exam: Cumulative. December 4, 3:00 pm to 4:50 pm.
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