MA321-02 Statistics for Experimentalists
(Spring 2010)


Section 1    9:00 - 9:50 MWF     Herak 245
Section 2    10:00-10:50 MWF    Herak 301





Syllabus:  Section 01 (9:00-950) pdf
                  Section 02 (10:00-10:50) pdf


Outlines for this semester
Exam 1
Exam 2
Exam 3
Exam 4 (and §8.4, 9.1, 9.2 )

Practice Problems (These are just the problems from our previous exams and a few from the PowerPoint slides.

Homework: Here is a list of guidelines that I would like you to follow when handing in your homework: Homework Guidelines

As assignments are made in class, their due dates will be put in the following table:

Section
Due Date
§2.1, 2.2
Fri. Jan. 22
§2.3
§2.4(#45, 47,53)
Fri. Jan. 29
§2.4(#51, 59, 60, 62, 65)
§2.5
Chapter 1 homework
Fri. Feb. 5
§3.1, §3.2
Fri. Feb. 19
§3.3, §3.4, Proof: V[aX+b] = a2 V[X]
Fri. Feb. 26
§3.6, §4.1
Fri. Mar. 5
§4.2, §4.3  Using the definitions of variance and expected value, show that for a continuous r.v. X with pdf f(x), V(X)=E(X2)-E(X)2
Fri. Mar. 19
§5.3, 5.4, 6.1
Mon. Mar. 29
§7.1, 7.2
Fri. Apr. 9
§7.3, 7.4
(Not Collected)
§8.1, 8.2, 8.3
Mon. Apr.  26

§8.4, 9.1, 9.2
(Not collected)


Note: For §2.3
             #33 -Answer in book is incorrect.
                        #33a assume that order does not matter
                        #33b assume order matters

          For §2.5
                #77 - Answer in book is incorrect (should be .00888)