Professor Wei Zhu: Teaching

AMS 572.1 Data Analysis, Fall, 2009

Is class in session?

Dear Students, please call 632-snow to inquire whether school/class is in session. I always follow that. (I have to.)

Practice Midterm, Friday, October 23, in class

Dear Students, you will take the practice midterm on Friday, October 23, in class. It is an open book exam so be sure to bring books, notes, homeworks etc. for your own reference. But please note that the real midterm exam is a CLOSE book exam!

Midterm Exam, Friday, October 30, in class

Dear Students, you will take the REAL midterm on Friday, October 30, in class. It is CLOSE book exam! However you are allowed to use your calculators.

Class Information

Time: MF 12:50-02:10PM; [Merry-go-round]

Location: Engineering 145

[Wei] Instructor: Professor Wei Zhu
Math Tower 1-116
Phone: 632-8374
email: zhu@ams.sunysb.edu
Office Hours: Monday, Friday 11:40am-12:40pm.

[Wei] TA: Shengnan Cai
TA office: Harriman 027(3)
Phone: 632-4495
email: shengnan@ams.sunysb.edu
Office Hours: Tuesday 12:00-1:00pm; Friday 3:40-4:40pm

Text 1: Statistics and Data Analysis;

Tamhane and Dunlop;

Prentice Hall.

Text 2: Applied Statistics and the SAS Programming Language, 5th edition;

Cody and Smith;

Prentice Hall.

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Syllabus

Homework 1 (Due Friday October 2 before class): Chapter 5 (5.1, 5.34, 5.38); Chapter 6 (6.2, 6.4, 6.11, 6.13, 6.16, 6.31).

Lecture Notes #1

Lecture Notes #2

FYI: Lecture Notes on Inference of One Population Mean from my Undergraduate Data Analysis Class

Homework 2 (Due Friday October 9 before class): Read Chapters 6 and 7, also read SAS procedures Proc Means, Proc Univariate, Proc TTest, Proc Npar1way, Proc FREQ Chapter 7 (7.1, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 7.7, 7.10, 7.11, 7.13, 7.15, 7.17, 7.18, 7.24)

Lecture Notes #3

Homework #1 Solutions

Homework #2 Solutions

Lecture Notes #4

Homework 2 (Due Friday October 23 before class): Read Chapter 8, also continuously learn SAS procedures Proc Means, Proc Univariate, Proc TTest, Proc Npar1way, Proc FREQ. The homework problems are: Chapter 8 (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 12, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27). It is very important you do your homework because the midterm is coming up on October 30, Friday, in class. Certain exam problems will be selected from the homeworks.

Practice Midterm Exam 1

Likelihood Ratio Test on One Population Mean (Required for AMS majors)

FYI: Lecture Notes on Inference of Two Population Means from my Undergraduate Data Analysis Class

Lecture Notes #5 (corrected on 10/27/2009)

Practice Midterm Exam 2

Homework #3 Solutions

Soultions to the Midterm Exam

FYI: Lecture Notes on Inference of Population Proportions from my Undergraduate Data Analysis Class

Homework 4 (Due Monday November 23 before class): Read Chapter 9, also read the corresponding SAS procedures, especially Proc FREQ. Chapter 9 (1, 2, 4, 6, 9, 11, 12, 19, 20, 23)

Lecture Notes #6

Group Presentations, from the past