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| NOTE: I have updated and changed these exercises, so
they may vary from ones sent in your packets. I will accept the old
version or these versions. In most cases the changes involve additional
problems on which to practice. |
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| Exercise 1 |
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Based on Measures of Central Tendency |
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| Answers to Exercise 1 |
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Answers to the first Exercise. Check to make sure you understand
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| Exercise 2 |
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Based on Measures of Variability |
| Answers to Exercise 2 |
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Answers to the second Exercise. Check to make sure you understand
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| Exercise 3 |
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Probability |
| Answers to Exercise 3 |
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Answers to the third exercise. Check to make sure you understand
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| Exercise 4 |
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Probability and Binomial Distribution |
| Answers to Exercise 4 |
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Answers to the fourth exercise. Check to make sure you understand
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| Exercise 5 |
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Confidence Intervals and hypothesis tests |
| Answers to Exercise 5 |
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Answers to the fifth exercise. Check to make sure you understand
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| Exercise 6 |
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Hypothesis Tests |
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Answers to the sixth exercise. Check to make sure you understand
the material |
| Government
Information Sharing Project: a great one-stop
data site with census, economic, and government data.
The data are most county level. |
Census
Look-Up: a Census Bureau supported site with
1990 Census data on the state, county, and smaller levels. |
County
and City Data Books: a site with the 1988
and 1994 County and city Data Books on-line. |
| Statistical
Abstract of the United States:A comprehensive
overview of U.S. statistics on government, education, population, banking,
industry, and economic indicators. |
1999
World Factbook: the CIA's site for data on
every country in the world. |
National
Center for Education Statistics: The
2000 Digest of Education Statistics and other resources, including
Fast Facts |
| American
Demographics Magazine: home of the American
Demographics magazine. It contains some past articles on consumer trends
for businesses. |
Population
Reference Bureau: a great organization dedicated
to making population data and issues understandable to the general public |
Current
Population Survey: a joint survey of BLS and
the Census Bureau. It is done monthly with a annual spring special tabulation
with state data. |
Federal
Stats: The Federal
Interagency Council on Statistical Policy maintains this
site to provide easy access to the full range of statistics and information
produced by Federal Agencies. |
Bureau
of Economic Analysis: the home page of the
BEA which has lots of data on the economy for the U.S., states, and counties. |
Bureau
of Labor Statistics:
the home page of the BLS which has lots of data on the
labor force for the U.S. |
| Economic
Research Service of the USDA:a
site with data and reports on agriculture. |
National
Opinion Research Center: operates out
tothe University of Chicago and operates the General Social Survey |
General
Social Survey: a NSF funded survey of the
U.S. population that has continuity back to 1976. In contains data
on occupational prestige, health, racism, sexual activity, and other social
issues. You can get data form the survey. |