Assignment Schedule for Mat370

1/8 Read Chapter 0, and 1.1-1.3 (inclusive); Exercises 2 and 3, p. 7
1/10 Read 1.4; Problems: pp. 38, #1, 2.
1/15: Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday
1/17 Read 1.5 and 1.6; Problems: pp. 38, #3a, 3c, 4; Begin working on either Project 1.2 or 1.3 (your choice), pp. 39-42.
1/22 Continue working on your Project 1.2 or 1.3, pp. 39-42 (we should have it completed by the end of next class); begin work on your choice of either Project 1.6 or 1.7, pp. 43-45.
1/24 Assignment: Read 2.1 and 2.2. Continue working your choice of either Project 1.6 or 1.7, pp. 43-45.

Problem notebooks due on 1/31, with all assignments up to and including your results for Project 1.2 or 1.3.

Your solution to Project 1.6 or 1.7 will be due on February 7th. This is something that you may work on with another student in the class, as a team. This will count toward your mini-project grade.

1/29
  • Read 2.3.
  • Exercises pp. 90-91, #1, 3, and 4.
  • Continue working your choice of either Project 1.6 or 1.7, pp. 43-45. Your solution to Project 1.6 or 1.7 will be due on February 7th. This is something that you may work on with another student in the class, as a team.
  • Problem notebooks due on Wednesday, 1/31, with all assignments up to and including your results for Project 1.2 or 1.3.
1/31
  • Read 2.4
  • Exercises pp. 91-92, #6 (assume the variables X and Y are independent, which implies that their joint distribution will be of the form f(x)g(y) - more in class on Monday), 7, 8
  • Begin consideration of your choice of 2.1 or 2.2.
2/5
  • Construct a chi-square test of the Guinea Pig survival times data (p. 90) to test if the times are normally distributed.
  • Continue work on 2.1 or 2.2.
2/7
  • Homework notebooks due next Wednesday (all work from Chapter 2, up to - but not including - Project 2).
  • Project 2 (due the 28th).
2/12
  • Read 3.1-3.4
  • Problems/Exercises from chapter 2 due Wednesday.
2/14
  • Read 3.5-3.7
  • Exercises pp. 136-137, #2, 3
2/19: Presidents' Day Holiday
2/21
  • Read 3.8-3.9
  • Exercises pp. 135-138, #1, 4, 5
2/26
  • Read 3.10-3.11
  • Exercises pp. 135-138, #6, 7
2/28
  • Exercises pp. 138-139, #8, 9
  • Begin Project 3.2
3/5 Homework: prepare for test!
3/7 Midterm Exam
3/12-3/16: Spring Break
(MAT694: finish your book How to Solve It!)
3/19
  • Exercises and Project 3.2 from Chapter 3 due next Monday, 3/26
  • Exercises #1, 2, 3, p. 226
3/21
  • Exercises #4, 5, p. 226
3/23: last day to drop with W
3/26
  • Hand in exercises and Project 3.2 from Chapter 3
  • Exercise #7, p. 226
3/28
  • Exercise #8, p. 227
4/2
  • Exercise #9, p. 227
  • Project 4.5, p. 230
4/4
  • Read 5.1/5.2
4/9
  • Exercises 1-4, p. 307 (due prior to final).
  • Exercises from chapter 4 due Monday, April 16th.
4/11
4/16
4/18
4/23
4/25 Project Presentations
4/30 Project Presentations
5/7 Final Exam
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