STUDY GUIDE TO QUIZ 1
You are allowed ONE 8 1/2 by 11 inches set of notes (both sides)
Bring a calculator.
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Readings:
Cartoon Guide: Chapters 1-4
Devore: Chapter 1 (all), chapter 2 ,
chapter 3 (sections 3.1,3.2,3.3)
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Descriptive Statistics
For a quantitative dataset of measurements, you should be able to:
(a) draw a stem-and-leaf plot (single and side by side)
(b) draw a relative frequency histogram
(c) compute measures of LOCATION:
Sample Mean, Median, Trimmed Mean
(d) Compute measures of VARIABILTY:
Interquartile range IQR, Sample Variance, Standard Deviation
(e) Draw a boxplot and compare it to a frequency histogram for the sample
data
Basic Probability:
You should know how to:
(a) state the sample space in terms of possible outcomes and translate
events into sets
(b) compute probability of events and know basic operation of sets
(intersection, union, complement, De Morgan's law)
(c) compute probability for independent events
(d) compute conditional probabilities
(e) draw sequential probability trees
(f) compute reliability of simple networks
(g) Bayes' Rule, Mutually Exclusive, Collectively Exhaustive events
Discrete Random Variables
(1). General properties: Given a discrete function p(x), you should be
able to:
(a) check if the function is a legitimate probability function or find
the value of a constant to make it a legitimate probability function.
(b) compute the mean, varaince and standard deviation of the random
variable using the general defintions.
(c) plot p(x) and the Cumulative probabilty function F(x)
and use them to calculate probabilities of events