Home Work Assignment for ST 744, Spring 2009

  • HW1: Problems 1.1, 1.2, 1.9, 1.12, 1.14 in the textbook. For problem 1.9, use the MLE of the Poisson mean parameter using the original table (Table 1.3). Due: 1/20/09.
  • HW2: Problems 2.2, 2.3, 2.18, 2.20, 2.29 in the textbook. Due 1/29/09.
  • HW3: Problems 2.19, 2.38, 3.1, 3.2 and 3.22 in the textbook. For problem 2.38 (a), you might use the method of Lagrange multipler. Due 2/10/09.
  • HW4: Problems 3.4 (a) and (b), 3.11, 3.13, 3.16, 3.30 in the textbook. Due: 2/17/09.
  • HW5: Problems 3.17, 4.3, 4.6, 4.27, 4.29 in the textbook. Due: 3/19/09.
  • HW6. Problems 4.12, 4.13, 4.15, 4.22 (X^2=n should be X^2=N), 4.28 in the textbook. Due 3/26/09
  • HW7. Problems 5.1, 5.4 (when ploting data, round age for every 20 months), 5.7, 5.15, 5.33 in the textbook. Due 4/7/09
  • HW8. Problems 6.1 (also compare c-index of different models you fit), 6.8, 6.9, 6.24 (a) (you only need to give an intuitive argument), 6.29. Due 4/21/09