Homework

All Homework problems are taken from the Textbook (Biostatistics for the Biological and Health Sciences. Triola and Triola, Pearson and Addison Wesley, 2006)

 

Chapter 1

  • Section 1.2: 1, 7 (rephrase the question as "it is found that 413 adults of them have guns in their homes" instead of 39%), 13, 17, 19
  • Section 1.3: 1, 3, 5, 7, 23, 29, 31

 

Chapter 2

  • Section 2.3: 13
  • Section 2.4: 1, 5(a-c only, do not do d. midrange)
  • Section 2.5: 1, 4
  • Section 2.6: 7, 9
  • Section 2.7: 1    

 

Chapter 3

  • Section 3.2: 1, 3, 5c, 9a, 13
  • Section 3.3: 1, 3, 8, 11, 13, 15
  • Section 3.4: 3, 9, 11, 13
  • Section 3.5:  2, 7, 17 and additional problems on Bayes Theorem with answers 1)0.67 2)a)0.72 b) 0.616
  • Section 3.6: 3, 8

 If the link for the additional problem for Bayes Theorem does not work for you, please see the bottom of this page for the attachment!

Chapter 4

  • Section 4.3: 3, 11, 13(table or formula)
  • Section 4.4: 11, 13
  • Section 4.5: 5a

 

Chapter 5

  • Section 5.2: 29, 30, 37, 38
  • Section 5.3: 1, 3, 6, 7, 9, 13 
  • Section 5.5: 1, 7, 9, 11, 13
  • Section 5.6: 13, 15, 23

 

Chapter 6

  • Section 6.2: 27, 31, 35
  • Section 6.3: 21, 23
  • Section 6.4: 13, 17

 

Chapter 7

  • Section 7.2: 5, 7, 11, 17, 25, 37, 39, 41
  • Section 7.3: 3, 5, 7, 15, 17, 19
  • Section 7.4: 5, 9, 11
  • Section 7.5: 5, 9, 17, 21, 25

 

Chapter 8 (use the 6-step methods for hypothesis tests)

  • Section 8.2: 9, 11, 13, 17 
  • Section 8.3: 5, 7, 8, 15, 21, 23
  • Section 8.4: 5, 7, 9, 15 (use the 6-step method for hypothesis testing), 17  

Chapter 9 (use JMP)

 

Chapter 10 (use the 6-step method)

  • Section 10.2: 1, 5, 7, 11, 13
  • Section 10.3: 3, 7, 9, 11, 15

 

Chapter 11(use the 6-step method)

  • Section 11.2: 1, 3, 4, 9 (use JMP to get the ANOVA table -- But you need to know how to get ANOVA table when summary statistics is given!)