Assignment for Friday, April 14 (M 358, Sp 06, Smith)
I. Review any reading and exercises from last time not yet discussed in class.
II. Read Section 9.2.
- Be sure to follow the instructions in Example 9.13.
- Read Example 9.15 carefully.
- Review the part of the additional notes "The Chi-Squared and t Distributions and
Degrees of Freedom" (passed out for reading for Monday, March 27) that concern the Chi-Squared Distribution.
- Be sure to read carefully the robustness information given below the box on p. 597.
- Be sure to heed the Caution on p. 598
III. Do the following exercises to reinforce reading and for possible
class discussion: 9.18 (You may want to try 9.19 first, and check your
answers with those in the back of the book), 9.24, 9.25, 9.26 (You will
want to use software for 9.26 and perhaps 9.24 and 9.25. See the
handout Using Minitab in M 358K for help using Minitab.)