Quizzes and Exams

Quiz

Sample Quiz: pdf

2018-09-24

Midterm

Covers material from Homework 1 through Homework 5. Topics include (but are not necessarily limited to): Observational units; variable types; plots; joint, marginal, and conditional distributions; independence; mean, median, quartiles/quantiles/percentiles, IQR, standard deviation; correlation; sampling schemes; bias; experimental design; confounding.

Take-home portion on Gryd, distributed Wed 2018-10-10 and due on Fri 2018-10-12. Take-home portion is similar to homework assignments in terms of working with data in R to make plots and calculate data summaries, but shorter. Limited interpretation or discussion of meaning.

In-class portion on Fri 2018-10-12. In-class portion is similar to quizzes. You will be given R output and asked to interpret it or use it for further calculations (like finding joint/marginal/conditional distributions). You may bring 1 double-sided 8.5 by 11 inch sheet of paper with notes on it to the in-class portion.

2018-10-10

through

2018-10-12

Midterm

Covers material from homework assignments 6 and 7. You may bring 2 double-sided 8.5 by 11 inch sheets of paper with notes to the in-class portion. Please also bring a calculator.

Sample Exam: pdf

Sample Exam Solutions: pdf

2018-11-19