STAT4102, Spring 2007

Announcements

• Practice Final and Solutions are now online.

  (Posted May 4, 2007)

• Revised Schedule for the last two weeks:

  Mon 4/30:	Regression
  Wed 5/2:	More Regression Course Evaluation Handout Practice Final
  Fri 5/4:	Go through Practice Final
  Mon 5/7:	In office 9-12 and 1-4, either Ford 471 or 352
  Tue 5/8:	Probably not on campus. Available by email.
  Wed 5/9:	Available by email in morning; last guaranteed response time at noon. Final Exam, 1:30-3:30pm in regular room

  Also, for HW 11, on 14-15 only Bonferroni is required, not Scheffe.

  (Posted April 30, 2007)

• Contrary to the schedule, we will not be covering section 13.7 today (or at all).

  We will finish the Kirby Puckett example on p.551-2 (in which there is an error; the likelihood function L_0 is missing the binomial constants in the probabilities) and we will cover the material about testing independence and homogeneity in 13.5.

  There are no changes to the homework.

  (Posted April 20, 2007)

• Exams have been graded and will be returned in lab today.
  Most of you did really quite well (mostly A's and B's) and you should be proud of your efforts.

  (Posted April 10, 2007)

• Homework 8 cancelled: it will not be due next Wednesday. Enjoy the weekend, and recover from the exam stress. Note that Homework 9 has been slightly added to. See the homework page for details.

  (Posted April 5, 2007)

• On the takehome, problem 3b, I meant it to be alpha=0.2. It works with alpha=0.02, but with this change part d is a more sensible question. So if you haven't done this problem yet, use alpha=0.2 instead of alpha=0.02.

  (Posted April 5, 2007)

• RSS feed for this page now up and running.

  (Posted April 4, 2007)

• Take home exam now posted. Due Friday, April 6. See the cover page for details. If you weren't in class on Monday and instead download it from here, please email me (arendahl-at-stat.umn.edu) so I know you got a copy. Also note no lab on Tuesday or class on Wednesday.

  (Posted April 2, 2007)

• Revised Schedule posted, pdf version here with homework as well.

  (Posted March 19, 2007)

• No class Friday, March 2, because of the snow. Have a great weekend!

  (Posted March 1, 2007)

• The makeup option for the first exam is posted here. It's due next Monday, March 5, unless you email me for an extension. The last possible day to turn it in in Friday, March 9. The curve for the exam is: 55: A-, 48: B-, 40: C-, 30: D.

  (Posted February 28, 2007)

• Homework 4 posted, as well as the activity we did in class today. If you weren't there, you missed on the treats, sorry!

  (Posted February 16, 2007)

• For the exam:
  You will need a calculator with basic functions (more complex calculators OK unless they can
  communicate with other calculators wirelessly).
  You may bring one sheet of paper with formulas or other notes on both sides.
  There may also be multiple choice questions about the meaning of sufficiency, consistency, and efficiency.

  See the schedule to see exactly which sections we've covered.

  I expect to be in my office (Ford 471) most of the day today and tomorrow, should you have any questions. If you want to be sure I'm here, email ahead of time.

  (Posted February 13, 2007)

• A practice exam for the first exam has been posted. Also, we are only covering the first half of section 9.12 on efficiency, not from exponential families on. This also means for suggested problem 9-57, only part a.

  (Posted February 9, 2007)

• The schedule for the semester has been updated; see link at right. It is subject to change depending on how the semester goes.

  (Posted February 4, 2007)

• Having trouble with the idea of likelihood? Perhaps this overview/worksheet will help. Likelihood Handout.

  (Posted January 23, 2007)

• There will be no lab section on Tuesday, January 17. However, the TA will be there to answer questions. You can also pick up your final from last semester.

  (Posted January 16, 2007)