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10 January 2002

Q SCI 381 A

Homework Assignment 1

due January 11, either in class or turned into MGH 306 before 4:00.

Work the following problems from your text:

1. Section 1.1, Page 6, #6
2. Section 1.1, Page 6, #10
3. Section 1.1, Page 6, #14
4. Section 1.1, Page 7, #18
5. Section 1.1, Page 7, #22
6. Section 1.2, Page 12, #6
7. Section 1.2, Page 13, #16
8. Section 1.3, Page 20, #4
9. Section 1.3, Page 20, #6
10. Section 1.3, Page 20, #12
11. Section 1.3, Page 21, #16
12. Section 1.3, Page 21, # 20

Extra credit - 10 pts:
Take a sample of anything with more than 10 data points.
a) describe the population and the sample.
b) list the type of sample (e.g. systematic, clustered).
c) list the type of data (e.g. ordinal, interval, ratio)
d) summarize the data (e.g. list values).