Cover lectures from Sep 28 to Oct 5

ASW Chapter 1  Exercise #5, #11, #19

Import data Shadow2.xls  from the Book CD to SPSS, and export Descriptive Stat results

Due on Oct 7 in class, and back from your TAs.

Homework 2

Cover lectures from Oct 7 to Oct 14

ASW Exercise #17 in Page 39, # 29 in Page 51, #31 in Page 52, #3 in Page 84

(in Microsoft Word, click on Table, then on Insert to get a table on WORD document)

Use data Fortune from Chapter 2, and use SPSS to (1) calculate mean, median, & mode; (2) construct a crosstabulation and a scatter plot for variables Market Value and Profit; then (3) interpret your results & comment on the advantage and disadvantage of using crosstabulation vs. scatter plot.

Homework 3

Cover lectures from Oct 19 to Oct 28

Due on Nov 2 in EEE dropbox before lecture time, and pick back from TAs

ASW Exercise #65 in page 127, #7 in page 150, #21 in page 155, #27 in page 161.#37 in page 169, #41 in page 174. 

No need to use SPSS for this work.

Homework 4

Cover lectures from Nov 2 to Nov 9

Due on Nov 12 in EEE dropbox before 4pm, and pick back from TAs

ASW Exercise #43 in page 212, #23 in page 242, #15 in page 267, #21 in page 277

You can use (1) Sum (x_i - mean)² / n or (2) Sum (x_i - mean)² / n-1 to estimate the population variance. Which estimator is more efficient or unbiased?

Use SPSS to produce a QQ plot and make your comments.

Homework 5

Cover lectures from Nov 18 to Nov 30

Due on Dec 2 in EEE dropbox before lecture time, and pick back from TAs.

ASW Exercise #3 in page 304, #17 in page 313, #33 in page 321.

Find a survey dataset, and use SPSS to provide a research report (optional, GOOD work may receive extra credit up to 2%).