Applied Statistics - Week 4

The following chapters (including exercises in the book!) and computer exercises are considered read, understood, and solved by the end of the week.

Lectures:

Hypothesis Testing

Correlations

Reading:

Chapter 8.1-8.3 (the rest of Chapter 8 will follow):

Computer exercises:

Making Random Numbers: MakingRandomNumbers.c

Random Digits Runs Test: RandomDigitsRunsTest.c, data_RandomDigits2011.txt and data_RandomDigits2012.txt

Correlated Fits (single exponential): CorrelatedFits_SingleExp.c

Correlated Fits: CorrelatedFits.c

Weldon's Dices: WeldonsDices.c

Comments:
The main aim of this week is the introduction to the idea of a hypothesis testing. We'll look at many different tests with which one can test a hypothesis (perhaps versus an alternative hypothesis).

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Last updated: 24th of September 2012.