Applied Statistics - Week 4

The following is a description of what we will go through during this week of the course. The chapter references and computer exercises are considered read, understood, and solved by the end of the week or when otherwise stated.

Monday:
The main theme of this week will be Hypothesis testing, and we will start with two exercise gently introducing the subject, while postponing lectures till Tuesday. The exercises will be run by Florian and Arvad, as I unfortunately can't make it to class!
Reading:

Barlow, chapter 8 on hypothesis testing.
Lecture(s):

None.
Computer Exercise(s):

Weldon's Dices: WeldonsDices.py

NBI Coffee Usage: CoffeeUsage.py

Tuesday:
Today's lecture will be on Hypothesis testing, as will the exercise. In addition to the ChiSquare test, there are several other tests, some simple (one/two sample tests) and some more conceptually challenging (Kolmogorov and Wald-Wolfowitz runs test).
Reading:

Barlow, chapter 8.1-8.4 and 8.5.3
Lecture(s):

Hypothesis Testing
Computer Exercise(s):

Random Digits Runs Test: RandomDigitsTest.py,
data_RandomDigits2011.txt,
data_RandomDigits2012.txt,
data_RandomDigits2013.txt,
data_RandomDigits2014A.txt,
data_RandomDigits2014B.txt, and
data_RandomDigits2014C.txt
For a large scale test, try one million digits of pi: pi1000000.txt

Friday:
We will consider Confidence Intervals and Limits and also continue with hypothesis testing.
Reading:

Barlow, chapter 8.
Lecture(s):

Confidence Intervals And Limits
Computer Exercise(s):

Kolmogorov-Smirnov Test: KolmogorovSmirnovTest.py

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Last updated: 18th of September 2014.