DSC 670-123 Summer 2013 - Take Home Final Exam
Due Monday 8/26/2013 Wednesday 8/28/2013

**For students who are fully up-to-date on reading and understanding the course material through 8/17 (Chapters 1-7), it is expected that this exam will take about 4-6 hours to complete.**

Please note the following rules for this exam:
1) Graphing calculators (such as TI-73 or higher) may not be used on any portion of the assignment. Scientific and four-function calculators are allowed.
2) All graphs are to be created by hand. Other homework questions (including tables) can be done by hand or on the computer.
3) The answers to all questions or question parts that don't involve calculations/tables/graphs must be written in full sentences.
4) You may not receive assistance for any exercise on this exam. You are encouraged to seek out help (from classmates, tutors, and/or your instructor) on problems that are not on the exam (such as the even-numbered questions corresponding to the odd-numbered question assigned).
**If you have any questions or misunderstandings about these rules, please let me know. Not following these rules is a violation of the course syllabus and Adelphi's Honor Code and policies on Academic Honesty, and may result in a grade of "F" for this course.**

Part 1: Material from the 6/29-8/10 classes
Required Exercises:
  • [5 pts.] Chapter 1: Page 9 #1.7cd / Page 13 #1.25ab
  • [10 pts.] Chapter 2: Page 39 #2.21ab / Page 54 #2.43b / Page 66 #2.69, 2.75
  • [15 pts.] Chapter 3: Page 107 #3.1ab / Pages 129-130 #3.47, 3.49, 3.52
  • [10 pts.] Chapter 4: Page 167 #4.49 / Pages 169-170 #4.55, 4.61
  • [5 pts.] Chapter 5: Page 181 #5.7ab (stock X only)
  • [5 pts.] Chapter 6: Use the cumulative standardized normal table (on p.546-547) to find each probability:
          (A) P(Z < 1.37)
          (B) P(Z > -3)
          (C) P(1.25 < Z < 1.49)


    Part 2: Material from the 8/17 class
    Reading (to review from the 8/17 class):
  • Read Sections 6.2 and 7.1-7.4 of the textbook.
    Required Exercises:
  • [10 pts.] Chapter 6: Pages 213-214 #6.5, 6.11
  • [15 pts.] Chapter 7: Page 235 #7.11 / Page 249 #7.41, 7.43, 7.45bcd
    Reading (to prepare for the 8/24 class):
  • Read Sections 8.1, 8.2, 8.4(p.275-277), 8.5, and 9.1-9.3 of the textbook.


    Part 3: Material from the 8/24 class
    Reading (to review from the 8/24 class):
  • Read Sections 8.1, 8.2, 8.4(p.275-277), 8.5, and 9.1-9.3 of the textbook.
    Required Exercises:
  • [15 pts.] Chapter 8: Page 264 #8.5, 8.9abc / Page 270 #8.15 / Page 280 #8.41 / Page 283 Exercises 8.50, 8.51, 8.52
  • [10 pts.] Section 9.1: Page 307 #9.1, 9.3, 9.11 / Page 325 #9.61, 9.65
    Extra Credit Exercise:
  • [10 pts.] Section 9.2: Page 313 Exercise 9.31a (x-bar = 43.04, s = 41.93)



    Last Modified: 8/17/13