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- 12/09/06 New!
- Partial solutions to the practice final exams have been posted.
- 11/28/06
- I have posted one last example (I promise) and updated the emissions example for the last lecture. The final example required adding two pages to section D of Chapter IV, which I have also posted.
- 11/27/06
- The commuter example still was not quite correct (correlation analysis) so I have fixed it again.
- 11/22/06
- I have made corrections to pp. 170–172 of the notes (Chapter IV) and to the commuter example.
- 11/20/06
- The final assignment and the next-to-last example have been posted.
- 11/11/06
- Five new examples have been posted.
- 11/11/06
- The final chapter of the lecture notes is now posted. Additional examples to come.
- 11/08/06
- I have made corrections to the Tukey analysis for the fireant example, both in the notes (pp. 139-140) and in the Minitab example.
- 11/01/06
- Here is an updated summary of topics.
- 10/29/06
- I have posted partial solutions to the second set of practice exams.
- 10/29/06
- There will be no class on Monday, 6 November. Enjoy the break!
- 10/25/06
- I have completed the Chapter III notes. There is a new Minitab example and a new SAS example for section F, and more to come for the final two sections.
- 10/20/06
- I needed to modify parts of Chapter III, Section E, so you may want to download that section again (pages 117–125, in particular).
- 10/19/06
- Exam II will be on Friday, 3 November. It will cover through Chapter III.E of the lecture notes. Be sure to make a copy of the statistical tables to bring with you. You may also bring two pages of notes (8½×11, both sides) of your own construction. See the exam schedule for more information.
- 10/14/06
- I have added Section E to the Chapter III notes. There are three new Minitab examples and a new SAS example corresponding to that section.
- 10/05/06
- I have posted Sections A–D of Chapter III and two new Minitab examples.
- 9/30/06
- See the lecture notes for Section A of Chapter III, and the examples for an updated iron example. There also are two new SAS examples.
- 9/30/06
- I have posted solutions for Exam I.
- 9/26/06
- Homework 3 has been marked and placed in a folder near my office door (until 5pm). Please keep the folder neat! I may be available to answer questions this afternoon. Please email me or call to set up a time.
- 9/26/06
- The cover page from tomorrow's exam is provided here so that you may review the directions.
- 9/25/06
- I have posted some additional old exams from 2004. The Exam I probably corresponds better to the topics covered on your exam Wed.
- 9/25/06
- I will not be holding office hours this Friday (29 Sept).
- 9/19/06
- I have posted some old exams for you to practice with. Please note that not all are multiple choice exams, but your exam next week will be multiple choice (scantron).
- 9/14/06
- Due to a medical appointment, I will not be holding my office hours Friday, 15 September. If you need to see me please make an appointment with me by email, phone or after class.
- 9/13/06
- Exam I will be on Wednesday, 27 September. It will cover through Chapter II.D of the lecture notes. Be sure to make a copy of the statistical tables to bring with you. You may also bring a single page of notes (8½×11, both sides) of your own construction. See the exam schedule for more information.
- 9/11/06
- The grader is attending a conference this week and so he will not be holding his office hours (Mon and Wed at least, but possibly also Fri).
- 9/05/06
- The emissions example has been updated to include discussion for obtaining a sample cdf.
- 9/01/06
- There was a question today about the "score" in the exponential quantile plot of the emmisions data. It is the natural logarithm of the exponential quantile; note that the data (vertical axis) are plotted on a log scale. The reason for this is to spread the data somewhat evenly, but they should still be linear if the distribution is correct.
- 8/30/06
- I cannot promise I will learn everyone's name but you can help me by sending (email) a photo of yourself. This is not mandatory.
- 8/30/06
- The first assignment has been posted and will be due Monday, 2 February.
- 8/30/06
- The grader Rajesh Talluri has set his office hours to MWF 1–3pm. You may find him at (Blocker 406F, 845-5719). The grader will be able to answer your homework questions but do not turn your homework in to him: he will not accept it and you need to bring it to me.
- 8/28/06
- I have posted Assignment 0 on the assignments page. It's to help you get started with using Minitab. This is a practice assignment that will not be collected – but please note the Minitab options that should be set for this class.
- 8/28/06
- Be sure to check these pages regularly for lecture notes, computer examples, other handouts, and homework assignments as I will not always inform you as to their availability.
- 8/28/06
- If you have not already done so, please arrange for your Neo mail account to forward email to whatever email account you prefer. This is in case I need to send any "urgent" messages I'd like you to receive without much delay.
- 8/28/06
- If you have a question about the class, please feel free to e-mail me at dcline@stat.tamu.edu. I may not answer immediately but I do check my e-mail regularly. If you want to see me at a time other than my office hours you may e-mail or call (845-1443) to set up an appointment.