Welcome to the Stats 420 home page
You'll find relevant course
information here, updated on a semi-regular basis. If you don't
find what you're looking for contact me at
snm@stat.ohio-state.edu.
Or, you can catch me in my office. My office is room 205C, Cockins Hall.
My phone number is 292-5843. My office hours are on Monday, from
2:30 - 4:18. You can also catch me at other times.
The course TA is Fangfang Sun. Fangfang's office is MA 450. Her phone
number is 292-9283. Her office hours are Tuesday from 10:30 - 11:30 and
Wednesday from 2:30 - 3:30. Her email is fangfang@stat.osu.edu.
Reading Assignments
Course documents
Documents can be downloaded as a pdf file.
As always, if you catch typos or other errors
in these documents, let me know.
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The course syllabus
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Homework 1. Due Friday, October 2.
From the text, problems 1.31, 1.37, 1.55, 2.1 (a,b), 2.2 (b),
2.40, 2.43, 2.46, 2.62, 2.76, 2.77, 2.100.
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Solutions are available at
http://www.stat.osu.edu/~snm/420/hw1soln.doc
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Homework 2. Due Friday, October 9.
From the text, problems
3.4, 3.13, 3.22, 3.31, 3.32, 3.33, 3.47, 3.50, 3.71 (acd),
3.74,3.75, 3.82, 3.83, 3.85.
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Solutions are available at
http://www.stat.osu.edu/~snm/420/hw2soln.pdf
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Homework 3. Due Wednesday, October 21.
From the text, problems
4.6, 4.7, 4.10, 4.19, 4.33, 4.41, 4.48, 4.49, 4.62,
4.73, 4.77, 4.78.
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Solutions are available at
http://www.stat.osu.edu/~snm/420/hw3soln.pdf
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Midterm exam solutions are available at
http://www.stat.osu.edu/~snm/420/mid1soln.pdf
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Homework 4. Due Friday, October 30.
From the text, problems
5.40, 5.41, 5.42a, 5.49, 5.51, 5.57, 5.58, 5.61, 5.64, 5.65,
5.73, 5.75, 5.78, 5.83.
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Solutions are available at
http://www.stat.osu.edu/~snm/420/hw4soln.pdf
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Homework 5. Due Friday, November 6.
From the text, problems
6.51, 6.52, 6.54, 6.55, 6.59, 6.60, 6.63, 6.66, 6.70, 6.71,
6.78, 6.79, 6.80.
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Solutions are available at
http://www.stat.osu.edu/~snm/420/hw5soln.pdf
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Homework 6. Due Monday, November 16.
From the text, problems
7.3, 7.9, 7.16, 7.18, 7.21, 7.24, 7.30, 7.47, 7.51, 7.52, 7.58, 7.65.
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Solutions are available at
http://www.stat.osu.edu/~snm/420/hw6soln.pdf
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Homework 7. Due Friday, December 4.
From the text, problems
8.61, 8.64, 8.65, 8.68, 8.73, 8.76, 8.77, 8.78, 8.79, 8.91.