MAS 656 : Homework 1

Due: 1:00pm in class, Wednesday, March 16th

You may use R statistial software to solve the problems. You do not need to submit your R code
for this homework. Please, hand in only the solutions (including the relevant parts of R output) to
each problem.

(1) Chapter 1
Exercise 1.5 : Use the dataset P1-4.DAT. For (a), instead of dot diagram, you may plot
histogram for each variable.
Exercise 1.8
Exercise 1.9
Exercise 1.17 & 1.18 : Use the dataset T1-9.DAT.
Exercise 1.27 : Use the dataset T1-11.DAT.

(2) Chapter 2
Exercise 2.12
Exercise 2.17
Exercise 2.18
Exercise 2.23
Exercise 2.26
Exercise 2.38
Exercise 2.41