Problems

Probems (GWU EMSE-271 Data Analysis for Engineers and Scientists)
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Problem pages will not provide solutions to assigned course homework, but may provide solutions to similar problems.

Homework 1: 1. Exploratory Data Analysis (Graphing Using Minitab) | 2. Quality Control Problem using Bayes Homework 2: 1. Airline Booking | 2. Upright Freezer | 3. k out-of n | 4. Steel Shafts | 5. Concrete Beams Homework 3: 1. Cough Syrup | 2. Insulating Paper | 3. Lighting Flashes | 4. Metal Arc Welds | 5. Light Bulbs | 6. Melting Point Homework 4: 1. MOM and MLE for student time on test | 2. Fitting a distribution, Credibility Intervals, Goodness-of-Fit for provided data.

Homework for Sessions 9-14


 * Session 9 - Homework 6**: Conduct a regression analyis of absentee.xls using the Excel Data Analysis toolpack. Recreate the anallysis tabel by using matrix algebra.
 * Session 10 - Homework 7**: Verify vectors are eigenvectors of correlation matrix R in spreadsheet pca-example_no_mechanics.xls. Verify the eigenvalues are assoicated with the eigenvectors.
 * Session 11 - Homework 7**
 * Session 12 - Homework 8**: (Labeled Homework 7 in pdf) Perform a principal component analysis in Minitab for spreadsheet government.xls. Perform a principal component analysis in Minitab for the spreadsheet drugusage.xls.
 * Session 13 - Homework 9**: (Labeled Homework 8 in pdf) Perform a One-Way ANOVA in the Minitab software package for six samples of four types of cereal grains.
 * Session 14: No separate homework.**