PubH 5421 Biostatistical Computing - Fall 2003

  1. Homework #1 - due September 9, 2003.

    Problems 1-5 in notes.001.

  2. Homework #2 - due September 18, 2003.

    Problem 1, Project assignment 4, notes.002

    Problem 2, Project assignment 4, notes.002

    Problem: Create your own pseudo-random number generator (PRNG) with modulus M = 137, and with A and C chosen so that PRNG has maximal cycle length.

  3. Homework #3 - due September 25, 2003.

    Problems 5.1, 5.2, 5.3 --- notes.004

    Problem 6 --- notes.004

    Problem 7.1, 7.2, 7.3 --- notes.005

  4. Homework #4 - due October 2, 2003.

    Problems 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4, notes.007

    Problem 10.1, 10.2, notes.008.

  5. Homework #5 - due October 9, 2003.

    Problems 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, notes.011

  6. Homework #6 - due October 16, 2003.

    Problems 13 (parts 1-3) and 13a (parts 1-4), notes.012.

  7. Homework #7 - due October 23, 2003.

    Problem 14, notes.016

    Problem 16, notes.017

  8. Midterm Exam (Take-Home)- due November 4, 2003.

    Mid-Term Take-Home Exam

  9. Homework #9 - due November 13, 2003.

    Problems 20 and 21, notes.022

    Problem 22, notes.023

  10. Homework #10 - due November 20, 2003.

    1. Problem 25, notes.023

    2. Problem 26, notes.024

    3. Write a macro which computes the geometric mean of a sample of 20

    numbers and a 95% confidence interval for the true geometric mean,

    assuming that the log of the random variable has a normal distribution.

  11. Homework #11 - due December 11, 2003.

    Problems 28 and 28b, notes.026.

    Problem 29, notes.027.

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