5 December 2000

IMSE 510 Final Examination Review Checklist

Examination structure: the first portion will be closed book and closed notes, and represent about 30%-40% of the total points. You will write short-answer paragraphs explaining concepts such as:

  1. the ideas and basic methods of hypothesis testing
  2. the ideas underlying analyses of contingency tables
  3. the ideas, concepts, and definitions pertinent to simple linear regression
  4. the ideas, concepts, and definitions pertinent to multiple linear regression
  5. the ideas and concepts pertinent to statistical modeling.

The second portion will be open book (including tables), open notes (class notes, homework assignments, homework answer sets), and permit use of a calculator. Construction of questions will acknowledge lack of computer software availability during the test. You will work problems similar to those discussed in class and assigned as homework, covering topics such as:

  1. hypothesis testing
  2. analyses of contingency tables
  3. the practice of linear regression, both simple and multiple
  4. the interpretation of computer output pertinent to linear regression.

Note that hypothesis-testing concepts have applicability within all other topics listed.

A question on hypothesis testing per se will ask you to "Assess these data." The data assessment will then include:

  1. formulating an appropriate H0 and Ha
  2. conducting an appropriate test
  3. presenting the p-value of your results.

As before, please bring loose-leaf paper (for closed-book portion) and one bluebook (for open-book portion).

The test duration will be 2 to 2½ hours.

Suggested allocation of study time: 85% on material covered since Test 2 (Chapters 9-13), 10% reviewing material covered on test 2 (chapters 5-9); 5% on review of previous foundation material (chapters 1-4).