Stat 321 Investigation Assignments

Investigations are assignments that ask you to extend or explore a concept or method that you study through an in-class activity. They are often open-ended, call for use of the computer, and ask you to write a report explaining your findings. You may work with one other person on investigations, submitting one report with both names. They are due at the beginning of class on the indicated day.

A list of the investigation assignments follows:

1. Investigation 1: Matching Cell Phones (due Thur, Sept 23)
2. Investigation 2: Reducing Back Pain (due Mon, Sept 27)
3. Investigation 3: Top 100 Films (due Wed, Sept 29)
4. Investigation 4: Johnny Carson’s Birthday (due Thur, Sept 30)
5. Investigation 5: Simpson’s Paradox (due Thur, Sept 30)
6. Investigation 6: Forensic Evidence (due Mon, Oct 4)
7. Investigation 7: Ice Cream Prices (due Mon, Oct 11)
8. Investigation 8: Composite Blood Testing (due Tues, Oct 12)
9. Investigation 9: Heart Transplant Mortality (due Thur, Oct 14)
10. Investigation 10: Sampling without Replacement (due Mon, Oct 18)
11. Investigation 11: More Battery Lifetimes (due Mon, Oct 25)
12. Investigation 12: Watching Paint Dry (due Mon, Nov 1)
13. Investigation 13: Random Rendezvous (due Thur, Nov 4)
14. Investigation 14: Normal Rendezvous (due Mon, Nov 8)
15. Investigation 15: Population Growths (due Wed, Nov 10)
16. Investigation 16: Geyser Eruptions (due Mon, Nov 15)
17. Investigation 17: German Tank Problem (due Tues, Nov 30)
18. Investigation 18: Vegetarians and Time Travel (due Thur, Dec 2)