Statistics 215a, Fall Semester 2004

Homework 1. Due 9/9/2004 in class.

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Pick a data set of 25 to 50 numbers that you find interesting.

Write a half page overview of it. (Please use a wordprocessor of some sort.)

Include a description of the data's origin.

Say why you find the data scientifically interesting.

Prepare by hand, i.e. do not use a computer program, a stem-and-leaf display of the data.

Discuss what you find.

8/30/2004