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The instructions and problems for exam 3 in ee 300, a university course offered in fall 2007. The exam covers statistical analysis, including calculating means, standard deviations, and confidence intervals for a dataset of height and weight measurements. It also includes problems on linear algebra, such as performing gauss elimination on systems of linear equations and finding the inverse of a matrix.
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Name: __________________________________________ First, please sign the statement below, indicating your agreement. You must sign this statement to receive credit for the exam. I agree that in return for the trust that has been placed in me by allowing me to take this exam outside of normal class time, that I have maintained the highest ethical standards. I have not communicated in any way with anyone other than the course instructor about the content of this test, nor solutions to any of its problems, nor have I copied from anyone. I have followed the rules below. On my honor, the work presented is my own. Signature: __________________________________________ Date: _________ You may use calculators, pens and pencils, books, MATLAB, EXCEL, and your brain._____ If you use MATLAB or EXCEL, you should include printouts of this work. You may receive answers NOT (^) work with anyone else on this exam. You mayregarding this exam via email, discussion boards, nor forums of any NOT post questions nor kind. Do not discuss this test with anyone until both of you have handed This is a test of what you know. -in your papers. Show All Work. needed. Clearly label all work done outside of the indicated areas. Clearly indicate your final answers. Simply presenting an answer is NOT sufficient. Attach extra paper if The Exam is due by 11:59 pm on Wednesday 21 November, 2007. You may submit a paper version to me personally, slide a paper c acrobat PDF file, by this time. opy under my office door, or email me an After you have finished the exam, please answer the following questions. They will NOT affect your grade. What grade do you think you made on this exam: ________ How difficult is this exam? (10 = way too hard, 0 = way too easy): ________ Comments:
You have been hired by a public health agency to study the relation betw height and weight. They have taken a properly randomized sample of people, and measure their height and weight. The results of this study are listed in the table below.een a person's Each line in the table represents the data for a single individual fr your data set for all of the statistical analysis you will perform on this test.om the sample. This is Height (inches) 6672 Weight (pounds) (^148172) (^687071 ) (^736970 ) (^697072 ) (^707168 ) 716970 161771767 (^697270 )
2 b) [5 points] Compute a point estimate of the stan population, based on the sample data. dard deviation of height for the entire
Bonus(!) [5 points] Is the correlation in problem 6 significant to a 90% confidence level?
12 ww ++ 34 x^ x +^ " 21 yy^ "+^17 zz =^ = 28 25 1 " w^1 w "^ + 2 x^2 x +^ " 5 y^3 y +^ + 0 z^4 = z^ = 3 "^3
7 b) [10 points]
13 ww ++ 17 xx^ ++^214 y^ y + "^2 6 z^ z = =^6 " " 12 ww ++ (^21) xx ++ 24 yy "" 33 zz == 1 5
" " 513 x (^1) x 1 + + 2 15 x (^2) x + 2 2 + x 73 x = 3 2 = 65 " 2 x 1 + 2 x 2 + 1 x 3 = 8
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a) [1 point] Find AC b) [1 point] Find BA c) [1 point] Find A*B d) [1 point] Find D+A e). [2 point] Find the rank of D