36-201 INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICAL REASONING

Assignment #12 

          Due:  In 232A BAKER HALL Thurs April 15 and Fri April 16.

	  NOTE: SINCE THERE ARE NO LABS DURING THE WEEK OF SPRING
	  CARNIVAL, PLEASE DROP YOUR HOMEWORK OFF IN 232A BAKER HALL
	  (OFFICE OF HEIDI SESTRICH).  

	  TA'S WILL PICK UP HW FOR THEIR SECTIONS AT THE USUAL TIMES (10
	  MIN AFTER EACH LAB WOULD NORMALLY START) SO IT IS STILL
	  IMPORTANT THAT YOU TURN IN YOUR HW BY THE USUAL START TIME OF
	  YOUR LAB.

Be sure to write your name and SECTION on your paper.  

STAPLE, DO NOT PAPERCLIP OR FOLD/TEAR, YOUR PAGES TOGETHER.

1. Moore, p. 366, #6.9

2. Moore, p. 373, #6.13 [the info you need is on p. 370]

3. Moore, p. 374, #6.16

4. Moore, p. 383, #6.28.  

   You can find a copy of the "Statistical Abstract" at 
   http://www.census.gov/prod/2/gen/96statab/96statab.html; the 
   sections of the Abstract are in the same ".pdf" files that I 
   use for homework solutions, labs, and exam solutions for 36-201.
   Write ONE SENTENCE to answer each of the eight questions below, 
   for each of the two data sources mentioned:

   UNIFORM CRIME REPORTS:

   * What kinds of data does each source contain?

   * Name one plausible bias in this kind of data.

   * How are the data collected for each source?

   * How frequently are the data collected?

   NATIONAL CRIME VICTIMIZATION SURVEY

   * What kinds of data does each source contain?

   * Name one plausible bias in this kind of data.

   * How are the data collected for each source?

   * How frequently are the data collected?


5. Select an article to read from one of the following sources, and write

	(a) the complete web address of the article you found
	(b) a one-paragraph summary of the article.

  http://stats.bls.gov/mlr/cpiart01.htm  or  http://stats.bls.gov/cpi1998.htm
	(choose an article not a table or data)

  http://www.norc.uchicago.edu/
	(follow one of the following links until you get to an article
	that interests you:
		"What's New"
		"The General Social Survey"
		"FAQs"