Homework 0 for Statistics 101-106 (Fall 98)

Due: Thursday 10 September

(0.1) Use Minitab to produce a picture that would help a student to decide whether to drop the course (or not) after seeing only the results from the midterm and the first 6 homework sheets.

(0.2) Produce a picture that shows how well the results from the midterm and the first 6 homework sheets predict the final class rank. (How should you combine homework, midterm, and final to determine relative standing?)

This sheet refers to the Yale grades data set:


The following data consist of the scores for students in a particular
Yale course on 11 homework sheets (columns headed S1 through S11), the
midterm, and the final exam.  The last row gives the scores for a
hypothetical perfect student, that is, it gives the maximum score
possible.

A score of zero always indicates that a student failed to hand in a
homework sheet.

The combined homeworks (with midterm score added in) counted for 50% of the grade;
the final exam counted for the other 50%.

The items within each row are separated by a single tab character.


S1	S2	S3	S4	S5	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10	S11	midterm	final
19	26	34	30	31	33	33	85	88	39	69	10	36
17	28	37	28	39	40	27	75	77	30	52	7	27
24	30	38	39	52	55	33	88	98	44	82	5	57
22	30	40	38	53	55	32	89	95	45	85	12	65
22	24	38	36	42	54	26	71	72	35	69	11	45
16	29	34	40	50	53	35	84	81	45	68	0	28
24	30	38	38	50	55	29	85	84	40	84	14	63
21	25	38	32	53	51	30	89	84	43	85	9	55
23	30	38	33	50	51	28	80	87	29	54	13	38
23	29	23	30	50	46	30	69	88	41	65	15	39
20	30	39	30	55	53	29	86	83	44	68	11	38
23	30	37	33	46	52	28	82	97	44	71	15	51
21	22	36	27	36	55	25	75	63	37	48	7	31
24	28	40	36	41	42	20	80	74	37	65	14	62
21	25	38	32	43	53	25	74	63	41	53	15	59
24	24	22	0	48	55	25	80	61	32	40	10	44
22	27	35	25	46	33	26	78	75	43	46	14	38
25	30	40	40	51	55	34	89	92	45	57	15	63
25	30	40	40	48	54	31	89	80	43	82	13	59
25	30	40	40	52	52	35	89	100	45	73	10	76
22	29	31	40	53	42	24	85	92	42	85	13	68
25	30	40	0	20	51	9	46	0	40	21	15	57
24	26	40	39	52	53	31	89	93	45	81	14	69
22	26	38	37	50	44	30	87	85	45	85	12	66
20	26	30	33	25	36	0	0	0	0	0	6	31
22	20	40	38	55	50	34	87	98	40	69	8	44
25	29	40	38	51	44	30	82	98	45	79	8	67
20	28	34	31	45	46	6	83	72	37	60	13	65
25	30	39	36	50	49	31	87	85	37	78	11	64
22	25	36	32	11	31	14	55	89	14	55	6	35
22	28	36	33	51	50	33	88	87	37	57	9	51
22	24	29	37	50	36	28	88	81	35	55	10	35
18	30	33	25	36	24	28	38	54	9	0	15	32
25	26	39	40	55	53	33	88	95	44	81	13	70
25	30	38	36	39	48	30	77	88	28	56	9	21
21	26	40	32	55	49	29	87	96	32	67	14	67
23	30	40	40	54	55	33	88	94	45	82	12	73
24	29	40	39	52	52	30	84	100	45	80	12	53
25	29	39	36	50	54	32	77	89	32	56	7	47
25	30	40	40	55	55	35	90	100	45	85	15	80