THINGS TO KNOW FOR EXAM #1

Chapter 8: Order Statistics

• Joint Distributions of Order Statistics
• Distribution Function of an Ordered Statistic
• Density Function for an Ordered Statistic (continuous distribution case)
• Definition of Sample Median and Sample Range
• Definitions of Type I and Type II Censored Sampling
• Definition of Truncated Distributions
• Joint Density Functions for Type I Censored Sampling
• Joint Density Functions for Type II Censored Sampling
• Understand Histograms, Stem-and-Leaf Plots and Boxplots

Chapter 16: Nonparametric Tests

• Binomial Test on Percentiles
• Tolerance Limits and Order Statistics
• Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test
• Normal approximation to the Wilcoxon Signed Rank statistic
• Two-Sample Binomial Sign Test
• Wilcoxon Paired-Sample Signed-Rank Test
• Mann-Whitney Test
• Testing using the Pearson Product-Moment Correlation Coefficient
• Testing using the Spearman's Rank Correlation Coefficient

ADVICE

• Review examples worked in class and in handouts
• Tables of for the Standard Normal, Binomial and Wilcoxon signed-rank distributions will be supplied during the test.
• Feel free to visit me during office hours