Stat 250, Section 003, Homework Assignment 5 (Due 3/3/99 in class)

• 0) Please work on Exercise 2 from Homework Assignment 4. (6 points)
  
  
• 1) Please work on the following textbook exercises in Moore:
  • Exercise 1.56, 1.60, 1.61, 1.62 (4 points)
  • Exercise 1.65, 1.66, 1.69 (6 points)
  • Exercise 2.4, 2.5, 2.6 (6 points)
  
  
• 2) Below is another graphic taken from Wainer's `Visual Revelations' book, first published in the Washington Post. First guess under which US President the Dollar lost most of its value. Then redraw the graphic in a better way. It might be reasonable as well to look into a history book or find a source with respect to US Presidents on the Web... After redrawing your graphic answer the question again under which US President the Dollar lost most of its value. Can you explain the main problem with the initial graphic?
  
  (4 points)