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Computing and Data Analysis for Environmental Applications

Lecture Notes

The notes for Lectures 9 and 12 are not available.

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TOPICS

SUPPORTING FILES

1

Course Introduction (PDF)

2

Descriptive Statistics (PDF)

3

Probablility (PDF)

virtual.m (M)

4

Joint Probability, Independence, Repeated Trials (PDF)

5

Combinatorial Methods for Deriving Probabilities (PDF)

combinatorial_example.pdf (PDF)
balls.m (M)

6

Conditional Probability and Baye's Theorem (PDF)

7

Random Variables and Probability Distributions (PDF)

8

Expectation, Functions of a Random Variable (PDF)

9

Risk

10

Some Common Probability Distributions (PDF)

cdffit.m (M)

11

Multivariate Probability (PDF)

12

Functions of Many Random Variables

13

Populations and Samples (PDF)

14

Estimation (PDF)

15

Confidence Intervals (PDF)

16

Testing Hypotheses about a Single Population (PDF)

17

Testing Hypotheses about Two Populations (PDF)

18

Small Sample Statistics (PDF)

19

Analysis of Variance (PDF)

20

Analysis of Variance (contd.) (PDF)

21

Multifactor Analysis of Variance (PDF)

22

Linear Regression (PDF)

23

Analyzing Regression Results (PDF)

Recitations

REC #

TOPICS

SUPPORTING FILES

1

Programming in MATLAB® (PDF)

climate_plot.m (M)

2

MATLAB® Operations (PDF - 1.7 MB)

oxygen.m (M)

3

MATLAB® Tests and Loops (PDF)

4

Virtual Experiments (PDF)

6

Time Series (PDF)

Assignments

ASSIGNMENTS

SOLUTIONS

SUPPORTING FILES

Problem Set 1   (PDF)

pset1_p1_03.m (M)
pset1_p2_03.m (M)

Problem Set 2 (PDF)

pset03_2.m (M)

Problem Set 3 (PDF)

transport.m (M)
ozone.m (M)

Problem Set 4 (PDF)

cdffit.m (M)

Problem Set 5 (PDF)

pset5_p1.m (M)
pset5_p2.m (M)

Problem Set 6 (PDF)

ps6_p1.m (M)
ps6_p2.m (M)
ps6_p3.m (M)
ps6_p4.m (M)

Problem Set 7 (PDF)

Boston_precip.txt (TXT)
MWRA1.txt (TXT)

Problem Set 8 (PDF)

lowercharles.txt (TXT)

Problem Set 9 (PDF)

lowercharles.txt (TXT)

Exams

The quizzes in this section are presented in one of three formats: questions and solutions are in separate files, questions and solutions are combined in the same file, or the questions are provided with no accompanying solutions.

YEAR

EXAMS

SOLUTIONS

2003

Practice Quiz 1 (with solutions) (PDF)

2003

Quiz 1 (with solutions) (PDF)

2003

Quiz 2 (with solutions) (PDF)

2003

Quiz 3 (PDF)

2002

Quiz 1 (PDF)

2002

Quiz 2 (with solutions) (PDF)

2002

Quiz 3 (PDF)

2001

Quiz 1 (PDF)

Quiz01_1_1.m (M)
Quiz01_1_2.m (M)
Quiz01_1_3.m (M)
Quiz01_1_4.m (M)
Quiz01_1_5.m (M)

2001

Quiz 2 (with solutions) (PDF)

Quiz01_2sol.m (M)

2001

Practice Quiz 3 (with solutions) (PDF)

2001

Another Practice Quiz 3 (with solutions) (PDF)

2000

Quiz 1 (PDF)

Quiz00_1.m (M)

2000

Quiz 2 (PDF)

2000

Quiz 3 (PDF)