Homework problems will be occasionally be assigned from the textbook (ISL); most problems will be from the four files below, whose titles correspond roughly to the subject matter of the problems they contain
- A Calculus
- B Probability and statistics
- C Order and convexity
- D Linear and matrix algebra
- E Classification and Regression
Homework will be assigned in the format [source number], so B 3 refers to problem 3 in the probability and statistics problems, while ISL 2-3 refers to problem 3 in chapter 2 of the text.
Recall that all assignments are due before class.
Assignment 1: Due Tuesday 24 August
Reading: ISL Ch.1 and 2.1-2.2
Problems: B1-5
Assignment 2: Due Tuesday 31 August
Reading ISL Ch12.1-2
Problems A1,2; C1,2; D1,3,5,6,20
Assignment 3: Due Thursday 9 September
Reading: “Evidence of Fraud in an Influential Field Experiment About Dishonesty” https://datacolada.org/98
Briefly summarize, in your own words, the exploratory data techniques used by the authors of the datacolada study.
Problems B6-9; D4,9,10,11
Assignment 4: Due Tuesday 14 September
Reading: ISL Ch12.3-4
Problems B10,11,33; D2,7,8,12
Assignment 5: Due Tuesday 21 September
Reading: Lecture notes.
Problems A3,4; C3,4,5; D13,14,15,16
Assignment 6: Due Tuesday 28 September
Reading: Review basic probability material on joint distributions, conditional probabilities and expectations (see lecture notes on Expectations and Maximum Likelihood for a definition and basic properties of conditional expectation).
Problems A4 (last part about Jensen’s inequalityonly), 5; B12-15; E2
Assignment 7: Due Tuesday 5 October
Reading: Review lecture notes for midterm
Problems: B16-20, 30; D17: E3,4
Assignment 8: Due Tuesday 19 October
Reading: ISL 3.1-2; 4.1-6; 5.1-2
Problems: D18,19; E5-12 (Ignore hint in E7, instead use results from previous HW).
Assignment 9: Due Thursday 28 October
Reading: ISL 3.1-2; 4.1-6; 5.1-2
Problems: A6; B21-27; C9; Review your answer to E12
Assignment 10: Due Tuesday 2 November
Reading: ISL 3.1-2; 4.1-6; 5.1-2
Problems B28,29,34,36 E13-17
Assignment 11: Due Tuesday 9 November
Reading: ISL 6.1-4, 9.1-5
Problems A7,8; E18-24
Assignment 12: Due Friday 19 November
Reading: ISL 3.3-4, 8.1-2, 9.1-5
Problems C7,8,11-13, E25-27 (Optional A9)