Assignment 1 B IOSTATISTICS 845 Due January 28th, 2015 Directions: Install LATEXon your computer or find a computer that you can regularly use which has LATEX. For each question start a new section, i.e., for question 1 start a section that is titled “Questions 1”, similarly for questions 2, 3, 4, and 5. For the equations below use the following conventions: • [{()}] ordering, •

a b

instead of a/b for fractions,

• exp(x) instead of ex • make sure your brackets or parenthesis are the correct length, i.e., use a a instead of ( ) b b Then produce the following: 1. Reproduce all three lines of the heading to this document (including the centering and the fonts styles) adding your name above “Assignment 1”. See below for mine. 2. The equation for the CDF of a Normal(µ, σ) distribution evaluated at x (centered on the page), the common notation for this is Φ(x) please label it as such. I.e., it should look something like Z x

Φ(x) =

...... −∞

3. The equation for the density of a t-distribution with ν degrees of freedom. This time make it so that your equation has a (1) to the right. So It should look something like f (x|ν) = . . . note the (1) on the far right. 4. A numbered list of your five favorite movies or books. 5. A figure of something with a caption.

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Question 1 Alexander McLain Assignment 1 B IOSTATISTICS 845 Due January 21st, 2015 1

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