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Assignment 3
Instructions
• This assignment is worth 15% of your final grade and will be marked out of 100 marks.
• Assignments should be submitted as a single PDF file.
• If you use additional data (other than that provided), submit the data as a csv file.
• Do not upload your submission as a zip file.
• Your submission should contain relevant explanations, mathematical notation, R code, and workings.
Answers which do not include appropriate notation and/or workings will be penalised.
• Where you need to include some R code, a copy of the code and output should be provided in the
PDF. Note, the code should not be included as an image or screenshot. Code submitted should
be in a fixed-width font such as Courier New. It is strongly recommended that you use the
R package knitr with Rmarkdown or LaTeX to incorporate both R code and maths symbols (see
example file on Blackboard). If you use Rmarkdown, submit a PDF file and the corresponding
.Rmd file.
• Your assignment file should include the Individual Assignment Coversheet:
Blackboard/ Assessment Policies, Regulations, Guides and Forms/ Forms and Coversheets/ Individual
Assignment Coversheet
• Late Assignments: Failure to submit the assignment on time will result in a penalty in accordance
with the policy outlined in the STAT600 Study Guide.
item Special Consideration: If extenuating circumstances (e.g. illness) prevent the timely submission
of your assignment you can apply for special consideration. You may also apply for special consideration
if such circumstances result in your submission being incomplete. Applications for special consideration
should be submitted via Blackboard.
• Originality: This assignment is an individual piece of work. You are encouraged to discuss the
assignment with your lecturers and classmates, however, the work you submit must be your own.
Assignments that show similarities to work submitted by other students will be investigated for
plagiarism and treated very seriously. Plagiarism software, such as TurnItIn, may be used to electronically
compare submissions to those of other students and to documents on the internet.
Question: 1 2 3 4 Total
Marks: 10 35 40 15 100
Score:
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Auckland University of Technology: STAT600 Probability – Assignment 3 Semester 2, 2019
In this assignment you will investigate the application of Markov chains to one of the following areas.