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DIVISION OF NATURAL SCIENCES, MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE |
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STATISTICAL METHODS SPRING 2002 |
| Class Meeting: TTH 02:00 -03:15 pm GOH 114 |
| Instructor: | Dr. John Harris |
| Course Description: This is an introduction to descriptive and inferential statistics with emphasis on conceptual aspects. |
| Course Objectives: To introduce the student to the basic concepts of statistics and to give the student the background needed to take more advanced courses in statistics. |
| Classroom Procedures: There will be lectures as well as discussions. Some sessions will be devoted to group problem solving. |
| Grading: |
| There will be four exams including the Final. The items and the
associated percentage points are as follows:
Item % EXAMS
90
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| Grading Scale:
A = 90-100
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| Attendance: The student is expected to attend all class meetings. However a student may miss three (3) classes without presenting any excuse. Any additional unexcused absences will result in points being subtracted from the final average at the rate of one point per class missed. Valid excuses must be in written form. |
| Incompletes: Incompletes and makeups will generally not be given except in extreme cases. Every effort must be made to take exams and submit work in a timely manner. To request and Incomplete (I), the proper form must be filled out along with documentation and presented to the instructor. |
| Technology: A basic calculator will be needed. The TI-83 will be used in this class. |
MATH 310A--Topics
| WEEKs | Topics |
| 1-3 | Descriptive statistics: Frequency Distributions, histograms, graphs. |
| 4 | EXAM 1 |
| 5
5-6 |
Mean, mode, median, standard
deviation, variance Counting Techniques; Probability |
| 6-7
7 |
EXAM 2
Discrete and Normal Distribution |
| 8-10
11 |
Confidence Intervals; Hypothesis Testing
EXAM 3 |
| 12-14
15 |
Correlation; ANOVA
FINAL |