COURSE SYLLABUS AND SCHEDULE OUTLINE FOR
SURVEY OF STATISTICS (34-STAT-271-001)
AUTUMN QUARTER 2004
T, Th 9:30A – 10:45A
EDUCATIONAL SERVICES BUILDING ROOM 135
Instructor
Information
Office Hours: MWF 9:30A – 10:00A, T 4:00P – 6:30P, or by
appointment
Text Information
Essentials of
Statistics for Business and Economics, 3rd edition,
Course Description
Principles and techniques of collecting, analyzing, and
interpreting quantitative data. Topics
include: Central tendency, dispersion,
correlation, hypothesis testing, confidence intervals, regression, and analysis
of variance.
Course Objectives
1. Identify problem areas that require the use of statistics to obtain a solution and determine which statistical techniques are appropriate.
2. Apply and interpret results from statistical techniques such as measures of central tendency and dispersion, probability, and correlation.
3. Perform calculations and interpret results of
hypothesis testing, linear regression, and analysis of variance.
Group Projects: Students will be
assigned to groups and will be given two (2) projects to complete during the
term. Details and timelines will be
provided during the term.
Quizzes: Students will be given five
take home quizzes throughout the quarter.
Each quiz will be distributed on a Thursday and due in class the
following Tuesday. Quizzes will consist
of approximately 10 short answer questions.
THERE WILL BE NO MAKE UP QUIZZES.
However, I will drop the lowest quiz grade at the end of the quarter
Exams: There will be three (3) exams during the
quarter. Exam formats will be short answer and problem solving. Exams will be given as indicted on the Course
Schedule.
Grading:
The final grade will be determined as follows:
Exam One (Chapters 1, 2, 3, 6) 100 Points
Exam Two (Chapters 8, 9) 100 Points
Final Exam (Chapters 10, 12 - Comprehensive) 100
Points
Group Projects (2 projects @ 50 points each) 100
Points
Quizzes (4 quizzes @ 25 points each) 100 Points
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Total Points 500
Points
The numerical average will be calculated by dividing total points by 5.
Research Methods
Knowledge Base:
http://trochim.human.cornell.edu/kb/
Data Sources:
http://it.stlawu.edu/~rlock/maa51/data.html
Statistics Definitions
and Examples:
http://mathworld.wolfram.com/topics/ProbabilityandStatistics.html
http://moose.uvm.edu/~dhowell/StatPages/Fundamentals/Glossary.html
http://www.cas.lancs.ac.uk/glossary_v1.1/main.html
http://trochim.human.cornell.edu/selstat/glossary.htm
Attendance
is a requirement of the course. If for
some reason you cannot attend a class, please let me know by using one of the
phone numbers (or other means) listed above.
Any assignments are due at the beginning of the
class period as indicated on the Course Schedule. Late assignments will be reduced at least one letter grade per class day at
the discretion of the instructor.
Assignments will not be
accepted one week after the due date has passed.
Consider this
class to be a call-free, beep-free, vibrate mode-free zone of silence.
Make-up
exams will be given at the discretion of the instructor. The student must notify the instructor of the absence before the exam begins. If
proper notification is given, a make-up exam will be administered which may be
significantly more challenging than the examination given on the scheduled
date.
The
policy as stated in the
The
current withdrawal policy of
Students with Disabilities: The policy
of the University of Cincinnati Clermont College requires students to
self-identify and provide proper documentation to the Academic Director of Disability
Services,
The following plus/minus
grading system will apply:
92 - 100% = A
91 - 89% = A- 88 -
87% = B+ 86 - 82% = B
81 - 79% = B-
78 – 77% = C+ 76 – 72% = C 71 –
69% = C- 68 – 67% = D+ 66 – 62% = D
61 – 59% = D -
58% and Under = F
Note: The course
schedule and procedures are tentative and subject to change depending upon the
progress of the class.
COURSE SCHEDULE OUTLINE – SURVEY OF STATISTICS
Week of
09/23 Introduction
to Course, Explanation of the Syllabus, and the Schedule Outline
Chapter One – Data and Statistics
09/28 Chapter
Two – Descriptive
Statistics: Tabular and Graphical Methods
Chapter Three – Descriptive Statistics: Numerical Methods
10/05 Chapter Three – Descriptive
Statistics: Numerical Methods (Continued)
Chapter Six – Continuous Probability Distributions
10/12 Chapter
Six – Continuous
Probability Distributions (Continued)
Review for Exam One
Exam One - Chapters 1, 2, 3, 6
Chapter Eight - Interval Estimation
10/19 Chapter
Eight - Interval
Estimation (Continued)
Project One Due
10/26 Chapter
Nine – Hypothesis
Testing
11/02 Chapter
Nine – Hypothesis
Testing (Continued)
Review for Exam Two
11/09 Exam
Two - Chapters 8, 9
Chapter Ten – Comparisons Involving Means
11/16 Chapter
Ten – Comparisons
Involving Means (Continued)
11/23 Chapter
Twelve – Linear
Regression
Project Two Due
11/30 Chapter Twelve – Linear
Regression
(Continued)
Review for Final Exam
The Final
Exam will be Thursday, December 9th from