Math
201-2
Statistics
Spring
2004
5 Units
Instructor:
Bic Ha Olson
Office:
A204
Meeting Times: Tuesday, Thursday 6:00 – 8:25 PM
Meeting Place: Room A211
Email:
Olson@ltcc.edu
Phone: 541 – 4660 Ext. 368
Website:
http://www.ltcconline.net/olson/
Office Hours:
Monday:
3:30 – 4:30 PM @ Office: A204
Tuesday:
3:30 – 4:30 PM @
Office: A204
Wednesday: 4 – 5 PM @
Gateway Math Center
Thursday:
5 – 6 PM @ Office: A204
Friday:
10 – 11 AM @ Office:
A204
Or By Appointment
The best way to contact me is to call my college extension, 541-4660 EXT 368. If I am not in my office, please leave me a message with your name and phone number.
Required Text Understandable Statistics Seventh Edition by Brase/Brase
Course Description This course will cover data analysis including probability, distributions, sampling, hypothesis testing, confidence intervals, regression analysis, and nonparametric analysis.
Course Objectives
- Understand basic fundamental statistical theories and how these theories are applied to real world phenomena.
- Understand the basics of probability theory and probability distributions which will be applied to the statistical tools presented.
- Demonstrate a working knowledge of statistical estimation concepts.
- Understand hypotheses testing and confidence intervals.
- Become proficient with utilizing a computer for the analysis of data.
- Follow current events that make use of statistical concepts.
Prerequisite A grade of C or better in Math 154 or an equivalent class within the past two years, or a satisfactory score on the assessment test.
As a
Courtesy to everyone in class, please turn off your cell phones.
Thank you.
Grading:
Your class letter grade will be based on the usual grading scale:
A: 90% and above, B: 80-89%, C: 70-79%, D: 60-69%, F: 59% and under
Homework & Weekly Quizzes
180 points
Midterm Exam
1
150 points
Midterm Exam
2
150 points
Midterm Exam
3
150 points
Project 120 points
Comprehensive Final Exam:
250 points
Total
1000 points
Exam Policy: Students are to bring calculators, pencils or pens, and
paper to each exam. Grading will based on the progress towards the final answer,
and the demonstration of understanding of the concept that is being tested,
therefore, work must be shown in detail. Any student who cannot make it to an
exam may take the exam up to two days before the exam is scheduled. Arrangements
must be made in advance. If
all homework assignments are turned in for the quarter, and no more than two (2)
assignments are late, you may drop the midterm with the lowest score.
Homework Policy: The use of computers or calculators is strongly recommended. Also, feel free to consult a fellow classmate, a tutor, your instructor, or anyone else for assistance on the homework. Homework is due every Thursday. Homework that is turned in within one week of the due date will be counted as half credit. Homework turned in later than one week after the due date receives no credit.
Weekly Quizzes: The first five minutes of Thursday's class will be a quiz that covers the main point from the previous lecture. Quizzes CANNOT be made up. Quizzes are worth 20% of the Homework Grade.
Project: Each student in the class will develop a hypothesis that involves paired data. The student will collect and analyze the data in a report. The report will discuss the results of the test, the method of the test, and the validity of the test. The report must be more than two pages not including raw data and graphs. Included in the report will be all applicable methods of data interpretation that we have learned in class. The abstract is a one paragraph description of the project. Past student projects can be found at http://www.ltcconline.net/greenl/courses/201/projects/projectsHome.htm
In this class, it is your responsibility to drop the class in order to avoid an
unwanted grade.
You must go to Admissions & Records to register or drop the class.
Friday, April 16, 2004 is the last day for refunds.
Friday, April 30, 2004 is the last day to drop with no record.
Friday, June 4, 2004 is the last day to withdraw with a “W” grade.
CALCULATORS: A calculator with built-in one and two variable statistics functions is required for this class. The TI-30X IIS is one such calculator that is inexpensive.
The Gateway Math Center has free math tutoring for all registered students. Please Log-in and Log-out so that the facility gets the funds it needs.
Student Outcomes
The successful student will:
1. understand basic fundamental statistical theories and how these theories are
applied to real world phenomena
2. understand the basics of probability theory and probability distributions
which will be applied to the statistical tools presented
3. demonstrate a working knowledge of statistical estimation concepts
4. understand hypotheses testing and confidence intervals
5. become proficient with utilizing a computer for the analysis of data
6. follow current events that make use of statistical concepts.
Students with disabilities must identify themselves to me within the first two weeks of class.
Accommodations for Students with Disabilities: Students requiring accommodations for a certain disability that may affect class performance are requested to schedule with a staff member at the DRC to discuss this during the first week of the quarter so that appropriate arrangements can be made.
Course materials available in alternate format.
Tentative Lecture Schedule for Math 201
(Tuesday, Thursday)
Date
Topic Section
Homework
April 6 Introduction, Syllabus, What is Statistics? 1.1 1, 4, 7
Random Samples 1.2 1, 9, 10, 15
Experimental Design 1.3 1, 3, 6
HW 1 Sections 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 are due April 8. (10 points)
April 8 Quiz 1, Bar, Circle, and Time Plots 2.1 1, 4, 7, 11, 13
Histograms 2.2 2, 5, 8, 14
Stem and Leaf 2.3 2, 7, 12
Tentative Lecture
Schedule for Math 201 (Tuesday, Thursday)
Date
Topic Section
Homework
April 13 Mode, Median and Mean 3.1 3, 7, 10, 16
Measures of Variation 3.2 2, 5, 16
and
for Grouped Data
3.3 2,
6, 11
Applet to find Statistics from Grouped Data
HW 2 Sections 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.1 are due April 15. (16 points)
April 15 Quiz 2, Finish 3.3, Percentiles and Boxes 3.4 3, 8, 11, 15
Probability 4.1 7, 11, 15
April 20 Probability Rules 4.2 1, 14, 18, 25
Trees and Counting 4.3 5, 12, 25, 28
Random Variables and Distributions 5.1 1, 6, 14
HW 3 Sections 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 4.1, 4.2 are due April 22. (19 points)
April 22 Quiz 3,
Binomial Probabilities 5.2 4, 15, 18
Review Exam 1
April 27
Midterm Exam 1 (Chapters 1, 2, 3,
4)
HW 4 Sections 4.3, 5.1, 5.2 are due April 29. (10 points)
April 29 Quiz 4, The Normal Distribution 6.1 2, 9, 10, 14, 15
Area Under the Standard Normal Curve 6.2 1, 4, 7, 33, 40
May 4 Area Under a General Normal Curve 6.3 3, 10, 13, 16, 19, 26, 33, 36
Binomial and Normal Distributions 6.4 1, 4, 9, 12, 15
HW 5 Sections 6.1, 6.2, 6.3 are due May 6. (12 points)
May 6 Quiz 5, Sampling Distributions 7.1 2, 3, 4
The Central Limit Theorem 7.2 5, 8, 13, 16
May 11 Distributions of Proportions 7.3 3, 6, 11
Estimating
with Large Samples
8.1 2, 6, 7, 11, 14
HW 6 Sections 6.4, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3 are due May 13. (15 points)
May 13
Quiz 6, Estimating
with Small Samples
8.2 5b,
8b, 9b, 13b
Estimating p 8.3 1, 6, 9, 12, 17
Tentative Lecture
Schedule for Math 201 (Tuesday, Thursday)
Date
Topic Section
Homework
May 18 Choosing the Sample Size 8.4 1, 6, 11, 14, 20
Estimating
and p1 – p2
8.5
3, 6, 9, 13, 18
Hypothesis Testing 9.1 2, 3, 5, 6, 7
HW 7 Sections 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5 are due May 20. (20 points)
May 20 Quiz 7,
Hypothesis Tests for
9.2 1,
4, 7, 10, 13
Review Exam 2
May 25
Midterm 2 (Chapters 5, 6, 7, 8)
HW 8 ABSTRACT for project due and Sections 9.1, 9.2 are due May 27. (8 points)
May 27 Quiz 8, P – Values 9.3 1, 4, 5, 6, 9
Small Sample Hypothesis Testing 9.4 2, 5, 8, 11, 12
June 1 Hypothesis Tests for p 9.5 1, 4, 7, 11, 14
Tests with Paired Differences 9.6 1, 4, 8, 11, 14
HW 9 Sections 9.3, 9.4, 9.5 are due June 3. (12 points)
June 3 Quiz 9, Independent Samples 9.7 2, 5, 10, 15, 21
Paired Data and Scatter Plots 10.1 2, 3, 6, 9, 12, 14
June 8 Linear Regression 10.2 1, 6, 11, 14
Correlation 10.3 1, 6, 11, 14
HW 10 Sections 9.6, 9.7, 10.1, 10.2 are due June 10. (16 points)
June 10 Quiz 10, Chi-Square 11.1 1, 4, 5, 8
Goodness of Fit 11.2 1, 4, 7, 10
June 15 PROJECTS DUE
Review Exam 3
HW11 Sections 10.3, 11.1, 11.2 are due June 17. (12 points)
June 17 Midterm Exam 3 (Chapters 9, 10, 11)
Tuesday, June 22 Comprehensive Final Exam 6:00 – 7:50 PM