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MATH 201 (ONLINE) ELEMENTS of STATISTICS and PROBABILITY 5 UNITS Instructor Larry Green Office Phone Number 541-4660 Extension 341 Internet
Text: Instead of a traditional textbook, this class will use an interactive multimedia online learning system. This system is free of charge for this quarter only. For information about how to access the system please go to this pdf link. Course Description This course will cover data analysis including probability, distributions, sampling, hypothesis testing, confidence intervals, regression analysis, and nonparametric analysis. Student Learning Outcomes
Prerequisite A grade of C or better in Math 154A or an equivalent class within the past two years, or a satisfactory score on the assessment test. Grading Policy Your letter grade will be based on your percentage of possible points. A 90 -- 100% C 70 -- 79% B 80 -- 89% D 60 -- 69% Quizzes (Online): ................................ 200 points Proctored Midterm: November 10 ..... 200 points Project 1: October 13 ........................ 150 points Project 2: December 1 ......................... 150 points Proctored Final Exam: December 7 ..... 300 points
Exam Policy Students are to bring calculators, pencils or pens, and paper to each in class exam. A single 3"x5" note card may also be used. The note card can have writing on both sides. 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. Students may take the exam at LTCC's assessment center free of charge or can arrange for a proctoring service at any accredited college or university or other official center at their own expense. Without a proven medical excuse, a 10% per day penalty will be given for each day the midterm exam is taken late. The final exam cannot be taken late. The Midterm will be a proctored written exam to be taken by November 10. The final exam is a comprehensive proctored written that will be taken by December 7. You may take either exam as early as the Saturday before the deadline. Homework and Quiz Policy Homework is not turned in but is an essential part of this course. Each week the assignment will be posted on the Moodle. It is strongly recommended that you keep a journal of the written responses to the homework and quiz questions. This will help you prepare for the projects, midterm and final exam. Quizzes are due at 11:55 PM on Sundays, but it is recommended that you complete your quiz by Saturday night. Quizzes may be taken many times (before 11:55 PM on Sunday) until you are satisfied with you score. By October 20 at 11:55 PM, you must complete your online exam that covers Chapters 1 through 6. This exam is much longer than a quiz and can only be taken once. There is no time limit to take the quizzes and online exam, as long as you finish before the deadline. Live Webinars Larry will present a live webinar twice each week. Students are strongly encouraged to attend these live webinars, but may choose to instead view them as archived online videos if their schedules do not permit. The times and days of the webinars will be announced each week. They will change to allow for everyone to at least occasionally log in. In order to get credit for attending or viewing the webinar, you must email Larry by Sunday of that week with the secret word that will be given out during the webinar. Any student who does not participate in or view more than four of these webinars (submitted by an email to Larry by that Sunday) will either be dropped from the course (if before the drop date) or will be given an "F" for the course (if after the drop date). To enter the live webinar or get help during live office hours or live tutor hours click HERE. Projects Two projects will be created for this class. For Project 1, students will collect quantitative data and use a computer to display each of the charts discussed in class. For Project 2, students will conduct a survey and construct a confidence interval and perform a hypothesis test. Each project will include the results results and a narrative describing data collection, assumptions made, background information, how the data was analyzed, and conclusions. Unless specifically stated, all results must be computed using a computer or Statistics calculator and the computer generated results must be included with the project. The projects should be typed, double spaced, and have 12 point font. Students are to work in pairs. If you cannot work with a partner, then speak to your instructor about the possibility of working as a trio. A 10% penalty will be incurred on any student who cannot work with another student. Rubric for the Project Grades. Larry will be happy to look at a rough draft of your paper if you can bring or email it to him at least 24 hours before it is due. After receiving feedback, you can ask more questions, but only one rough draft of the paper will be reviewed by Larry. Note: If you chose a partner from the face-to-face class, the due date is the earlier of the two due dates. Q&A Forum There is a Q&A Forum set up on the Moodle site. For questions that are of interest to others in the class such as how to work out a statistics problem, please use the Q&A Forum rather than emailing Larry. If you do email Larry asking how to do a problem, you will just get a response asking you to post on the Q&A forum. For questions that are more individual such as personal grade issues, please email Larry
OFFICE HOURS: Larry will always be available immediately after the webinars at the Elluninate virtual room for one hour. This is a great time for question and answer time. Larry will also hold three additional general office hours. The Math Success Center (MSC) is the location upstairs where tutoring is provided. A210 is Larry's office which is also located upstairs. OFFICE HOURS: Monday ............................. 9:40 to 10:40 AM MSC Tuesday ............................. 9:00 to 10:00 AM A 210 Wednesday ..................... 9:40 to 10:40 AM A 210 Thursday ........................ 12:00 to 1:00 PM MSC Friday ............................. 9:40 to 10:40 AM A210 CALCULATORS: The TI 83, TI 84+ is required for this course. The TI 89 with the TI 83/84 downloaded or the TI nSpire will also work for this class. There are a limited number of TI 84+ calculators available for rent for $10 at the Library.
LEARNING DISABILITIES: If you have a learning disability, be sure to discuss your special needs with Larry. Learning disabilities will be accommodated and you may contact our disability resource center by email or by phone at (530) 541-4660 x 384. TUTORING: Tutors are available at no cost in A 201 (The Math Success Center). They are also available to help you in the CCC confer virtual classroom by appointment. A WORD ON HONESTY: Cheating or copying will not be tolerated. People who cheat dilute the honest effort of the rest of us. If you cheat on a quiz, exam, or project you will receive an F for the course, not merely for the test. Other college disciplinary action including expulsion might occur. Please don’t cheat in this class. If you are having difficulty with the course, please contact me.
SCHEDULE
Week 1 Chapter 1: Sampling Data
Week 2 Chapter 2: Descriptive Statistics Week 3 Chapter 4: Discrete Random
Variables Week 4
Chapter 6: The Normal Distribution Week 5 Chapter 7: The Central Limit Theorem
Week 6 Chapter 8: Confidence Intervals Week 7 Chapter 9: Hypothesis Testing: 1
Sample Week 8 Midterm (Chapters 1 through 10) Week 9 Chapter 11:
Chi-Square Tests Week 10 Chapter 12: Linear Regression and Correlation Week 11 Chapter 13: F Distribution and ANOVA Week 12 Final Exam (Proctored) Wednesday, December 7 HOW TO SUCCEED IN AN ONLINE MATH CLASS
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