MATH 201 (ONLINE)
ELEMENTS of STATISTICS and PROBABILITY
5 UNITS
Instructor Larry
Green
Office Phone Number 541-4660
Extension 341
Internet
Textbook: Instead
of a traditional textbook, this class will use a free interactive
multimedia online learning system. Printed versions are for sale in
the college bookstore. Follow the link to view
the textbook: http://cnx.org/contents/30189442-6998-4686-ac05-ed152b91b9de@17.44/Preface (Links
to an external site.)
Course Description This
course will cover data analysis including probability,
distributions, sampling, hypothesis testing, confidence intervals,
regression analysis, and nonparametric analysis.
Student Learning Outcomes
- Design and implement an unbiased
study that will produce sound statistical results.
- Generate and interpret statistics
and graphs from data that arise from surveys and experiments.
- Implement the rules of
probability.
- Apply confidence intervals and
test hypotheses to make conclusions about data that come from
practical applications.
- Perform regression analysis to
make informed predictions about relationships between
quantitative variables.
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): ..................................
100 points
Discussions (Online):
...............................100 points
Proctored Midterm: By February 24 ....... 200 points
Project 1: By
January 31 ....................... 150 points
Project 2: By March
13 ............................. 150 points
Proctored Final Exam: By March 23 ....... 300 points
Exam Policy Students
are to bring calculators, pencils or pens, and paper to each
proctored 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. Students need to inform the
instructor of the proctoring logistics at least three days before
taking the exam. 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 February 24.
The final exam is a comprehensive proctored written exam that will
be taken by March 23. You may take either exam as early
as the Saturday before the deadline. You will receive your midterm
grade within one week of the due date and your final exam and course
grade by March 28.
Quiz
Policy Quizzes are to be done on the Canvas site by
the due date. It is strongly recommended that you keep a
journal of the written responses to the 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 work by Friday night. Quizzes may be taken many
times (before 11:55 PM on Sunday) until you are satisfied with you
score. Time extensions will only be given if they are
requested by the Friday before they are due. By February 7 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 for the homework,
quizzes and online exam, as long as you finish before the deadline.
Discussions Each week, except during midterm week, you
will be asked to post to the discussion board and reply to a
student's post. Please post Thursday or earlier and reply by
Sunday. When you are asked to find a link to an application, you
will want to search for a journal article, news article, or course
video. One resource for course videos is here (Links
to an external site.).
The grade on the discussion post and reply will be based on how
relevant the post is and whether your reply is correctly stated and
provides thoughtful insight. Your reply must be sent in by 11:59 pm
on the Sunday it is due.
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
submit the secret word that will be given out during the webinar
to Larry by Sunday of that week. . Any student who does not
participate in or view more than four of these webinars on time 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). Any
student who does not attend the orientation webinar will be dropped
from the class at the end of the first week of classes. In
addition, a 1% course penalty will be given for each webinar that is
not viewed. To enter the live webinar or get help during live
office hours or live tutor hours click HERE (Links
to an external site.).
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 (Links
to an external site.),
students will conduct a survey and construct a confidence interval
and perform a hypothesis test. Each project will include the
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 spread sheet program 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 or trios. A 15% penalty will be
incurred on any student who cannot work with another student. 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. You will receive your project
grade within one week of its due date.
Q&A Forum There is a Q&A Forum set up on the Canvas.
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. Larry will usually
respond within an hour or two and always within 24 hours.
Anonymous Feedback You are encouraged to provide anonymous
feedback for this class. This will help your instructor make
improvements to the course for you and for future students. Go to this
link to provide anonymous feedback.
Netiquitte Guidelines To
find these guidelines click
here.
OFFICE HOURS: Larry
will always be available immediately after the webinars at the
Elluninate virtual room for one hour or when the last person has
logged off whichever comes first. This is a great time for
question and answer time. Larry will also hold five additional
general office hours. The Math Success Center (MSC) is the
location upstairs where the face to face tutoring is provided.
Click on the "NetTutor-FREE Online Tutoring" on the right side bar
to get 24/7 online tutoring help. A210 is Larry's office which is
also located upstairs.
Monday
............................ 12:40 to 1:40 pm A 210
Tuesday ............................ 9:00 to 10:00 am
A210
Wednesday .................... 12:40 to 1:40 pm
A210
Thursday ........................ 12:00 to 1:00 pm
A210
Friday.............................. 12:40 to 1:40 pm
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 $5 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 (Links
to an external site.) 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 (Links
to an external site.)).
The virtual tutors are also available to help you. Click on the
"NetTutor-FREE Online Tutoring" on the right side bar to get 24/7
online tutoring help.
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
Chapter 2: Descriptive Statistics (First Part)
Week 2
Chapter 2: Descriptive Statistics (Second Part)
Chapter 3: Probability
Week 3
Chapter 4: Discrete Random Variables
Chapter 5: Continuous Random Variables
Week 4
Chapter 6: The Normal Distribution
Project
1: by January 31
Week 5
Chapter 7: The Central Limit Theorem
Online Exam by February 7
Week 6
Chapter 8: Confidence Intervals
Week 7
Chapter 9: Hypothesis Testing: 1 Sample
Week 8 Midterm (Chapters
1 through 10) by February 24
Chapter 10: Hypothesis Testing: 2 Samples
Week 9 Chapter
11: Chi-Square Tests
Video
on programming Goodness of Fit Into Your Calculator (Links
to an external site.)
Week 10 Chapter 12:
Linear Regression and Correlation
Project
2 by March 13
Week 11 Chapter 13: F
Distribution and ANOVA
Week 12 Final
Exam (Proctored) Wednesday, By March 23
HOW TO SUCCEED IN AN ONLINE MATH CLASS
- Come to every virtual class
meeting.
- Get online early, get yourself
settled, spend a few minutes looking at your notes from the
previous class meeting, and have your materials ready when class
starts.
- Read each section before it is
discussed in the webinars.
- Do some math every day.
- Start preparing for the exams at
least a week in advance.
- Submit your homework and quizzes
at least 24 hours before it is due. Computer problems always
seem to occur at the worst times.
- Stay after lecture for the online
office hour.
- Get help from a tutor or from
your instructor whenever you are confused. Your instructor is
there to help you pass. With hard work, many hours on task, and
persistence, you can achieve your goals.
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