Central Connecticut State University Stat 104: Elementary Statistics CRN 42197 3.0 Credit Hours Spring 2017 1 Tuesdays and Thursdays 10:50 a.m. to 12:05 p.m. Henry Barnard Hall Room 118 Instructor: Nicole Ferrari Office Hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays 9:45 a.m. 10:45 a.m. or by appointment in Barnard Hall Room 120 Office Phone: 860-832-2366 Email: nicole.ferrari@ccsu.edu Course Description: Citizens of the information age need to become savvy consumers of statistical knowledge. Toward this end, the major objectives of Stat 104 are to introduce students to the methods and interpretations of (a) descriptive statistics and (b) inferential statistics. The course description for Stat 104 reads as follows: Intuitive treatment of some fundamental concepts involved in collecting, presenting, and analyzing data. Topics include frequency distributions, graphical presentations, measures of relative position, measures of variability, probability, probability distributions (binomial and normal), sampling theory, regression, and correlation. Course Materials: Required Text: Discovering Statistics (2015 Media Update, 2 nd edition, custom-published edition) by Daniel LaRose; W.H. Freeman and Company, New York. Required technology: TI83, TI83 Plus, TI84, or TI84 Plus is required. Discovering Statistics provides explicit instruction for all necessary computations using this calculator in the Step-by- Step Technology Guide located at the end of most chapter sections. Blackboard Learn: This class will not use Blackboard Learn, email, or any other electronic applications for the distribution or collection of assignments or exams. All assignments will be passed out and collected IN CLASS, and all exams will be administered DURING CLASS on the dates indicated in the syllabus. The only time you will need to access Blackboard Learn for this class is if you would like to check your grades or access supplemental materials. I intend to post unofficial exam grades and final grades on Blackboard Learn as the semester progresses. Evaluation and Grading: Your final grade in Stat 104 will based on a possible total of 1000 points and will be comprised of the following elements: Two exams each worth 25% of your grade (250 points each): 500 Comprehensive final exam worth 30% of your grade (300 points): 300 Homework assignments worth 15% of your grade (150 points total): 150 Chapter quizzes worth 5% of your grade (50 points total): 50 Total of 1000
2 Tests and the Final Exam: There will be no make-ups if you are absent for a test without written documentation of an extreme emergency that prevented you from taking the exam. Written documentation must be provided to the instructor within 24 hours of the scheduled exam time. In the event of an extreme emergency, the instructor will determine how to compensate for the missed exam. The instructor is under no obligation to offer any type of make-up exam, and will determine on a case-by-case basis if an absence from an exam is excused. If you have an extreme emergency on more than one test day, then you will need to withdraw from the class (or you will fail if it is too late in the semester to withdraw). Due to scheduling restrictions, there will be no opportunity to either make-up or drop the final exam. Mini-Quizzes: Chapter mini-quizzes will be brief quizzes given at the beginning of class on the days a textbook reading will be due. If you are absent or late to class, you will miss the mini-quiz and you will NOT have an opportunity to make it up. There will be up to 20 possible miniquizzes. I will count the highest 10 grades toward your quiz total, so you will have the opportunity to miss or drop up to 10 mini-quizzes and still get 100% of the quiz points that count toward your final grade. Each min-quiz will be worth 5 points. The quizzes will NOT cover complicated concepts, but are simply designed to reward students who read the chapter and arrive to class on time. These min-quizzes offer students a built-in chance for extra credit in the class. I will credit the points you get on all the quizzes toward your overall final grade. So, if you get points for 20 quizzes, you will get the full 50 points for your quiz grade (10 quizzes at 5 points each), and an extra 50 points toward your final grade (10 extra quizzes at 5 points each). Because of this built-in extra credit opportunity, there will be no extra credit assignments in this class. Homework: The homework assignments will involve presenting and analyzing real data in a way that reflects an understanding of textbook concepts. The homework assignments will not be accepted via email. You must have a hard copy ready to hand in at the beginning of class on the day the homework is due. Late assignments will be accepted with a 20-point penalty at the beginning of the first class after the homework was due. Homework that is more than 1 class period late will NOT be accepted and a zero will be assigned. If you are prone to absences or illness, you may hand in the homework early to avoid a possible late penalty. Your final grade will be calculated based on the following scale: 94-100% A 90-93% A- 87-89% B+ 84-86% B 80-83% B- 77-79% C+ 74-76% C 70-73% C- 67-69% D+ 64-66% D 60-63% D- 0-59% F
Attendance: Attendance is essential for success in this class. All students are expected to attend all class sessions. Regular attendance and being on time for all classes is a minimum obligation for college courses, and is an integral part of the learning process. Regular attendance relates positively to student success; students who attend class regularly are more likely to earn If you must miss a class, I will assume you have a very good reason to do so, and you do not need to contact me directly. You will be responsible for getting the notes given in your absence from another student. If a situation arises that will necessitate your absence for more than a week at a time, please let me know, and we can discuss if you need to withdraw from the course. As mentioned previously, there will be no make-ups of tests and quizzes. If you miss more than one test, you will automatically fail the course. If you are absent when a homework assignment is due, you may hand it in ONLY during the following class period, and you will lose 20 points as a late penalty. Homework assignments that are more than one class period late will NOT BE ACCEPTED and a ZERO will be assigned. 3 Academic Integrity: Central Connecticut State University is committed to academic integrity. An academically honest student submits for evaluation only such work, including tests, papers, reports, presentations or ideas that have been written, performed or created solely by that student. On those occasions when the stated rules of a course permit collaborative efforts, the contributions of other individuals and sources should be appropriately acknowledged. It is, at all times, the responsibility of the student to maintain conduct consistent with the concept and definition of academic integrity. Plagiarism is the act of taking someone else s idea, writing or work, and passing it off as one s own. If you fail to give credit to the source of the material, whether directly quoted or put in your own words, this lack of credit constitutes plagiarism. Whether you take, buy or receive material from the Internet, from a book, from another student or from any other source, and you fail to give credit, you are stealing ideas; you are engaged in plagiarizing. Plagiarism is a serious violation of academic standards and has serious academic consequences for the student. For any instance of academic misconduct, students may receive a failing grade for this course that is permanently recorded on their academic transcript. From a disciplinary standpoint, an Academic Misconduct Report will be filed with the University Judicial Officer and this may result in a University disciplinary hearing. Please see the Student Handbook for further information regarding CCSU s Academic Misconduct Policy.
4 Incompletes: An incomplete is a temporary grade assigned by the faculty member when coursework is missing and the student agrees to complete the requirements. Incompletes are assigned when there are extenuating circumstances, such as illness, that prevent a student from completing the coursework on time. A student may request an Incomplete, but a faculty member is not required to honor the request. Incompletes are not permitted when students have missed large portions of course material. Withdrawal Policy: Withdrawal requests will not be accepted after the withdrawal deadline. Students considering withdrawal from this course must ultimately do so by the deadline posted in the University Calendar. For this semester, that deadline is April 17, 2017. Class Cancellation Policy: If class is cancelled by CCSU due to inclement weather conditions or other emergency, the best way to access this information is via the University s snow phone at 860-832-3333. Cancellation information can also typically be found at www.ccsu.edu. If there is a late start and campus does not open until 11:00 a.m. (or later), we will not meet for class. Campus must be open by the start of class for this class to meet. Students with Disabilities: The Student Disability Services office is located in Carroll Hall Room 246, and their phone number is 860-832-1952. Please contact me privately to discuss your specific needs if you believe you need course accommodations based on the impact of a disability, medical condition, or if you have emergency medical information to share. I will need a copy of the accommodation letter from Student Disability Services in order to arrange any class accommodations. Contact Student Disability Services if you are not already registered with them and feel you should be. Student Disability Services maintains the confidential documentation of your disability and assists you in coordinating reasonable accommodations with your faculty. Only students with a disability documented through Student Disability Services will be considered for special accommodations for this class. Tutoring Services: Statistics can be a difficult subject for many students, and this class will move quickly through a large number of topics during the upcoming semester. If you think you could benefit from extra support in this class, I would encourage you to contact The Learning Center at CCSU (www.ccsu.edu/tlc, Carroll Hall room 016, 860-832-1900) to take advantage of their free tutoring services. The Learning Center offers free drop-in tutoring specifically for STAT 104 classes; the schedule for individual tutors can be found on their website. Cell phone policy: Remember to SILENCE your cell phones.
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Course Outline and Assignment Dates: All chapter readings are from the Larose textbook 6 Tuesday, January 17 Class intro, topics from Chapter 1 Thursday, January 19 The Nature of Statistics Chapter 1, sections 1.1 and 1.2, pages 1-21 Tuesday, January 24 Graphs and Tables Chapter 2, sections 2.1 and 2.2, pages 38-70 Thursday, January 26 Measures of Center Chapter 3, section 3.1, pages 88-100 Tuesday, January 31 Measures of Variability Chapter 3, section 3.2, pages 104-114 Thursday, February 2 Measures of Positions and Outliers Chapter 3, sections 3.4 and 3.5, pages 123-144 Tuesday, February 7 Thursday, February 9 Continued Topics for Describing Data Numerically Scatterplots and Correlation Chapter 4, section 4.2, pages 156-165 Tuesday, February 14 Introduction to Regression Chapter 4, section 4.2, pages 171-180 Thursday, February 16 Test review Tuesday, February 21 Test #1 Thursday, February 23 Tuesday, February 28 Probability Rules Chapter 5, sections 5.1, 5.2, and 5.3, pages 201 211, 217 22, 225-232 Continued Probability Topics Thursday, March 2 Discrete Random Variables Chapter 6, section 6.1 pages 258-270 Tuesday, March 7 Thursday, March 9 Binomial Probability Distribution Chapter 6, section 6.2, pages 273-283 Continuous Random Variables/Normal Probability Distribution, Chapter 6, sections 6.4 and 6.5 pages 294-310 March 13 March 19 Spring Break No Classes Tuesday, March 21 Standard Normal Distribution, Chapter 6, sections 6.5 (again) and 6.6, pages 302-322
Thursday, March 23 7 Central Limit Theorem for Means, Chapter 7, sections 7.1 and 7.2, pages 336-355 Tuesday, March 28 Z-interval for the Population Mean, Chapter 8, section 8.1, pages 368-381 Thursday, March 30 t-interval for the Population Mean, Chapter 8, section 8.2, pages 386-396 Tuesday, April 4 Thursday, April 6 Continued Topics of Intervals for Population Means Test review Tuesday, April 11 Test #2 Thursday, April 13 Introduction to Hypothesis Testing, Chapter 9, section 9.1, pages 422-429 Monday, April 17 Last day to withdraw from full semester course without approval Tuesday, April 18 Continued Introduction to Hypothesis Testing, Chapter 9, section 9.2, pages 430-436 Thursday, April 20 Tests for Population Means, Chapter 9, section 9.3, pages 439-448 Tuesday, April 25 Tests for Population Means, Chapter 9, section 9.4, pages 454-465 Thursday, April 27 Tuesday, May 2 Thursday, May 4 Thursday, May 11 Tests for Population Proportions, Chapter 8, section 8.3, pages 400 408, Chapter 9, section 9.5, pages 468-476 Hypothesis testing review Final review Final exam (10:30 a.m. 12:30 p.m.)