Course Name & Number

MATH1342.100

Elementary Statistical Methods

Semester/Year
Class Time Location

Spring 2017

MWF 11:00 – 11:50
Rm 808

Instructor's Name

Office Phone #

E-mail Address

Office #

Ben Owens
940-668-7731 Ext. 4501
bowens@nctc.edu

COR 233, GAINES 825

Office Hours

Gainesville

MW: 12:00 – 2:30

Corinth

TR: 11:00–12:30; 2:00–3:00

Catalog Description

Prerequisite:  Meet TSI college-readiness standard for Elementary Statistics; or equivalent  48 lecture hours………………………………………………3 credit hours

Collection, analysis, presentation and interpretation of data, and probability. Analysis includes descriptive statistics, correlation and regression, confidence intervals and hypothesis testing. Use of appropriate technology is recommended.

Textbook & Materials Required/ Recommended

Fundamentals of Statistics Informed Decisions using Data 4th Edition Michael Sullivan (A physical copy of the text book is not required)

MyMathLab Access Required (See Course Homepage for instructions)

Calculator with statistical capability (TI-30X IIS / TI 83-84 or equivalent)

Computer Access with Microsoft Excel

Learning Outcomes

At the successful completion of this course the student will be able to:

• Explain the use of data collection and statistics as tools to reach reasonable conclusions.
• Recognize, examine and interpret the basic principles of describing and presenting data.
• Compute and interpret empirical and theoretical probabilities using the rules of

      probabilities and combinatorics.

• Explain the role of probability in statistics.
• Examine, analyze and compare various sampling distributions for both discrete and continuous random variables.
• Describe and compute confidence intervals.
• Solve linear regression and correlation problems.
• Perform hypothesis testing using statistical methods.

Scholastic Integrity

Scholastic dishonesty shall include, but not be limited to cheating on a test, plagiarism, and collusion.  See Student Handbook “Student Rights & Responsibilities:  Student Conduct [FLB (LOCAL)]” #20 on page 175.

Attendance Policy

Regular and punctual attendance is expected of all students in all classes for which they have registered.  Students are responsible for keeping up with what occurs in class when they are absent.  Dropping a course is the student's responsibility, but you MAY be dropped for excessive absence.  See Attendance Regulations in the North Central Texas College Catalog.

Grading Policy & Procedures

Homework (MyStatLab) – 10%

Quizzes (MyStatLab) – 5%

Excel Assignments (Canvas) – 25%

Tests (In Class) – 40% (4 tests @ 10% each)

Final Exam (In Class) – 20%

The lowest regular test grade will be replaced by final exam grade if beneficial.  The final exam will not be dropped.  At the end of the semester two homework assignments and one quiz grade will be dropped.  Due dates can be found on MyStatLab.

Tentative Test Schedule

Test 1 – February 8

Test 2 – March 1

Test 3 – April 3

Test 4 – April 28

Final Exam – Monday, May 8^th, 11:00 – 12:50

Disability Services (OSD)

The Office for Students with Disabilities (OSD) provides accommodations for students who have a documented disability.  A disability is anything that can interfere with learning, such as a learning disability, psychological challenge, physical illness or injury. Accommodations may include extra time on tests, tests in a distraction reduced environment, volunteer note taker in class, etc.

On the Corinth Campus, go to room 170 or call 940-498-6207. On the Gainesville Campus, go to room 110 in the Administration (100) Building or call 940-668-4209.  Students on the Bowie, Graham, Flower Mound, and online campuses should call 940-668-4209 to arrange for an intake appointment with OSD.

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Support Services

Counseling and Testing staff offer a variety of services to current and prospective students, such as College 101, placement testing, academic advising and course registration, transfer assistance, and College Success seminars (Time Management, Study Skills, Test Anxiety, Choosing a Major, Learning Style Strategies, Career Exploration), and much more.  http://www.nctc.edu/StudentServices/CounselingTesting.aspx

Student Success offers academic coaching, tutoring, including a Writing Center, a Math Lab, free 24/7 online tutoring through Grade Results and assist new students acclimate to college by providing computer lab services for prospective students.   First generation students can also participate in TRIO which offers specialized support services.

http://www.nctc.edu/StudentServices/SupportServices.aspx

Financial Aid offers financial resources for students that qualify, visit the financial aid offices for more information.  http://www.nctc.edu/FInancialAidHome.aspx

EEOC Statement

  North Central Texas College does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national

  origin, gender, religion, age, or disability in the employment or the provision of services.

Week 1

1/16-1/20

Monday: Holiday

Course Overview

Statistics Basics (1.1)

Observational Studies and Designed Experiments (1.2)

Excel Assignment #1
BLS #1

Week 2

1/23-1/27

Simple Random Sampling (1.3)

Sampling Techniques(1.4)

Bias in Sampling (1.5)

Organizing Qualitative Data (2.1)

H1 – 1.1

H2 – 1.2

H3 – 1.3

H4 – 1.4

Excel Assignment #2

Class Data Assignment

Week 3

1/30-2/3

Organizing Quantitative Data (2.2)

Graphical Misrepresentation of Data (2.3)

Measures of Central Tendency (3.1)

Measures of Dispersion (3.2)

H5 – 1.5

H6 – 2.1

H7 – 2.2

H8 – 2.3

Excel Assignment #3
Histograms

Week 4

2/6-2/10

Review for Test 1

Test 1

Grouped Data (3.3)

H9 – 3.1

H10 – 3.2

Quiz 1 due

Quiz 2 due

Week 5

2/13-2/17

Measures of Position (3.4)

Five Number Summary / Boxplots (3.5)

Scatter Plots and Correlation (4.1)

Least Squares Regression (4.2)

H11 – 3.3

H12 – 3.4

H13 – 3.5

Excel Assignment #4
Using Formulas in Excel

Week 6

2/20-2/24

Probability Basics (5.1)

Addition Rule and Complements (5.2)

Multiplication Rule / Independence (5.3)

H14 – 4.1

H15 – 4.2

H16 – 5.1

Excel Assignment #5

Scatter Plots and Regression

Week 7

2/27-3/3

Review for Test 2

Test 2

Conditional Probability (5.4)

H17 – 5.2

H18 – 5.3

Quiz 3 due

Quiz 4 due

Week 8

3/6-3/10

Counting Techniques (5.5)

Probability Practice (5.6)

Discrete Random Variables (6.1)

H19 – 5.4

H20 – 5.5

H21 – 5.6

Excel Assignment #6

BLS #2

Week 9

3/20-3/24

Binomial Distribution (6.2)

Normal Distribution (7.1)

Applications of Normal Distribution (7.2)

H22 – 6.1

H23 – 6.2

Excel Assignment #7

Binomial Distribution

Week 10

3/27-3/31

Normal Approximation to the Binomial (7.4)

Binomial Distribution v. Hypergeometric Distribution

Review for Test 3

H24 – 7.1

H25 – 7.2

H26 – 7.4

Excel Assignment #8

Normal Distribution

Week 11

4/3-4/7

Test 3

Distribution of the Sample Mean (8.1)

Distribution of the Sample Proportion (8.2)

Quiz 5 due

Quiz 6 due

Quiz 7 due

Week 12

4/10-4/14

Confidence Intervals

Estimating Population Proportion (9.1)

Estimating Population Mean (9.2)

Confidence Intervals (9.3)

H27 – 8.1

H28 – 8.2

H29 – 9.1

Week 13

4/17-4/21

Hypothesis Tests

Hypothesis Testing (10.1)

Hypothesis Test for Pop. Proportion (10.2)

Hypothesis Test for Population Mean (10.3)

H30 – 9.2

H31 – 9.3

H32 – 10.1

Excel Assignment #9
Confidence Intervals

Week 14

4/24-4/28

Review Hypothesis Tests

Review for Test 4

Test 4

H33 – 10.2

H34 – 10.3

Excel Assignment #10
Hypothesis Tests

Quiz 8 due

Quiz 9 due

Quiz 10 due

Week 15

5/1-5/5

Review for Final Exam