Syllabus

NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COLLEGE

COURSE SYLLABUS

 

 

Course Title: Integrated Elementary Statistical Methods

Course Prefix & Number:

MATH 1342/ NCBM 0242

Section Number:  

540

Semester: Spring 2019

Semester Credit Hours: 5

Lecture Hours: 80

Lab Hours: 0

Course Description for MATH 1342 (NCTC Catalog): 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.

Course Description for NCBM 0242 (NCTC Catalog): The NCBO supports students in developing skills, strategies, and reasoning needed to succeed in mathematics, including communication and appropriate use of technology. Topics include the study of numeracy and the real number system; algebraic concepts, notation, and reasoning; quantitative relationships; mathematical models; and problem solving. This course does not count toward graduation at NCTC.

Course Prerequisite(s): Appropriate placement score on TSI or other approved assessment test.

Required or Recommended Course Materials:

Fundamentals of Statistics Informed Decisions using Data, 5th edition, Michael Sullivan, Pearson, 2018

MyStatLab (e-text included in MSL)

TI 30XS Multiview, TI-30X IIS, TI 83-84 or calculator with statistical capability is required

Computer Access with Microsoft Excel

 

INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION

Name of Instructor:

Ben Owens

Campus/Office Location:

Flower Mound 107

Office Hours:

Monday: 9:30-11:00 ; 12:30-2

Tuesday: 8-8:30 ; 12:30-2

Wednesday: 9:30-11:00 ; 12:30-2:00

Thursday: 8-8:30 ; 12:30-2

Fridays: by appointment only

Telephone Number:

940-498-6295

E-mail Address:

bowens@nctc.edu

 


 

GRADING CRITERIA

# of Graded Course Elements

Graded Course Elements

Percentage or Point Values

34

Homework (MyStatLab)

5%

10

Quizzes (MyStatLab)

5%

10

Excel Assignments (Canvas)

20%

4

Tests

50%

1

Final Exam

20%

Grade Scale for MATH 1342: 90 – 100% = A;   80 – 89% = B; 70 – 79% = C; 60 – 69% = D    Below 60% = F

Grade Scale for NCBM 0242: 70 – 100% = P;   Below 70% = F 

 

Late work policy:

For Homework Assignments in MyMathLab each problem may be attempted an unlimited amount of times.  For problems submitted after the due date a 30% late penalty will be given. 


For Quizzes in MyMathLab all problems must be attempted together and submitted at once.  There are three total attempts for the quizzes.  If a quiz is completed after the due date a 30% late penalty will be given.

 

For Excel Assignments there is no penalty for late work.  For these assignments students will be able to make corrections and resubmit work for full credit.  For Excel quizzes students may attempt an unlimited number of times.  The final due dates when each Excel assignment must be completed are at the instructor’s discretion.

 

If a student misses a test or the final exam they must contact the professor as soon as possible to make arrangements for taking the test.  If a test is not taken by the time the professor returns the graded tests to the class, the student will receive a 0 for that test (which may be replaced by grade on final exam—see below).  The lowest test grade will be replaced by the Final Exam grade if beneficial.

 

*The final exam is a departmental comprehensive statistics exam worth 20% of the overall grade in the class.  The final exam may also be used to replace the lowest unit test grade.  Note: The Final Exam is not dropped!  It will count 20% of the final grade no matter what!  The grade on the final will replace a previous test grade if beneficial for the student.

 

STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES FOR MATH 1342

 

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

1.

Explain the use of data collection and statistics as tools to reach reasonable conclusions.

2.

Recognize, examine and interpret the basic principles of describing and presenting data.

3.

Compute and interpret empirical and theoretical probabilities using the rules of probabilities and combinatorics.

4.

Explain the role of probability in statistics.

5.

Examine, analyze and compare various sampling distributions for both discrete and continuous random variables.

6.

Describe and compute confidence intervals.

7.

Solve linear regression and correlation problems.

8.

Perform hypothesis testing using statistical methods.

 

STUDENT EMAIL

All students at NCTC are assigned a student email address, also known as Lion Pride email. Lion Pride email can be accessed on the NCTC home page by clicking on MyNCTC, then the link “Lion Pride Email” to the left. After clicking the Lion Pride Email link, the Microsoft Office 365 window will open.
1. Enter your NCTC student e-mail address. (for example, Smithj123456@student.nctc.edu)

2. Enter your password (your NCTC Student ID Number, either 7 or 9 numbers).

3. From the list of Microsoft icons, choose MAIL.

4. You will be asked to set your language and local time zone (Central Time). Your account is now activated.

 

**It is the student’s responsibility to activate and regularly monitor the assigned NCTC (Lion Pride) e-mail account. Important announcements and notifications from the Admissions office, Financial Aid, or other college staff will be sent via the Lion Pride student email system.

 

For communicating with classmates and instructors, students also have an option to communicate through Canvas. Canvas messaging is NOT the same as Lion Pride e-mail. Failure to read and/or receive NCTC e-mails (either in Lion Pride or in Canvas) is no excuse for not complying with the College Prep Attendance Policy or any other school policies. Be sure to regularly check BOTH the Lion Pride email as well as the Canvas inbox for important messages and information.

 

TSI COMPLIANCE

At North Central Texas College, students who test but do not meet the passing scores in ALL sections of the TSI Assessment or any other THECB approved testing measurements are required by state law to obtain TSI advising and continuously enroll in a formal college preparatory studies (developmental) program every semester until all TSI requirements are satisfied. TSI program attendance is MANDATORY. Non-compliance with the rules of attendance will result in a student being WITHDRAWN from the college preparatory and the college-level math courses and possibly being placed on academic hold at North Central Texas College. Withdrawals are subject to college policies as set forth in the college catalog.

 

ATTENDANCE POLICY

Regular and punctual attendance is expected of all students in all College Prep classes for which they have registered. There are NO excused absences.  Faculty teaching College Preparatory courses will notify students of absences on a regular basis and one courtesy warning e-mail notification will be sent to the students’ current NCTC student e-mail address (Lion Pride email and/or Canvas email) when the student accrues 1 week absence (not necessarily consecutive days) in a course. Please check your NCTC student email (Lion Pride) frequently to ensure that you are receiving notifications from the college and from your instructors. Some faculty may send notifications in Canvas as well. Failure to read and/or receive NCTC e-mail (Lion Pride) is no excuse for not complying with the Attendance Policy. It is the student's responsibility to maintain correct and current e-mail and local and permanent addresses with the college.

 

After a student has been absent from class 2 weeks (not necessarily consecutive days), the student may be dropped. A student dropped from the College Prep math course will also be dropped from the co-requisite credit math course. After a student receives an F/W in the same College Prep course twice, the student will receive a hold so that the student is blocked from enrolling in any other course except the required College Prep courses in the subsequent semester. This hold will be enforced even in summer.

Inform the instructor in writing during the first week of class of any religious holidays observed this semester. Documentation must be given to the instructor at the class following the holiday.

Also, since punctuality has become a problem in recent semesters, three tardies may be considered one absence. Coming in late disrupts the class. Occasions do occur that you will need to be tardy, but not on a consistent basis.

 

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE

 

Week 1

 

Course Overview / Statistics Basics (1.1)

Designed Experiments/ Observational Studies (1.2)

 

Simple Random Sampling (1.3)

Sampling Techniques/Bias in Sampling (1.4 &1.5)

 

 

 

H1 – 1.1

H2 – 1.2

 

Week 2

 

Organizing Qualitative Data (2.1)

Organizing Quantitative Data (2.2)

 

Graphical Misrepresentation of Data (2.3)

Measures of Central Tendency (3.1)

H3 – 1.3

H4 – 1.4

 

H5 – 1.5

H6 – 2.1

Excel Assignment #1
BLS #1

Week 3

 

Measures of Central Tendency (3.1)

Measures of Dispersion (3.2)

 

Grouped Data (3.3)
Review for Test 1

H7 – 2.2

H8 – 2.3

H9 – 3.1

H10 – 3.2

Excel Assignment #2

Graphs / Histograms

Week 4

 

Test 1 – February 12th

Measures of Position (3.4)
Five Number Summary / Boxplots (3.5)

Ch. 1 Quiz

Ch. 2 Quiz

 

H11 – 3.3

Excel Assignment #3
Using Formulas in Excel

Week 5

 

Scatter Plots and Correlation (4.1)

 

Least Squares Regression (4.2)

H12 – 3.4

H13 – 3.5

 

H14 – 4.1

Excel #4
Correlation/Regression

Week 6

 

Probability Basics (5.1)
Addition Rule and Complements (5.2)

 

Multiplication Rule / Independence (5.3)
Review for Test 2

H15 – 4.2


H16 – 5.1

H17 – 5.2

 

Week 7

Test 2 – March 5th

 

Conditional Probability (5.4)

Counting Techniques (5.5)

Ch. 3 Quiz

Ch. 4 Quiz

 

H18 – 5.3

Excel #5

Counting/Probability

 

 

Spring Break!  March 11-16

 

 

 

Week 8

 

Probability Practice (5.6)

Discrete Random Variables (6.1)

Binomial Distribution (6.2)

H19 – 5.4

H20 – 5.5

 

H21 – 5.6

H22 – 6.1

Excel #6

Binomial Distribution

Week 9

 

Normal Distribution (7.1)

Applications of Normal Distribution (7.2)

 

Normal Approx. to the Binomial (7.4)

Review for Test 3

H23 – 6.2

 

 

H24 – 7.1

H25 – 7.2

Excel #7A

Normal Distribution

Week 10

 

Test 3 – April 2nd

 

 

Inferential Statistics Overview

Distribution of the Sample Mean (8.1)

Ch. 5 Quiz

Ch. 6 Quiz

Ch. 7 Quiz

 

H26 – 7.4

 

Week 11

 

Distribution of the Sample Proportion (8.2)

 

Estimating Population Proportion (9.1)

H27 – 8.1

 

H28 – 8.2

Excel #7B

Sampling Distributions

Week 12

 

Estimating Population Mean  (9.2)

 

Confidence Intervals (9.3)

H29 – 9.1

 

H30 – 9.2

Excel #8

Confidence Intervals

Week 13

 

Hypothesis Testing (10.1)

 

Hypothesis Test for Population Prop. (10.2)

H31 – 9.3

 

H32 – 10.1

 

Week 14

 

Hypothesis Test for Population Mean (10.3)

 

Review for Test 4

H33 – 10.2

 

H34 – 10.3


Week 15

 

Test 4 – May 7th

 

Review for Final Exam

Ch. 8 Quiz

Ch. 9 Quiz

Ch. 10 Quiz

 

 

Week 16

No Class Tuesday May 14th (Final Exam Week)

Final Exam – May 16th 9:30 – 11:30

 

 

LAST DAY TO WITHDRAW

Last day to withdraw from a course with a “W” is Thursday, April 4, 2019.

 

MATH LAB

Students who need help with any math class can visit the NCTC Mathematics Lab to receive assistance. No appointments are necessary. See the most current tutoring hours for all five campuses at http://www.nctc.edu/student-services/student-success/tutoring/mathematics-lab.html.

 

TIMES SUBJECT TO CHANGE BASED ON TUTOR AVAILABILITY:

GAINESVILLE –

1403 (Library)

CORINTH –

182

FLOWER MOUND –

2nd floor in MSU

Mon & Thurs

9:00 am – 4:00 pm

Mon – Thurs

8:30 am – 6:30 pm

Mon & Wed

9:00 am – 3:00 pm

Tues & Wed

9:00 am – 5:00 pm

 

Tues & Thurs

9:00 am – 3:00 pm

Fri 9:00 am – 12:00 pm

Fri 9:00 am – 12:00 pm

Fri 9:00 am – 12:00 pm

Sun 1:00 – 5:00 pm

Sat 10:00 am – 1:00 pm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DISABILITY SERVICES (OSD)

The Office for Students with Disabilities (OSD) provides accommodations for students who have a documented disability. On the Corinth Campus, go to room 170 or call 940-498-6207. On the Gainesville Campus, go to room 110 or call 940-668-4209.  Students on the Bowie, Graham, Flower Mound, and online campuses should call 940-498-6207.

North Central Texas College is committed to both the spirit and letter of federal equal opportunity legislation, including the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990, ADA Amendments Act of 2009, and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (P.L. 93-112).   http://www.nctc.edu/catalog/student-services/office-students-with-disabilities.html  

 

STUDENT HANDBOOK

Students are expected to follow all rules and regulations found in the student handbook. https://www.nctc.edu/_documents/academics/student-handbook.pdf

 

 

Name of Chair/Coordinator:

Elizabeth Howell

Office Location:

Corinth 236

Telephone Number:

940.498.6209

E-mail Address:

ehowell@nctc.edu

Name of Instructional Dean:

Sara Flusche

Office Location:

Gainesville 1306

Telephone Number:

940.668.3351

E-mail Address:

sflusche@nctc.edu

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CAMPUS RESTRICTIONS

Tobacco-Free Campus:  NCTC restricts the use of all tobacco products, including cigarettes, e-cigarettes, cigars, pipes, and smokeless tobacco, on campus property.

 

Campus Carry: Effective August 1, 2017, a license holder may carry a concealed handgun on or about the license holder's person while the license holder is on the campus of an institution of higher education or private or independent institution of higher education in this state. For more information, see the website at http://www.nctc.edu/police/campus-carry.html