NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COLLEGE COURSE SYLLABUS

 

Course Title:	Elementary Statistical Methods
Course Prefix & Number:	MATH 1342	Section Number:	321/322	Semester/Year:	Summer 2019
Semester Credit Hours:	3	Lecture Hours:	48	Lab Hours:
Course Description (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 Prerequisite(s): Meet TSI college-readiness standard for Elementary Statistics; or equivalent
Required or Recommended Course Materials: Fundamentals of Statistics: Informed Decisions Using Data 5th edition, Michael Sullivan III, 2018, Pearson MyStatsLab (e-text included in MSL) TI-30X IIS or TI 83-84 calculator is required NOTE: Phone calculators will not be allowed on exams.

 

INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION

Name of Instructor:	Jason Rutledge
Campus/Office Location:	Corinth – Room: 206
Office Hours:	By Appointment (Email the instructor for flexible days and times)
Telephone Number:	(940) 498 – 6286
E-mail Address:	jrutledge@nctc.edu

 

STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES (From Academic Course Guide Manual/Workforce Education Course Manual/NCTC Catalog)

 

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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

GRADING CRITERIA

 

MML Quizzes: (20% of Overall Average)*

All of the quizzes are done online using MyStatsLab (MSL), which can be accessed through Canvas. You will be able to attempt each quiz at most 5 times before the due date and time. Each attempt must be completed in one sitting. (So plan ahead and make sure you have enough time to complete that quiz before you begin.)

 

Tests and the Final Exam: (80% of Overall Average)**

There will be 3 tests and a comprehensive Final Exam. Each test is worth 20% of your overall average and the Final will also be worth 20%, for a grand total of 80%. You want to make sure you are super ready for each test. NO MAKE-UP TESTS. Tests will be administered in class and you will be allowed pen/pencil, scratch paper (supplied by the instructor) and an appropriate calculator (when authorized by the instructor).

 

Test #1 – Monday July 22^nd – Chapter 1, Chapter 2 and Sections 3.1 to 3.3

Test #2 – Monday July 29^th – Sections 3.4 and 3.5, Chapter 4 and Sections 5.1 to 5.4

Test #3 – Monday August 5^tb – Section 5.5, Chapter 6 and Chapter 7

Final Exam – Thursday August 15^th – Comprehensive (Chapters 1 through 10)

 

Homework (NOT FOR A GRADE)

The online homework is not a graded component of this course. However, choosing not to do them will GREATLY increase your chances of failing the course. The homework assignments are not designed to be fully completed for every section. (Basically, there are a lot of problems. Hopefully, more than you will need to master the material.) In my very humble opinion, if you are looking to make a 100 on every homework that will be a tough goal to attain. Instead, use these as practice to better understand the material and a source to ask questions for clarification. Quality is better than quantity.

 

Online Homework: A limitation of MSL is that the final answer is all that matters. As you will soon learn, on my tests the work that supports that final answer is FAR more important. (To be honest, on the tests I am far less concerned with whether or not your final answer is right or wrong. How well does the work you supply support that response?)

 

Offline Homework: There is a list of problems from the book given in Canvas. This can be a great place to reinforce the online materials. Since on the tests the work you supply is more important than the answers you find, this is a great place to get some practice.

 

*The lowest two (2) quiz grades will be dropped from the calculations of the final grade.

**The final exam is a comprehensive exam and must be taken by all students. The final exam may also be used to replace the lowest intrasemester test grade. 

 

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

 

Last day to withdraw from a Summer I course with a “W” is Saturday August 3, 2019.

 

 

 

 

 

Tentative Statistics Schedule

 

 

Regular and punctual attendance is expected of all students in all classes for which they have registered.  All absences are considered to be unauthorized unless the student is absent due to illness or emergencies.  It is the student’s responsibility to provide documentation as to the emergency for approval by the faculty member.  Approved college-sponsored activities are also excused absences.  The instructor is responsible for judging the validity of any reason given for an absence.  Valid reasons for absence, however, do not relieve the student of the responsibility for making up required work.  Students will not be allowed to make up an examination missed due to absence unless the absence is documented and excused by the instructor.  Student will be dropped from a class by the Registrar upon recommendation of the instructor who feels the student has been justifiably absent or tardy a sufficient number of times to preclude meeting the course’s objectives.    Persistent, unjustified absences from classes or laboratories will be considered sufficient cause for College officials to drop a student from the rolls of the College. From Board Policy FC (LOCAL)

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o         Communication

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o         Creative Arts

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o         Component Area Option

 

x          Critical Thinking

x          Communication

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o           Teamwork

o           Personal Responsibility

o           Social Responsibility

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