NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COLLEGE
COURSE SYLLABUS
COURSE AND INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION
Course title: Elementary Statistical Methods
Course prefix, number, and section number: MATH 1342 0402
Semester/Year of course: Spring 2025
Semester start and end dates: 1/21/2025 – 5/17/2025 (16-week session)
Modality: Face to face
Class meeting location, days, and times: COR 264 MW 11:00 AM – 12:20 PM
Support course (if needed) meeting location, days, and times: NCBM 0142 0402 - Cor 264 MW 12:25 - 12:50 pm
Semester credit hours: 3 (Lecture hours: 48)
Course description: 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 prerequisites: Meet TSI college-readiness standard for Elementary Statistics; or equivalent.
Required course materials: Registration in the course automatically adds a textbook fee to your NCTC tuition and fees which gives you access to the online learning platform and e-book needed for MATH 1342 (ALEKS). You do not need to purchase a separate access code (see *Inclusive Access below for more information)
TI 84 calculator is required
NOTE: Phone calculators will not be allowed on exams.
Assignment notebook
Optional course materials: Hard copy of the textbook- Elementary Statistics, 4th edition, William Navidi and Barry Monk, 2022, McGraw Hill
Name of instructor: Aziel Wilson
Office location: Corinth 208
Telephone number: 940.498.6227
Email address: awilson@nctc.edu
SYLLABUS CHANGE DISCLAIMER
The faculty member reserves the right to change this published syllabus if it is in the best interest of the educational development of this class. Any such changes will be announced as soon as possible in person and/or in writing.
COMMUNICATION PREFERENCE
Outside of class or office hours, students may contact me through Canvas Inbox (preferred) or from their Lion Pride email account. For student confidentiality, we will not discuss student progress or assignment information through personal email accounts.
STUDENT HOURS (OFFICE HOURS)
Each week instructors have time set aside to meet with students outside of class. (Traditionally these times are called “office hours”.) This is a time when a student may ask questions regarding the class, or discuss a particular problem/topic with an instructor one-on-one. Student hours may be held in-person or online. See below for instructions on where/when/how instructors will offer student hours in this class.
In-person student hours: MW 1:00 PM—2:00 PM. Students may walk in or call during these hours to discuss concepts, course material, or class procedures. No appointment is necessary. If I am with another student when a student calls during student hours, students may leave a message with their full name and number. I will return the call as soon as possible on the same afternoon.
I am also happy to meet with students by appointment. Students may request appointments via email or phone.
MATH TUTORING LAB
Students who need help with any math class can visit the NCTC Mathematics Lab to receive assistance. There are math tutors available on most campuses and online. This service is free for all students enrolled in an NCTC math class. Sign up for an appointment or see the most current tutoring hours for all campuses at https://www.nctc.edu/math-lab.
SUMMARY OF COURSE ASSIGNMENTS
Graded assignments:
Attendance 5%
10 ALEKS Modules 20%
15 Assignments 10%
3 Unit Tests 50%
Final Exam 15%
Final grade scale: 90 – 100% = A; 80 – 89% = B; 70 – 79% = C; 60 – 69% = D; Below 60% = F
Supplemental practice is available in Aleks and listed by textbook section. These assignments are not graded. However, statistics show that students who practice regularly tend to be more successful in class. This practice can be used to review concepts and practice skills.
Modules: Most modules are scheduled to be completed in one week, though a few are open longer. Modules include questions over concepts we have covered during the week or questions over prerequisite information. Modules are mastery based. This means if students demonstrate that they have mastered the material earlier in the semester, subsequent modules may be shortened. If a student does not receive credit for mastering a topic, they can work on the topic again before it is needed for another concept. Many topics in math build on each other, and ALEKS works to ensure that the learning path is adapted for each student’s needs. Students will complete each module by the end of the week (by Sunday at 11:59pm). However, an 8-hour extension/grace period is in place. The lowest module score will be dropped at the end of the semester. Students may work ahead or return to previous objectives in ALEKS's Open Pie/Ready to Learn section.
General Assignments: General Assignments include class participation assignments and supplemental learning assignment.
Exams: There will be 3 unit tests and 1 Final Exam. The final exam is comprehensive and required. Students approved for alternate testing arrangements must schedule an appointment at an NCTC campus testing center (see the Testing Information document in Canvas for more information and exceptions).
Students are allowed one 3-inch by 5-inch notecard at each unit test, and one 8.5-inch by 11-inch sheet for notes on the final exam. Notecards may include formulas, definitions, reminders, and calculator notes, but must not include worked example problems. No attachments are allowed on the notecard (nothing glued, stapled, etc).
There are no makeup exams or retakes for exams.
Late work policy:
- Each student may request two module extensions per semester for 24 hours after the assignment's original closing date without penalty.
- No late exams will be accepted. Missed exams will earn a zero score, however, the final exam may replace the lowest unit test grade or one missed exam.
SEE CANVAS FOR THE TENTATIVE WEEKLY COURSE CALENDAR, ASSIGNMENTS, DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF GRADED WORK, AND OTHER RELATED MATERIAL.
COURSE POLICIES
Academic Integrity Policy: Scholastic dishonesty shall include, but is not limited to cheating, plagiarism, academic falsification, intellectual property dishonesty, academic dishonesty facilitation, and collusion. The use of online math solvers with submitted work is considered academic dishonesty. Faculty members may document and bring charges against a student who is engaged in or is suspected to be engaged in academic dishonesty. See Student Handbook, “Student Rights & Responsibilities: Student Code of Conduct ([FLB(LOCAL)]”.
Consequences for academic dishonesty may include:
- Zero on the assignment
- Failing grade for the course
Artificial Intelligence Policy: AI or web- assistance can be useful as a supplement to learning the concepts with the materials and information that occurs in the classroom. However, graded work must be the original work of the student. Students may be asked to rework problems from any assignment submitted for a grade in the instructor’s office, or a proctored setting. If a student is unable to do so, the assignment may be assigned a lower grade.
Attendance Policy: Regular attendance is expected and necessary for student success in this course. For more information on attendance regulations please see the 2023-2024 NCTC Catalog. (https://www.nctc.edu/catalog).
Withdrawal Policy: A student may withdraw from a course on or after the official date of record. It is the student’s responsibility to initiate and complete a Withdrawal Request Form.
Last day to withdraw from a 16-week course with a “W” is: Monday, April 7, 2025
Student 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.
Core Objectives:
X Critical Thinking
X Communication
X Empirical and Quantitative
Teamwork
Personal Responsibility
Social Responsibility
COLLEGE POLICIES
ADA STATEMENT
NCTC will adhere to all applicable federal, state, and local laws, regulations and guidelines with respect to providing reasonable accommodations to afford equal educational opportunity. It is the student’s responsibility to contact the Office for Students with Disabilities to arrange appropriate accommodations. See the OSD Syllabus Addendum.
AI STATEMENT
Absent a clear statement from a course instructor, use of or consultation with generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) or other similar technologies shall be treated analogously to assistance from another person, agency, or entity. In particular, using generative AI tools to substantially complete an assignment or exam is not permitted. Students should acknowledge the use of generative AI (other than incidental use) and default to disclosing such assistance when in doubt.
When students use generative AI to replace the rigorous demands of personal engagement with their coursework, it runs counter to the educational mission of the college and undermines the heart of education itself. Artificial Intelligence, large language models, and other such technologies hold promise for deploying knowledge in service to others and accelerating the discovery of new knowledge. However, such technology poses new challenges to pedagogy and to integrity. Within the context of the teaching mission of the college and consistent with the Student Code of Conduct, the authority to define the appropriate use, study, and deployment of these technologies rests with the faculty.
Individual course instructors, in coordination with their divisions, set policies regulating the use of generative AI tools in their courses, including allowing or disallowing some or all uses of such tools. Course instructors will set such policies in their course syllabi and clearly communicate such policies to students. Students who are unsure of policies regarding generative AI tools are encouraged to ask their instructors for clarification.
AI MATH DIVISION STATEMENT
Many online calculators, equation solvers, and graphing tools exist that may aid students in computing and visualizing math problems. These tools are a great resource for helping better understand how to work problems and can be a huge help in studying. However, these tools can be misused/overused. Math classes require students to develop a certain level of skill that a student must be able to demonstrate without the aid of these tools. Often a student may become reliant on these tools or have false sense of confidence in their knowledge and skills. Generally, if a student is using tools or resources to help learn material, eventually they must take away those resources to ensure they are able to work problems with only the tools allowed in the class. In short, we encourage students to use whatever tools they find useful in developing their knowledge and skills. But, these tools must be used thoughtfully so that true understanding and proficiency are developed.
STUDENT HANDBOOK
Students are expected to follow all rules and regulations found in the Student Handbook.
STUDENT SERVICES
NCTC provides a multitude of services and resources to support students. See the Student Services Syllabus Addendum for a listing of those departments and links to their sites.
* Inclusive Access
The NCTC Bookstore and McGraw Hill have partnered to provide the best learning resources on the first day of class so that students can gain access to ALEKS adaptive online platform with the latest version of the eBook at a discount. If students would like to purchase a physical copy of the textbook, they can purchase it through the bookstore or another retailer.
Students who drop before the add/drop date will have their book fees credited back to their student account, and students who remain in the course will be charged a materials fee by the school to have continued access of the online platforms. If you remain enrolled in the course but wish to opt-out of access to the book please email the NCTC Bookstore within the first two weeks of class with your name and student number.
QUESTIONS, CONCERNS, or COMPLAINTS
The student should contact the instructor to deal with any questions, concerns, or complaints specific to the class. If the student and faculty are not able to resolve the issue, the student may contact the chair or coordinator of the division. If the student remains unsatisfied, the student may proceed to contact the instructional dean.
Name of Instructor: Aziel Wilson
Office location: Corinth 208
Telephone number: 940.498.6209
E-mail address: awilson@nctc.edu
Name of Chair/Coordinator: Ben Owens
Office location: Corinth 174
Telephone number: 940.498.6209
E-mail address: bowens@nctc.edu
Name of Instructional Dean: Mary Martinson
Office location: Gainesville 1403
Telephone number: 940.668.7731 ext. 4377
E-mail address: mmartinson@nctc.edu