NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COLLEGE
COURSE SYLLABUS
COURSE AND INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION
Course title: Elementary Statistical Methods
Course prefix, number, and section number: MATH 1342 0310
Semester/Year of course: Fall 2025
Semester start and end dates: 8/25/2025 – 12/13/2025 (16-week)
Modality Asynchronous online
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:
MyLab Statistics (e-text included in MyLab Statistics)
TI-30X IIS or an equivalent scientific calculator is required
A graphing calculator (TI83/84) is allowed, but not required.
NOTE: Phone calculators will not be allowed on exams.
Optional course materials: Fundamentals of Statistics: Informed Decisions Using Data 6th edition, Michael Sullivan III, 2022, Pearson
Name of instructor: Jill Yoder
Office location: Room 207
Telephone number: 940-498-6282, Ext. 6269
E-mail address: jyoder@nctc.edu
SYLLABUS CHANGE DISCLAIMER
The faculty member reserves the right to make changes to 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 through Canvas announcements.
STUDENT COMMUNICATION
I prefer that you use email to contact me outside of class. You can either use my NCTC email (jyoder@nctc.edu) OR the Canvas inbox. Please use your NCTC email or the Canvas inbox to contact me.
To communicate with the entire class, I will post announcements in Canvas. The newest ones will appear at the top of the home page in Canvas or they can be viewed by clicking on the “Announcements” link in the Canvas course. It is a good idea to set up notifications so that you know when I have posted an announcement.
For individual contact, I will usually use Canvas inbox. The college requires that we do not send email to personal email addresses.
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.
Office hours for students: Monday/Wednesday: 9:30am – 12:30pm, Tuesday/Thursday: 1pm – 3pm
Office hours can be held in my office or virtually through Cisco WebEx. If you come to my office, you do not need to make an appointment ahead of time (although doing so is fine).
To schedule a virtual appointment, click on the Cisco WebEx link in the Canvas course, and choose a day and time. The email with the meeting link will go to your NCTC student email account (Not Canvas).
If you cannot meet (in person or virtually) during the hours listed above, please contact me to set up an appointment for another time. I can usually be available on weekends if necessary. I will just need advance notice. Do not email me just a few hours before you desire to meet, as I may not see the email in time.
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 www.nctc.edu/math-lab.
SUMMARY OF COURSE ASSIGNMENTS
Type of assignment Day of the week due
14 Graded Homework Saturday
14 Online Quizzes Sunday
3 Semester Exams Dates below
1 Final Exam Date below
The online quizzes and graded homework assignments together comprise 20% of your overall grade. The 4 exams will be 65%, and the final exam will be 15%.
Final grade scale: 90 – 100% = A; 80 – 89% = B; 70 – 79% = C; 60 – 69% = D; Below 60% = F
Graded Homework Assignments are completed on paper, then scanned and uploaded into Canvas to be graded by the instructor. They will usually be due on Saturdays by 11:59pm.
Online quizzes are done through MyLab Statistics. They are due on Sundays by 11:59 pm. You will have 5 attempts on each quiz. The highest grade of those attempts is the one recorded.
Two graded assignment grades (online quizzes and/or graded homework) will be dropped at the end of the semester. For this reason, late assignments may not be accepted. Make sure you are allowing yourself enough time to finish the assignments. Do not start them the evening they are due!
There will also be practice homework assignments and MyLab video assignments each week, but these will not count toward your overall grade (you may see a grade for them in the Canvas gradebook, but your overall grade will not be affected). These will be open past their due dates. You can work on them at any time. You will need to access them from the weekly pages or through MyLab and Mastering, as the links will disappear from the “To-Do” lists in Canvas once they have been started.
Exams are not online and must be proctored. More information is given on the course information page in Canvas. There is a primary date for each where the instructor will administer the exam on the Corinth campus. Then there will be alternate dates where you may take the test at any NCTC testing center. Exam dates are listed below
Exam Schedule
Exam #1: Primary date: Saturday, September 27 from 10am to 12pm
Alternate dates: Tuesday – Friday, September 23 - 26
Exam #2: Primary date: Saturday, October 25 from 10am to 12pm
Alternate dates: Tuesday – Friday, October 21 - 24
Exam #3: Primary date: Saturday, November 22 from 10am to 12pm
Alternate dates: Tuesday – Friday, November 18 - 21
Final Exam: Primary date: Wednesday, December 10 from 6pm – 8pm
Alternate dates: Monday – Wednesday, December 8 -10
SEE CANVAS FOR THE COMPLETE COURSE CALENDAR, 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
Note that using AI to generate answers is considered scholastic dishonesty.
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. (Attendance Regulations – NCTC 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 Fall 2025 course with a “W” is: Monday, November 3, 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.
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: Jill Yoder
Office location: Corinth, room 207
Telephone number: 940-498-6282, Ext. 6269
E-mail address: jyoder@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