NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COLLEGE
COURSE SYLLABUS
COURSE AND INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION
Course title: Elementary Statistical Methods
Course prefix, number, and section number: MATH 1342 0343
Semester/Year of course: Spring 2026
Semester start and end dates: 1/12/2026 – 5/9/2026 (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
Name of instructor: Jill Yoder
Office location: Room 207
Telephone number: 940-498-6282, Ext. 6269
E-mail address: jyoder@nctc.edu
STUDENT COMMUNICATION
I prefer that you use email to contact me (as opposed to a phone call). 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.
Required course materials:
Included in Lion Book Bundle
MyLab Statistics (e-text included in MyLab Statistics)
Not included in Lion Book Bundle
A scientific or graphing calculator is required. Recommended: TI-30X IIS or TI 83-84
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
Purchasing Course Materials
Starting in Spring 2026 NCTC is partnering with Barnes & Noble College (BNC) to make purchasing course materials easy and affordable. When students register for classes, they are automatically opted in to the Lion Book Bundle which will provide students first day access to course materials. In this program students are charged $24 per credit hour ($72 for a 3-hour class) as a fee on their NCTC student account. (These are labeled as “Book Fees” on NCTC invoice). Students may choose to opt out of this program, but would then be expected to purchase needed class materials on their own. If opting out, students would receive a refund on their NCTC student account. Students may choose to opt out starting one month prior to classes beginning through the first week of class. Students might benefit from opting out if they are enrolled in classes that use OER (free course materials). Note: The Lion Book Bundle applies to all classes a student is registered for in a given semester (both 16-week and 8-week). A student must either opt in or out for all classes—not each class individually. If you want to take advantage of the Lion Book Bundle, no action is needed as students are automatically opted in. If you would like to opt out of the program, you must go to the Opt-out page (click link below).
Click here for more information: Lion Book Bundle information
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. For on-campus tutoring no appointment is needed. For online tutoring, go to UpSwing tutoring in OneLogin to make an appointment.
Tutor schedules and more information: www.nctc.edu/math-lab.
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 in person and/or writing.
SUMMARY OF COURSE ASSIGNMENTS
Type of assignment Day of the week due
15 Graded Homeworks Saturday
15 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, February 14 from 10am to 12pm
Alternate dates: Tuesday – Friday, February 10 – 13.
Exam #2: Primary date: Saturday, March 28 from 10am to 12pm
Alternate dates: Tuesday – Friday, March 24 - 27
Exam #3: Primary date: Saturday, April 25 from 10am to 12pm
Alternate dates: Tuesday – Friday, April 21 - 24
Final Exam: Primary date: Wednesday, May 6 from 6pm – 8pm
Alternate dates: Monday – Wednesday, May 4 – 6
SEE CANVAS FOR THE COMPLETE COURSE CALENDAR, OUTLINE, 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” for more details.
Consequences for academic dishonesty may include:
- Zero on the assignment
- Failing grade for the course
Canvas Access: All students must have complete access to Canvas and other online course materials for the entire semester. It is the student’s responsibility to have access to the internet, as well as all needed programs to complete both in-person and online courses. Students are not to give any other person access to his/her Canvas or online course platforms. Students can be removed from the course immediately upon violating this rule. Once a student his given another person access to his/her Canvas account, the credibility of any work completed becomes questionable.
Attendance Policy: Regular attendance is expected and necessary for student success in this course. Attendance in an online course means you are logging into Canvas, reading/watching the information posted there, and completing assignments. For more information on attendance regulations please see the 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 Spring 2026 course with a “W” is: Monday, March 30, 2026
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
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