Syllabus for Math 10 - Statistics Instructor: Office Hour: C. Dawson Mon & Wed 11:00a.m. to 1:00p.m.

Tues & Thurs 2:00p.m. to 2:30p.m. Upstairs Science Building, Sci-214 (209)384-6358 dawson.c@mccd.edu http://www.mccd.edu/faculty/dawsonc/ A grade of C or better in Math C or the equivalent.

Office & Phone:

E-Mail Address: Web Page: Prerequisite:

Required Textbook: Elementary Statistics, 11th Edition, by Triola. Bring your fold-out formula sheet every day. If you do not have one, I have provided a link on my webpage. Required Calculator: This course will be taught using the TI-30Xa, which is a low-cost (about $12) scientific calculator. You will only be allowed to use a scientific calculator on the exams no graphing or cell phone calculators. Bring your calculator every day. Letter Grades: A B C D F 90% to 100% 80% to 89% 70% to 79% 60% to 69% Below 60% Semester Grade Composition: Homework 10% 3 Tests 75% Final Exam 15%

**Your grade will be computed in the following manner: Overall Class Percentage = .10(the sum of the earned homework points divided by the total possible) + .75(test average) + .15(final exam score) To compute your grade before the final exam, divide the total of the other two categories by 85. Attendance Policy: I reserve the right to drop anyone from this course who misses three class sessions. Each late arrival and early departure shall be counted as half an absence. *Please discuss with me unavoidable absences such as the following: extended illness (verified with a doctors note), death in the family, and jury duty.

Homework Policy: Homework will be assigned at each class period. It should be completed by the next class session, but will be collected as a packet on the day of the exam. Each section will be worth 2 points. Late homework will not be accepted. A complete assignment implies: doing all problems, writing down necessary information from the problem, and showing all pertinent work. I expect you to check your assignments for accuracy against the solutions I have provided on my webpage. If you miss a problem, try to see what you did wrong and fix it. If you cannot figure it out, ask me or someone else to help you with it. *I reserve the right to change assignments as I feel necessary. Test Policy: You will be allowed only one make-up test. You may not make up the final exam. If you know that you will be absent on a test day and you pre-arrange it with me, I will allow you to complete the exam early. The test will not be counted as a makeup test. This goes for sports and student activities and any other situations when you must be absent. If you come to me after the fact, I will not be able to help you!!! There are no re-take exams in this course. A re-take is an exam that you take over in order to get a better grade than the original exam that you already took. A makeup exam is an exam that you take when you never even took the original exam. Test Dates:

Test #1 Test #2 Test #3

February 23, 2012 (Thursday) March 22, 2012 (Thursday) April 26, 2012 (Thursday)

Final Exam Policy: You must complete the final exam in order to pass the class. The final exam will require knowledge of each chapter covered in the course. Date FINAL May 24, 2012 9:00a.m. to 10:50a.m. *I reserve the right to change the covered sections of the final exam as I feel necessary. DSS Statement: If you have a verified physical, medical, psychological, or learning disability or perhaps you feel you may have one of these disabilities which impact your ability to carry out assigned course work, please contact Disabled Student Services (DSS) office. DSS staff will review your needs and determine what accommodations are necessary and appropriate. All information and documentation is confidential. DSS is located in the Lesher Student Services Bldg. Room 234, phone 384-6155. Day of Week Thursday

Academic Dishonesty (Cheating) Policy: There are two areas in which a student can cheat
in this course: homework and tests. With respect to homework, I consider cheating to be copying another students work or having someone else complete the assignment for you. Cheating on a test can happen in many ways. The following are considered types of in-class cheating: providing or receiving information by showing another student a test, by telling another student information, or by bringing in notes. This applies to the student providing and receiving the information. There is also an outside of class form of cheating. To ask other students what is on an exam before you take yours is cheating. After you take your test is the time to speak with others about the exam. If you are caught cheating, the first time will be a grade of zero on that assignment or test. If you are caught a second time, I will petition for you to be removed from this course. This will be reported on your academic record. (This is on homework or tests).

Distraction-Free Classroom Environment: Please do not bring children, spouses, pets, friends, etc. to class. Please do not send or read text messages during class. Please do not take or make cell phone calls during class. Please do not surf the web on your cell phone or laptop computer during class. *Please inform instructor if students are distracting you in class. Student Learning Outcomes: Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) provide a general description of the skills that you should obtain throughout the semester in Math 10 Elementary Statistics. The SLOs for this course are as follows:
1. Use descriptive statistics to organize, summarize, and analyze data a. Organize and present data in both tabular and graphical formats. b. Compute and interpret the measures of central tendency, variation, position, and existence and effect outliers. 2. Identify and calculate a variety of probabilities using the appropriate techniques a. Apply basic counting techniques including permutations and combinations. b. Calculate probabilities using basic probability rules and properties including the Addition rule and Multiplication rule. 3. Use a common data distributions to solve for probabilities a. Recognize discrete probability distributions, including the binomial distribution. b. Select the appropriate distribution and calculate and interpret the results. c. Evaluate data using the normal distribution and the Central Limit Theorem. 4. Use inferential statistics to make and support claims about data populations a. Utilize and identify valid sampling techniques. b. Estimate statistics using confidence intervals. c. Test the validity of a claim using hypothesis testing. d. Analyze contingency tables using Chi-Square. e. Analyze paired data (Regression, Correlation, and ANOVA). 5. Apply statistical methods a. Assess the importance and use of statistics. b. Make appropriate use of calculators and computers to compute various statistical measures and execute/analyze various statistical programs/procedures. c. Solve a variety of word problems and applications using the above skills.

Statistics Assignment Sheet The assignments may be changed at my discretion.

Test #1 Assignments
Read 3-9 11-15 17-23 26-34 46-52 55-57 59-67 70-72 84-92 99-109 Section 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 3.2 3.3 Page 9 16 23 34 52 57 68 73 94 109 Problem #s 1-18 all 1-4 all, 5-29 odd 1-4 all, 5-19 odd 1-4 all, 5-25 odd
1-4 all, 5-19 odd, 29

Changes

SLOs 5a 5a 5a 4a, 5a 1a 1a 1a 1a 1b, 5b 1b, 5b

1-12 all 5, 6, 21 1-9 odd 1-6 all, 9-21 odd 1-6 all, 9-19 odd, 31-34 all When calculating standard deviation, use only the formula discussed in class. (5-14) all 1-18, 25-28 all 1-20, 33-38 all (1-8, 13-22, 27-28) all (1-12, 19-22) all

114-125 138-147 152-155 159-167 170-175

3.4 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5

126 147 156 167 175

1b, 5b 2a 2b 2b 2b

Bring your book or binomial tables every day for Chapter 5.

Read 204-213 218-224 Section 5.2 5.3 Page 214 225 Problem #s 1-16 all Use Binomial Tables (1-8, 13-20, 25-32) all (1-12, 18-19) all Changes SLOs 3a 3a, 3b, 5b

229-231

5.4

231

1b, 5b

Bring your formula sheet every day for the remainder of the semester.
250-260 264-270 287-295 328-339 355-364 370-377 392-408 412-419 6.2 6.3 6.5 7.2 7.4 7.5 8.2 8.3 261 271 295 339 365 377 409 420 (1-6, 9-28) all (1-14, 21-26) all (1-10, 17-20) all (1-16, 25-38) all (17-25) odd, (26-28) all (17-19) odd, (21-24) all (1-16, 25-32, 37-40) all 9, 11, 17, 19, 22, 25 Use both P-Value and Critical Value Methods. (15, 16, 20, 25-27) all Use Critical Value Method only. 11-15 all Use Critical Value Method only. (1-6, 9-18, 22, 24, 27) all (1-10, 13-18, 22, 24, 27) all 1-10 all 3c 3c, 5c 3c, 5c 4a, 4b, 5b, 5c 4a, 4b, 5b, 5c 4a, 4b, 5b, 5c 4a, 4c, 5b 4c, 5b

432-438

8.5

439

4c, 5b

443-447

8.6

447

4c, 5b

518-529 536-546 628-638

10.2 10.3 12.2

530 547 639

4e 4e 4e