Microsoft Word - math 227 syllabus Spring 2013.docx



-3810000 Winter 2020 Math 227 Statistics (Section 10260) MTWTh 4pm – 7:30pm @ FH 301 Instructor: Angela Wayne Email: wayneaq@laccd.eduOffice: FH 101A Office Phone: 323-953-4000 ext 2807 Office Hours: MTWTh 1pm-2pmCourse Material: Textbook: Elementary Statistics, by William Navidi & Barry Monk 3rdAvailable at LACC Bookstore.ConnectMath: ConnectMath will display the assignments. To access ConnectMath, please sign up at ww.. This Course Name is Math 227 Winter 2020 by Angela Wayne. Class Code is: NNYUL-VEEAJ. You must purchase an access code.Canvas: Canvas will display the syllabus, test scores, overall assignment score from ConnectMath, and announcements. To access canvas,go?to:?ilearn.laccd.edu.?Canvas is free to use for registered students.MS Excel: Please download Office 365 free of charge using your LACCD student account to your desktop or laptop. You have the option to use your calculator instead of Excel, but the instructor will use Excel to demonstrate computation.NOTE: You are not allowed to use the calculator app on your cell phone. Course Description:The use of probability techniques, hypothesis testing, and predictive techniques to facilitate decision-making. Topics include descriptive statistics; probability and sampling distributions; statistical inference; correlation and linear regression; analysis of variance, chi-square and t-tests; and application of technology for statistical analysis including the interpretation of the relevance of the statistical findings. Applications using data from disciplines including business, social sciences, psychology, life science, health science, and education.Student Learning Outcomes (SLO): The student will be able to:Analyze data using tables, graphs, and statistical calculations. Apply basic concepts of probability and probability distributions to computing probabilities related to real world problems. Form generalizations or inferences about a population parameter by testing a hypothesis or constructing a Confidence Interval estimate. Construct simple regression models for predicting the value of a variable. Apply an appropriate statistical analysis to form inferences about a claim involving Goodness-of-fit, Contingency tables and One-way ANOVA tests.Class Policies:Attend all class meetings each week. Being late for 20 minutes or more, or leaving 20 minutes or earlier, are counted as tardiness. Two tardiness are counted as one absence.If you are late on a lecturing day, enter the classroom through the back door and sit down quietly.If you have to leave early, sit in the back of the classroom and exit quietly through the back door. Be respectable to your classmates.If you are late more than 20 minutes on an exam day, you may not be allowed to take the exam and receive a zero for that exam.Check your email regularly to receive information I send to you about the class. I respond within 24 hours, excluding Fridays to Sundays, after your email is sent to me. If you do not receive my reply email within the time frame, your question is already answered in the syllabus and you need to read the syllabus.Do not engage in any disruptive conducts, including sleeping, texting, talking on phone, reading unrelated material, surfing the internet on unrelated matters, listening to anything on your cell phone or other device. No use of cell phone: 1) Do not use your cell phones, laptops, or tablets during instruction for any reason. 2) Do not place your cell phones on your desk, in your hand, on your lap, or anywhere your cell is visible during exams. Having cell phones in sight during exams is regarded as cheating.No use of earplugs in your ears during the class time or during exams.Use of students' names and pronouns: If you prefer to use a name different from the LACCD system during this course, please log in the LACCD system to change your name and then inform the instructor about your name change. Then the instructor will seek technical support to have your name changed at Canvas. Please feel free to inform the instructor as soon as possible the pronoun you prefer to be addressed.Important DatesLast day to drop classes without fee: Jan 8Census date: Jan 9Last day to drop classes with W: Feb 1Grading:Your grade will be determined by your overall points, calculated as follows: Exercises: 150 pointsTest 1: 150 pointsTest 2: 300 pointsTest 3: 150 pointsFinal Exam: 250 points A: 900 –1000 points B: 800–899 points C: 700 –799 points D: 600–699 points F: <600 pointsFailure to take the final exam will result in an F of the course.Exercises: Each student is required to submit exercise problems as soon as the topic is covered. No late submission is allowed. Tests: See the Schedule for test dates. All the tests will be closed book and closed notes. All the test scores are counted towards your grade. You are allowed to use calculators during exams, but you are not allowed to use the calculator app on your cell phone. Final Exam: The Final is mandatory. It is comprehensive and covers all the chapters to be learned during this course. The Final will not be given prior to the scheduled Final exam date.Policies on Tests and Final exam:The instructor reserves the right to seat any students prior to the start of an exam. You must show your work to reflect how you solve each problem. A paper that shows your work is not a scratch; it should be in order, clean and eligible. Any problem that does not show your work is not counted toward the given test score, even though you may have the correct answer.If you miss an exam, you will receive a zero for the exam.If you cheat on a chapter test, including having your cell phone or notes or textbook in sight for any reason, continuing altering test answers after the instructor announces the end of a test, and so on; you will receive a zero for the test.If you cheat on the final exam, including having your cell phone or notes or textbook in sight for any reason, continuing altering test answers after the instructor announces the end of a test, and so on; you will receive an F for the course.If you engage any of the disruptive behaviors during an exam (listed under Class Policies), you will receive a zero for the exam.If you have any medical issues and cannot complete any assignments or take a test or Final on its scheduled date, please contact instructor within three days of the occurrence of your medical problem and should provide formal documentation. Failure to contact me in time may forgo your receipt of a make-up assignment or exam. Any request of make-up tests or Final exam that is not due to medical issues or unexpected events must be made at least three days prior to the scheduled exam dates. The instructor grants approval of make-up exams on the basis of the nature of the circumstances that prevent students from taking the exams with the rest of the class.A make-up test, if given, must be taken no later than three business days after the scheduled test date. A make-up Final exam, if given, must be arranged within the final exam week. Tentative class schedule: JanuaryMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursday6-9Sec 2.1, 2.2, 2.3Sec 3.1, 3.2Sec 3.3, 4.1Sec 4.2, 4.3, 13.113-16Test 1, Sec 5.1Sec 5.2, 5.3Sec 6.1, 6.2Sec 7.1, 7.220-23HolidaySec 7.3, 7.4Sec 7.5, 8.1Sec 8.2, 8.327-30Test 2, Sec 8.4Sec 9.1, 9.2Sec 9.3, 9.4Sec 10.1, 10.2FebruaryMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursday3-6Test 3, Sec 10.3, 11.1Sec 11.2, 11.3Sec 12.1, 12.2, 14.1Final Exam ................
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