MTH 225



Course Syllabus

MTH 225: Introductory Statistics

Fall Semester 2011

Course:

Title : MTH225 – Introductory Statistics

Section : 102

CRN : 3179

Credit Hours: 3

Classes : Lectures – MWF 11:00 – 11:50 a.m.;

Venue : SH 518

Instructor:

Kayode Daniel Olumoyin

Office: SM 115

Phone number 304 696 3986

Email Address – olumoyin@marshall.edu

Office Hours:

TR: 9:00 AM – 11:00AM, or any other time by appointment

Prerequisites: (a) ACT > 21, or (b) SAT > 500, or (c) MTH 121, 123, 127, 130E, 122, or 130

Recommended Textbook:

Elementary Statistics: A Brief Version by Bluman, Allan G., 5th ed.

The other resource for this course is a calculator and we shall also implement some of our solutions on Ms Excel.

Course Description, Objectives, Credits, and Prerequisites:

Description: The course covers basic descriptive statistics, elementary probability: rules and distributions, estimation and hypothesis testing, causal relationship, basic categorical analysis and one-way analysis of variance.

Objective: The student should be able to use the elementary tools of data collection, description, and analysis; interpret the results of statistical studies; and design and carry out simple experiments. The student should be able to use a computer spreadsheet program to carry out these tasks.

Attendance

Students are expected to attend all scheduled classes. It is the student’s responsibility to find out what was discussed in a missed class. Although, attendance records will not be used to compute grades (except possibly in borderline cases), however, missing class can be expected to significantly reduce your chances of success. Note also that it is the student’s responsibility to present approved notice of any absence that would be excused under the terms and regulations stipulated by the university.

Plagiarism

Note that plagiarism (the submission as one’s own work of any oral, graphic, or written material wholly or in part created by another), is a form of academic dishonesty. Sanctions for academic dishonesty shall be imposed in accordance with university’s guidelines on such matter.

Homework

Homework problems will be collected and graded. Make it a habit to do your homework the same day they are assigned. Ensure to submit your homework as at when due. Submission within 24 hours from when it is due will be based on 80% of full credit. No late submission will be accepted after 24 hours from when it is due. You are welcome to collaborate with other students on homework, although you must turn in your own work, and written in your own style and words. Solutions to problems must be made clear and neat. In cases where solutions require detail explanation and derivations, a one-number solution will not be accepted. Homework exercises assigned on a Monday (Friday) shall be due for submission the following Friday (Monday).

Student Behaviors

Students are advised to turn their cell phones and other noise generating devices off prior to entering the class. In the case where a student awaits any emergency call, the noise should be restricted and made personal. And in this case, I should be notified as soon as the student enters the class. Food items, apart from water or soft drink, are not allowed in the class. The reading of newspapers and other unrelated materials while the class is in session is prohibited. Please ensure that other students are respected.

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Testing and Grading

Quizzes and tests will be given during the regular class sessions. No makeup quiz will be given under any circumstance. Also, no makeup test will be given unless an acceptable excuse is given to the instructor, for example, in the case of illness, a note from a physician. All scheduled tests and examination will be conducted in the classroom.

The final grade will be based on the following components:

3 Tests 300 points

Quizzes 050 points

Homework Exercises 100 points

Final Examination* 100 points

Total 550 points

*Note that the final examination is comprehensive

The semester grade will be based on the percentage of the 550 total possible points, using the following scale.

90 -100% -- A

80 - 89% -- B

70 - 79% -- C

60 - 69% -- D

0 - 59% -- F

COMPREHENSIVE FINAL EXAMINATION: Tue., Dec. 13, 2011 [10:15AM – 12:15PM]

MTH 225: Introductory Statistics (202) – Fall 2011

Text: Elementary Statistics: A Brief Version by Bluman (Fifth Edition)

Tentative Schedule

|8-22 |1.1 – 1.5 The Nature of Prob. & Stats |

| |2.4 Other Types of Graphs (categorical)|

|8-24 |2.2 Organizing Data (freq tables) |

|8-26 Wk 1 |2.3 Histograms, & Distribution curves |

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|8-29 |2.4 Other types of graphs |

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|8-31 |2.5 Paired Data and Scatter Plots |

|9-02 |3.2 Measures of Central Tendency |

|Wk 2 | |

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|9-07 |3.3 Measures of Variation |

| |3.4 Measures of Position |

|9-09 |3.5 Exploratory Data Analysis |

|Wk 3 |Completion of Chapter 3 |

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|9-12 |Test 1 |

| |Chapters 1 – 3 |

|9-14 & |4.1 Counting Rules |

|9-16 |4.2 Sample Spaces & Prob. |

|Wk 4 | |

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|9-19 |4.3 Prob. & Counting Rules |

|9-21 |4.4 The Addition Rules for Counting |

|9-23 |4.5 The Multiplication Rules & Cond. |

|Wk 5 |Prob |

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|9-26 & |5.2 Prob. Distributions |

|9-28 |5.3 Mean, Variance, St. Dev., and |

| |Expectation |

|9-30 |5.4 The Binomial Dist |

|Wk 6 | |

|10-03 |6.2 Properties of the Normal |

| |Distribution |

|10-05 & |6.3 The Standard Normal Distribution |

|10-07 |6.4 Applications of the Normal |

|Wk 7 |Distribution |

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|10-10 & |6.5 The Central Limit Thm |

|10-12 |6.6 The Normal Approx to the Binomial|

|10-14 |Test 2 |

|Wk 8 |Chapters 4 – 6 |

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|10-17 | 7.2 Conf Intervals for the Mean (large|

| |samples) |

| |7.3 Conf Intervals for the Mean (small |

| |sample) |

|10-19 |7.4 Confidence Intervals for |

| |Proportions |

|10-21 |Problems solving |

|Wk 9 | |

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|10-24 |8.2 Steps in Hypothesis Testing |

|10-26 |8.3 z Test for a Mean |

| |8.4. t Test for a Mean |

|10-28 |z Test for a Proportion |

|Wk10 | |

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|10-31 |8.6 Chi-sq Test for a variance or std. |

| |dev. |

|11-02 |9.2 Testing … Two Means: Large Samples|

|11-04 |9.4 Testing Two Means: Small Ind. |

|Wk 11 |Samples |

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|11-07 & |9.5 Testing Two Means: Small Dep |

|11-09 |Samples |

| |9.6 Testing the Difference Between |

| |Proportions |

|11-11 |Test 3 |

|Wk12 |Chapters 7 – 9 |

|11-14 |10.2 Correlation |

|11-16 |10.3 Regression |

|Wk13 |10.4 Coefficient of determination |

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|Wk 14 |Thanksgiving Break |

|11-28 |11.2 Test for Goodness-of-Fit |

|11-30 |11.3 Tests Using |

|Wk15 |Contingency Tables |

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|12-13 |Final Exam |

|Wk16 |10:15 AM – 12:15 PM |

| |(Comprehensive) |

|12-9 |Continuation of unfinished topics and |

| |Revision for exams |

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NOTE: This is a tentative schedule. The dates for the tests may be changed if necessary, but with due consultation with members of the class.

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