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Syllabus

Rowan University

Department of Mathematics

Statistics I – STAT 02 260-10

Spring 2008 - Wed 6:30 – 9:00

Westby Hall 236

INSTRUCTOR Office Hours: by arrangement

Dr. Bob LaMastro Email: lamastro@rowan.edu

bob.lamastro@

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COURSE OBJECTIVES: To familiarize students with basic statistical terminology and tools for describing data sets. Students will also obtain knowledge of concepts in data description, hypothesis testing, statistical inference, and obtain a firm basis for further statistical study. Students will be exposed to the importance of the basic assumptions underlying all statistical calculations.

PREREQUISITES: Students are expected to have a working knowledge of Algebra.

REQUIRED TEXT: Introduction to Statistics and Data Analysis, 3rd Edition, Peck, Olsen, & Devore

CALCULATORS: Use of a graphing calculator is required (TI-83/84 strongly recommended. For students moving on to calculus or other higher math courses, a newer TI-89 would be better).

ATTENDANCE POLICY: Attendance in this class is very important. This is a fast paced course. Some students will find it hard to catch up missing even one class. Very few students pass this course after missing 3 or more classes. Class attendance is also required to achieve a maximum grade.

HOMEWORK: There will be homework assigned. I will grade homework more on the effort made, and not the result (ie., I will not penalize significantly for being wrong so long as an adequate effort is demonstrated). Students will be penalized when homework is handed in over 1 week late.

EXAMS AND ASSIGNMENTS: There will be 3 exams. Given the nature of the course, all exams are effectively cumulative. Scheduling make ups will be difficult, and will only be provided as a result of significant hardship. Exams must be made up before the end the next class.

GRADING: Each exam will be worth 25 points each except that the lowest exam grade will count for 20 points. Homework assignments will be collectively worth 20 points. Class participation and attendance will count for a combined 10 points. Grades will be assigned as follows:

A 93+ points B- 80+ to 83 points D+ 67+ to 70 points

A- 90+ to 93 points C+ 77+ to 80 points D 63+ to 67 points

B+ 87+ to 90 points C 73+ to 77 points D- 60 to 63 points

B 83+ to 87 points C- 70+ to 73 points F less than 60 points

Incomplete grades will only be given for exceptional hardship, and not to alleviate semester workloads.

|DATE |SUBJECT |CHAPTER |

|1/23/2008 |Introduction | |

| |The Role of Statistics |Three Reasons to Study Statistics |

| | |The Nature and Role of Variability |

| | |Statistics and Data Analysis |

| | |Types of Data and Some Simple Graphical Displays |

| |Graphical Methods |3.1 Displaying Categorical Data |

| | |3.2 Displaying Numerical Data: Stem Leaf |

| | |3.3 Displaying Numerical Data: Frequency Distributions and Histograms |

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|1/30/2008 |Numerical Methods for Describing Data |4.1 Describing the Center of a Data Set |

| | |4.2 Describing the Variability in a Data Set |

| | |4.3 Summarizing a Data Set: Boxplots |

| | |4.4 Interpreting Center and Variability |

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|2/6/2008 |Graphical Methods |3.4 Displaying Bivariate Numerical Data |

| |Summarizing Bivariate Data |5.1 Correlation |

| | |5.2 Linear Regression |

| | |5.3 Assessing the Fit of a Line |

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|2/13/2008 |The Data Analysis Process and Collecting|2.1 The Data Analysis Process |

| |Data Sensibly |2.2 Sampling |

| | |2.3 Statistical Studies |

| | |2.4 More on Experimental Design |

| | |EXAM REVIEW |

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|2/20/2008 | |EXAM 1 |

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|2/27/2008 |Exam results | |

| |Probability |6.1 Chance Experiments and Events |

| | |6.2 Definition of Probability |

| | |6.3 Basic Properties of Probability |

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|3/5/2008 |Probability |6.4 Conditional Probability |

| | |6.5 Independence |

| | |6.6 Some General Probability Rules |

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|3/12/2008 |Random Variables and Probability |7.1 Random Variables |

| |Distributions |7.2 Probability Distributions for Discrete Random Variables |

| | |7.3 Probability Distributions for Continuous Random Variables |

| | |7.4 The Mean and Standard Deviation of a Random Variable |

| | |7.6 The Normal Distributions |

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|3/19/2008 | |Spring Break |

|DATE |SUBJECT |CHAPTER |

|3/26/2008 |Random Variables and Probability |7.5 Binomial Distribution |

| |Distributions |7.8 Using the Normal Distribution to Approximate a Discrete Distribution |

| | |EXAM REVIEW |

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|4/2/2008 | |EXAM 2 |

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|4/9/2008 |Exam Results | |

| |Sampling Variability and Sampling |8.1 Statistics and Sampling Variability |

| |Distributions |8.2 The Sampling Distribution of a Sample Mean |

| | |8.3 The Sampling Distribution of a Sample Proportion |

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|4/16/2008 |Estimating Using a Single Sample |9.1 Point Estimation |

| | |9.2 Large Sample Confidence Interval for a Population Proportion |

| | |9.3 Confidence Interval for a Population Mean |

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|4/23/2008 |Hypothesis Testing using a Single |10.1 Hypothesis and Test Procedures |

| |Sample |10.2 Errors in Hypothesis Testing |

| | |10.3 Large Sample Hypothesis Tests for a Population Proportion |

| | |10.4 Hypothesis Tests for a Population Mean |

| | |10.5 Power and the Probability of Type II Error |

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|4/30/2008 | |Catch up and misc. |

| | |EXAM REVIEW |

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|5/7/2008 | |EXAM 3 |

Homework Assignments

Due 1/30 -- Chapter 1, Problems 4, 7, 10, 13, 16, 21

Due 2/6 -- Chapter 3, Problems 1, 8, 15, 19, 22, 27, 30

Due 2/13 -- Chapter 4, Problems 2, 5, 15 (try this one without the calculator), 19, 25, 30, 33, 41, 48

Due 2/20 -- Chapter 3, Problems 35, 40; Chapter 5, Problems 5, 23, 28, 37

Due 3/19 – Chapter 6, Problems 3, 6, 14, 18, 22, 30, 33, 39, 42, 47, 50

Due 4/2 -- Chapter 7, Problems 8, 11, 24, 26, 28, 32, 45, 48, 64, 73, 76, 93, 96

Due 4/23 -- Chapter 8, Problems 7, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 30, 31

Due 4/30 -- Chapter 9, Problems 4, 7, 13, 16, 19, 35, 38, 39

Due 5/7 -- Chapter 10, Problems 15, 20, 28, 31, 52, 53, 54, 56

IMPORTANT UNIVERSITY POLICIES

STUDENT ACCOMOCATION STATEMENT

Your academic success is important. If you have a documented disability that may have an impact upon your work in this class, please contact me. Students must provide documentation of their disability to the Academic Success Center in order to receive official University services and accommodations. The Academic Success Center can be reached at 856 256 4234. The Center is located on the 3rd floor of Savitz Hall. The staff is available to answer questions regarding accommodations or assist you in your pursuit of accommodations. We look forward to working with you to meet your learning goals.

DURING DROP/ADD

Courses can be dropped by completing the Drop/ Add form which will be turned in to the Office of the Registrar . Any course dropped during the Drop/ Add period will not be recorded on the permanent record.

BETWEEN DROP/ ADD AND MID-TERM

A Withdrawal Request Form must be secured from the Office of the Registrar. The reason for the request may be stated on the form and must be signed by the student and the professor, with the last date of attendance indicated. Upon receipt of the form, the Registrar's Office will enter a W on the student transcript.

AFTER MID- TERM

The same process as #2 will prevail except that the reason must be stated and approval obtained from the professor and the respective department chairperson. If the professor approves the withdrawal, he/she will indicate that the student is either withdrawing with a passing academic standing (WP) or withdrawing with academic failure (WF) and also provide the last date of attendance.

DURING THE LAST FOUR WEEKS

Withdrawal must be considered exceptional and may occur only with the approval of the professor, department chairperson and college dean and only for good and sufficient reasons beyond the control of the student. (WP/WF remains in effect, as does the last date of attendance.)

* If you are a matriculated undergraduate student and you are withdrawing from your last class for the current semester, you must follow the procedure for withdrawal from the University as stated in the Schedule of Courses.

ACADEMIC HONESTY POLICY*

The vitality of any academic program is rooted in its integrity .It is essential to Rowan University that the grades awarded to students only reflect their own individual efforts and achievements. Each segment of the academic community, i.e., faculty, students and administration, are responsible for the academic integrity of the university. Academic dishonesty, in any form, will not be tolerated. Students who are found to have engaged in acts of academic dishonesty may be subject to failure for the course and suspension from the University.

*For further information on this Policy, please consult the Schedule of Courses under "General Information."

REPEATING A COURSE

In the event that a student must or voluntarily chooses to repeat a course, the grade received for the repeated course will constitute the final grade for that subject for cumulative GP A purposes-whether the grade is higher or lower than the grade received in the original course. The original grade, although not counted in the cumulative GPA, remains on the student's transcript. Herein, the University stipulates that the same course may not be taken more than twice including withdrawals. However, except for general education courses, further restrictions may be determined by the individual departments/colleges, only to meet standards recommended by accrediting bodies, statutory regulations, and/or professional societies. Appeals may be made through the normal appeals process.

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