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Math 131 0C1 – Spring, 2017?Instructor:???Jennifer StrehlerOffice:????????2162 DPPhone:?????(847) 635-1974E-mail:????????strehler@oakton.eduWebsite:??? Statistics: A Brief Version, 7th Ed., BlumanConnectMath is required for this sectionCalculator:?A TI 83/84 calculator is strongly recommended.?Office Hours:MondayTuesdayThursday?11:00 – 2:0012:20 – 2:00By appointmentPrerequisites?MAT 110 or the equivalent with minimum grade of C or appropriate score on Mathematics Placement Test. Course Description (catalog)?This course introduces statistics for students in physical, biological and social sciences. Content includes frequency distributions; measures of central tendency and variation; elements of probability theory; statistical inference; sampling techniques and correlation, regression and ANOVA.?Learning Objectives?It is presumed that students will spend a minimum of 8 hours a week to meet the following objectives: Use descriptive statistical techniques to analyze data and interpret results.Calculate and interpret probabilities, various probability models and their statistics.Apply the Central Limit Theorem to solve problems involving the distribution of sample means.Generate confidence intervals and hypotheses and use these to perform and interpret hypothesis tests of various types.Calculate and interpret the correlation coefficients and regression lines and their statistical significance.?Academic Integrity?Students and employees at Oakton Community College are required to demonstrate academic integrity and follow Oakton’s Code of Academic Conduct. This code prohibits: cheating, plagiarism (turning in work not written by you, or lacking proper citation), falsification and fabrication (lying or distorting the truth), helping others to cheat, unauthorized changes on official documents, pretending to be someone else or having someone else pretend to be you, making or accepting bribes, special favors, or threats, and any other behavior that violates academic integrity. There are serious consequences to violations of the academic integrity policy. Oakton’s policies and procedures provide students a fair hearing if a complaint is made against you. If you are found to have violated the policy, the minimum penalty is failure on the assignment and, a disciplinary record will be established and kept on file in the office of the Vice President for Student Affairs for a period of 3 years. Please review the Code of Academic Conduct and the Code of Student Conduct, both located online at oakton.edu/studentlife/student-handbook.pdf.?Course Expectations?I expect that you will log into ConnectMath and work regularly (at least two times each week) toward the successful completion of this course. If you do not log in and work regularly on course material (at least twice/week), you may be dropped from the course.I expect that your schedule will allow you to complete all assignments and take the exams and quizzes when they are scheduled. All exams, quizzes and assignments have firm due dates and requests for extensions will NOT be granted. The exams will be available in the testing center the week prior to the exam due date. Quizzes and homework can be completed early.Academic integrity. All work is expected to be your own. Ask for help when you need it. The tutoring centers (room 2400 DP in Des Plaines and A135 in Skokie) and my office hours are excellent resources for help. The tutoring centers are available during the following hours:Monday – Thursday:8 am – 8 pmFriday: 8 am – 4 pmSaturday: 10 am – 2 pmA calculator is required for the exams. It is best to practice solving problems in the method described in the text and not rely on the advanced features available with some municationI will send several e-mails to the entire class during the course of the semester. It is your responsibility to ensure that the e-mail address on file with the registrar is the address to which you wish to receive course communication. Please use e-mail as your primary means of communication. I will read and respond to e-mail at least once a day during the week. The time I check my e-mail is likely to be irregular. If you send me a message at 8:30 am & I checked my e-mail at 7:30 that morning, I may not get your message until whenever I check e-mail the next day. It is not guaranteed that I will check e-mail on weekends.I am teaching more than one course this term and also serve as the department chair. Make sure you put MAT 131 online in the subject line of your e-mail so that I know which class you are in (and that your e-mail is not spam!) Please use complete sentences and avoid textspeak in your e-mail.?Assignments, Quizzes and Exams?All homework, quizzes and exams have firm dates. Extensions will NOT be granted due to the amount of material that needs to be completed this semester.Date Due01/20/17Questionnaire due01/23/17Chapter 1 videos, homework and quiz due02/02/17Chapter 2 videos, homework and quiz due02/13/17Chapter 3 videos, homework and quiz due02/22/17Chapter 4 videos, homework and quiz due02/18/17 – 02/25/17Exam 1 (chapters 1 – 4) available03/06/17Chapter 5 videos, homework and quiz due03/20/17Chapter 6 videos, homework and quiz due03/29/17Chapter 7 videos, homework and quiz due03/25/17 – 04/01/17Exam 2 (chapters 5 – 7) available04/08/17Chapter 8 videos, homework and quiz due04/17/17Chapter 9 videos, homework and quiz due04/26/17Chapter 10 videos, homework and quiz due04/22/17 – 04/29/17Exam 3 (chapters 8 – 10) available05/03/17Chapter 11 videos, homework and quiz due04/29/17 – 05/06/17Final exam (chapters 1 – 11) availableHomework will be done through ConnectMath and is based on chapters 1 – 11 of the textbook. Homework must be completed according to the schedule above. Videos must be watched before the homework can be attempted.There will be eleven chapter quizzes, which will be administered through ConnectMath. Quizzes must be completed according to the schedule above. In order to take a quiz, you must have completed all homework for that chapter with a score of at least 70%. If you do not have at least a 70% on each assignment, you will not be able to take that chapter quiz.There will be four exams that will be administered at the testing center located on the Des Plaines campus of Oakton Community College. The hours of our testing center are:Monday – Thursday:?8:00 am – 8:00 pmFriday:?? 8:00 am – 4:00 pmSaturday: 10:00 am – 2:00 pmIf you need to take the exam at the Skokie campus, it is your responsibility to inform me no later than January 27th. If you are not able to take the exams at one of our campuses, please contact the office of Alternative Education in order to make alternative arrangements as soon as possible. Arrangements must be made with the facility that will proctor your exam no later than February 3rd. Effective January, 2016, students are responsible for all off-campus proctoring costs.You will be given 2 hours to complete each of the first 3 exams. If you arrive within 2 hours of the close of the testing center, you will only be allowed to work on the exam until the testing center closes and no additional time will be given for the exam. You will have 3 hours for the comprehensive final and should arrive at the testing center at a time that will allow you to complete the exam. The dates that these exams are available are listed below. Grading?Course grades will be computed as follows:Exam 1Available 02/18/16 – 02/25/1615%Exam 2Available 03/25/16 – 04/01/1615% Exam 3Available 04/22/16 – 04/29/1615%Final ExamAvailable 04/29/16 – 05/06/1618%Homework Average18% Quiz Average19% ?Course grades will be determined as follows:?????? 90% - 100%??????A????? 80% - 89%??????????????????? B????? 70% - 79%?????????????C????? 60% - 69%????????????????????D????? Less than 60%????????????? F?A grade if "I" (Incomplete) must be formally requested of the instructor by the student and may be granted only if the student has missed no more than one test for the entire term and the student’s average is at least 70. The decision to grant the "I" grade will be made by the instructor alone.? No incomplete grades will be given without documented evidence of serious illness or circumstances.?Other Course Information?If you have a documented learning, psychological, or physical disability you may be entitled to reasonable academic accommodations or services. To request accommodations or services, contact the ASSIST office in Instructional Support Services. All students are expected to fulfill essential course requirements. The College will not waive any essential skill or requirement of a course or degree program. Oakton Community College is committed to maintaining a campus environment emphasizing the dignity and worth of all members of the community and complies with all federal and state Title IX requirements.Resources and support forpregnancy-related and parenting accommodations; and victims of sexual misconductcan be found at oakton.edu/title9.Resources and support for LGBTQ+ students can be found at oakton.edu/lgbtq.Outline of Topics?A.Descriptive Statistics 1.Data Collection anizing data into frequency distributions 3. Graphing histograms and ogives 4.Measures of Central Tendency - mean, median, mode 5. Measures of variation: variance, standard deviation 6. Measures of positionB.Basic Probability Theory 1.Sample space and counting techniques including combinations plements 3.The Addition rule 4. Independence and the Multiplication ruleC.Probability Distributions 1.Normal distribution and normal curve 2.Binomial distribution and its relation to the normal distribution 3. The Central Limit TheoremD.Statistical Inference 1.Estimation 2.The classical approach to hypothesis testing 3.The p-value approach to hypothesis testing 4.Inferences involving one population with regard to means, standard deviation or variance, and proportions 5.Inferences involving two populations with regards to means, standard deviation or variance, and proportions 6.Coefficient of correlation and regression lines 7.Goodness of Fit test and Chi Squared test for Independence8.ANOVA ................
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