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STAT 200 (Blended Learning) Course Name: Elementary Statistics Statistics is the art and science of using sample data to make generalizations about populations. The topics covered in this course include: - methods for collecting and summarizing data - methods for evaluating the accuracy of sample estimates - techniques for making statistical inferences Users of statistics -- researchers, government agencies like Course the Census Bureau and the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Description: companies like the automakers and drug industry, etc. -make extensive use of the computer in applying statistical methods to their problems. So will you! This course will offer you plenty of practice in analyzing data from a variety of areas. As a result you should be well prepared for problem-solving involving statistics in the rest of your college courses, as well as gaining an understanding of the role of statistics in your daily life. Prerequisites: 2 units in algebra Dr. Andrew (Andy) Wiesner Department of Statistics 308 Thomas Building Instructor: 863 - 5653 email using Communicate tab in ANGEL Office Hours: Monday/Friday: 10:15 - 11:15 For TAs and their office hours please see "Teaching Assistants" in ANGEL Date What is Weeks of Statistics? Jan 7 & Data vs. Jan 14 Information
(Wiesner) Chapter 1 (Utts/Heckard) Chapters 1 and 2 Lecture Notes: Weeks 1 and 2
Week of Sampling Jan 21
(Wiesner) Chapter 2 (Utts/Heckard) Chapter 5 Lecture Notes: Week 3
Week of Probability Jan 28
(Wiesner) Chapter 3 (Utts/Heckard) Chapter 7.1 - 7.5 Lecture Notes: Week 4
Random Week of VariablesFeb 4 Discrete
(Wiesner) Chapter 4.1 - 4.5 (Utts/Heckard) Chapter 8.1 - 8.4 Lecture Notes: Week 5 MIDTERM I: Available Wednesday 02/6 Refer to Exams section in syllabus for more details. Covers material Weeks 1 through 4 Probability
Random Week of VariablesFeb 11 Continuous
(Wiesner) Chapter 4.6 - 4.8 (Utts/Heckard) Chapter 8.5 - 8.7 Lecture Notes: Week 6
Week of Sampling Feb 18 Distribution
(Wiesner) Chapter 5 (Utts/Heckard) Chapter 9.1 through 9.4, 9.6, 9.9, 9.10 Lecture Notes: Week 7
Week of Confidence Feb 25 Intervals
(Wiesner) Chapter 6 (Utts/Heckard) Chapters 10.1 - 10.3 and 11.1 11.2 Lecture Notes: Week 8
Week of Hypothesis Mar 11 Testing
(Wiesner) Chapter 7 (Utts/Heckard) Chapters 12.1 - 12.3 and 13. 13.2 Lecture Notes: Week 9
Week of Comparing Mar 18 Two Groups
(Wiesner) Chapter 8 (Utts/Heckard) Chapters 10.4, 11.3, 11.4, 12.4, 13.3 - 13.6 Lecture Notes: Week 10 MIDTERM II: Available THURSDAY 03/21 Refer to Exams section in syllabus for more details. Covers material Weeks 1 through 8 Confidence Intervals
Analysis of Week of Variance Mar 25 (ANOVA)
(Wiesner) Chapter 9 (Utts/Heckard)Chapter 16.1 - 16.2 Lecture Notes: Week 11
Week of Categorical Apr 1 Data
(Wiesner) Chapter 10 (Utts/Heckard) Chapters 4.1 - 4.4 and 15.1
Lecture Notes: Week 12 (Wiesner) Chapter 11 Week of Correlation and (Utts/Heckard) Chapter 3.1 - 3.3 and 14.1 - 14.4 Apr 8 Regression Lecture Notes: Week 13
More About Week of Linear Apr 15 Regression
Multiple Linear Regression (no chapter just online notes) Lecture Notes: Week 14 MIDTERM III: Available Monday 04/15 Refer to Exams section in syllabus for more details. Covers material Weeks 1 through 13 Correlation and Regression
Using Statistics Week of Lecture Notes: Week 15 and Course Apr 22 Review for Final Review
Week of Finals Week Apr 29
Final Exam: Scheduled during finals week. DO NOT MAKE PLANS TO LEAVE EARLY UNTIL DATES ARE ANNOUNCED Date to come later. Covers material Weeks 1 through 15
Course Materials Textbook: Any ONE of following: A Sports-Oriented Approach to Introductory Statistics (1st Ed), by Wiesner (The least expensive copy found at: https://students.universityreaders.com/store/. Create an account and follow the directions) Mind on Statistics, (4th Ed), by Utts and Heckard (note that data disc is NOT required) Grading - Weekly Unit Quizzes (7.5%) - approx. 13 (Drop lowest 2) - Weekly Mastery Quizzes (7.5%) - approx 13 (Drop lowest 2) - Weekly Lab Activities (5%) - approx. 14 (Drop lowest 2) - Midterms (60%) - Three midterms, (Drop lowest 1) No make up exams! - Final (20%) No make up final! - All grades will be kept in the ANGEL gradebook. To see your grades,
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Important University Dates End of Drop/Add - Wednesday, January 16 Filing Period for Final Exam Conflict - February 11 through March 3 Late Drop Deadline - Friday April 5 Spring Break - March 3 through March 9 Classes End - Friday, April 26 Final Exam Period - April 22 through May 3 Correspondence All email correspondence to me MUST be done using the ANGEL email (under Communicate tab in ANGEL). All other email risks going unanswered. NOTE: If you have your ANGEL email forwarded to another internet account then hitting reply to that email will NOT resend through ANGEL but instead in webmail. These, too, will not be answered. You will need to return to ANGEL and reply using the ANGEL email tools. Lecture Notes Posted on the ANGEL website Policies You are encouraged to work together on the practice problems, quizzes and activities. Working together is defined as working only with students currently registered in the blended sections of STAT200. This means, for example, if you have a tutor they are not permitted to assist you on taking and completing these assignments. Violations of this policy will be treated as transgressions against university academic policy. For the quizzes and activities, your lowest two 2 scores will be dropped as well as your lowest one 1 exam score. Because of this grading scheme please read the following remarks about each category carefully!!! Unit Quizzes - Unit Quizzes cannot be made up. - Will be assigned weekly starting the week of January 7. - Must be completed online during the scheduled time. This scheduled time will be from noon on Monday until midnight on Sunday for the week of that lesson. - You will have two attempts at each quiz with higher score being recorded and must be submitted by the deadline for that quiz. - The computer you use Must have MINITAB in order to complete the quiz. - The quizzes will be timed (typically 35 to 50 minutes). - Once you begin the quiz you the timer begins and will not stop. Your quiz will automatically be submitted after the time expires.
- All unit quizzes will be delivered using the ANGEL quiz tool. - Unit quizzes will pertain to content covered during that week. - If you miss a quiz, you will have the opportunity to take it but a grade will not be recorded. - The solutions to the quiz will be available around noon on the Monday following the deadline. You can review your results by clicking on your submission link. - CAUTION: Since these quizzes will be delivered online the issue of technical problems may arise, for example ANGEL may not be unavailable or your internet connection might be interrupted. In the case where the problem is ANGEL availability, the deadline will be extended. However, if your internet connection is the problem then on time completion is the student's responsibility. This problem is most common for those students who do not plan accordingly; that is, they wait until the last few hours or minutes prior to the deadline until they take the quiz. Mastery Quizzes - Mastery Quizzes cannot be made up. - Will be assigned weekly starting the week of January 7. - Must be completed online during the scheduled time. This scheduled time will be from noon on Monday until midnight on Sunday for the week of that lesson. - You will have two attempts at each quiz with higher score being recorded and must be submitted by the deadline for that quiz. - All mastery quizzes will be delivered using the ANGEL quiz tool. - The quizzes will be timed (typically 35 to 50 minutes). - Once you begin the quiz you the timer begins and will not stop. Your quiz will automatically be submitted after the time expires. - Mastery quizzes will consist of questions from that week PLUS previous weeks up until a midterm is given. That is, the master quizzes will be cumulative only for the content that will be covered on the subsequent midterm. - Minitab will not be required for Mastery Quizzes; you may take these quizzes from any computer with access to the internet and ANGEL - If you miss a quiz, you will have the opportunity to take it but a grade will not be recorded. - The solutions to the quiz will be available around noon on the Monday following the deadline. You can review your results by clicking on your submission link. - CAUTION: Since these quizzes will be delivered online the issue of technical problems may arise, for example ANGEL may not be unavailable or your internet connection might be interrupted. In the case where the problem is ANGEL availability, the deadline will be extended. However, if your internet connection is the problem then on time completion is the student's responsibility. This problem is most common for those students who do not plan accordingly; that is, they wait until the
last few hours or minutes prior to the deadline until they take the quiz. Lab Activities - Due on FRIDAYS - Lab Activities cannot be made up. - Must be answered using statistical language - Submitting copies or very similar language of solutions results in a zero for ALL activities - Will be assigned weekly starting the week of January 7. - A word of advice: complete the activity prior to attempting the quizzes. - Must be completed online during the scheduled time. This scheduled time will be from noon on Monday until midnight on FRIDAY for the week of that lesson. - All Lab Activities will be available in ANGEL as a word document(any version i.e. .doc or .docx) . You will complete the activity by typing your responses on the document, saving it AS A WORD DOCUMENT, and submitting your solutions to the activity’s respective drop box in the Lesson folder. - IF YOU FAILED TO PROPERLY SUBMIT THE ACTIVITY, SUBMITTED IT IN A FORM OTHER THAN A WORD DOCUMENT, THE FILE CANNOT BE OPENED, OR YOU SUBMITTED THE WRONG ACTIVITY WILL RESULT IN A GRADE OF A ZERO (0) FOR THAT ACTIVITY. - There is no time restriction other than the Friday at midnight deadline. - Minitab will be necessary! - Submit only ONE COMPLETED activity. Multiple submissions may result in a zero for that activity. - Upon submission the solutions will be available in the weekly lesson folder. Exams - Must Bring PSU ID - ALL EXAMS WILL BE DELIVERED ONLINE AND BE TAKEN IN THE COMPUTER TESTING CENTER LOCATED IN POLLACK BUILDING. - You will schedule a time to take your exam by going to the website: https://clc.its.psu.edu/eTesting/Students - BE SURE TO WRITE DOWN YOUR EXAM TIME ONCE YOU REGISTER. - Please arrive a few minutes early for your exam. If you forget your time or are late and the testing center refuses to allow you to take the exam this is your error and you will receive a zero (0) for that exam. PLEASE do NOT think that you can arrive anytime during your scheduled hour and still take the exam. - Each exam will consist of 35 to 40 multiple choice questions and you will have 60 minutes to complete the exam. - Note that all exams are cumulative! - The exams will be available on the days listed above in the Weekly Outline.
- No Calculators [Any problems requiring math will be easy.] - Any tables necessary will be provided. - Exams are closed book and one (1) pages of HANDWRITTEN notes (front and back constitute one page). NO SCRATCH PAPER - leave space on your note page. These notes MUST BE HANDWRITTEN. Violations to these rules will result in an F-grade for the course. Dropping the course will NOT be an option. - Note page WILL BE COLLECTED FOLLOWING EXAM. If you want your paper returned then write your name clearly on the top of page. Notes will be made available outside my office for ONE week following exam. Any notes left after one week will be thrown away. - No make-ups are available. If you miss an exam your score will be recorded as a zero. - Keep in mind that of the first three exams your lowest score will be dropped. Some Suggestions BE SURE TO WRITE DOWN YOUR EXAM TIME ONCE YOU REGISTER. Please arrive a few minutes early for your exam. If you forget your time or are late and the testing center refuses to allow you to take the exam this is your error and you will receive a zero (0) for that exam. PLEASE do NOT think that you can arrive anytime during your scheduled hour and still take the exam. In the past, students have found their understanding of the material and performance on quizzes improved tremendously if they completed the reading assignments (book and lecture notes), practice problems and lab activities prior to taking the quizzes. To encourage this behavior. As explained in the first paragraph above under Policies, since each assignment category includes dropped scores you have "extra" assignments. Often during a semester personal issues arise (sickness, family emergencies, etc.) which may require you to miss an assignment resulting in a "0" for that particular task - INCLUDING EXAMS. So please do not waste these extra chances. Each semester a small number of students wait until the end of the semester until they realize that they are on the verge of failing. At such times they have a tendency to ask "What can I do to improve my grades?" My answer will be "Nothing." As you can tell from the work outlined in this syllabus we will be very busy. Because of that, to allow someone the opportunity to improve their standing because they failed to act properly during the semester would usurp the efforts of students who put forth a semesters worth of work.
Academic Integrity Please visit: http://www.science.psu.edu/academic/Integrity/index.html for details concerning academic integrity guidelines that are adhered to by this course. Technical Support If you experience any problems with access to the online class materials, excluding homeowork, please contact ANGEL Support via email:
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