MT 122 R3,R4,R5 Statistics I – FALL 2010

SYLLABUS

 

MISSION STATEMENT

Felician College is an independent co-educational Catholic/Franciscan College founded and sponsored by the Felician Sisters to educate a diverse population of students within the framework of a liberal arts tradition.  Its mission is to provide a full complement of learning experiences, reinforced with strong academic and student development programs designed to bring students to their highest potential and prepare them to meet the challenges of the new century with informed minds and understanding hearts.  The enduring purpose of Felician College is to promote a love for learning, a desire for God, self knowledge, service to others, and respect for all creation.

 

DIVISION OF ARTS AND SCIENCES MISSION STATEMENT

The mission of the Division of Arts and Sciences is to implement and manifest the Mission of Felician College in the Programs of the Division; the General Education Program, the Developmental Educational Program, and the Core by providing the highest quality of instruction at both the undergraduate and graduate level, encouraging students to develop to their fullest potential, to gain skills for life-long learning, and to produce graduates well-equipped to contribute to society. The division achieves the stated mission by using processes of continual improvement, based upon assessment of student learning at al levels, as well as the assessment of the administrative processes and mechanisms

 

DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES MISSION STATEMENT

The Department of Mathematical Sciences supports the mission of Felician College by providing the portion of students’ educational experiences dealing with quantitative literacy.  The Department supports the mission of Felician College to provide a strong academic program by providing rigorous mathematics courses to students in all majors at all levels.  The Department supports the mission of the Division of Arts and Sciences by providing a high quality of instruction in mathematics at both the college level and the developmental level.  The broad variety of courses offered by the Department of Mathematical Sciences helps bring students to their highest potential by providing theory and practice related to problem solving, logical reasoning, and analytical skills.  This will help prepare Felician College students to meet future challenges with informed mathematical minds.

 

 

DISCLAIMER

This syllabus is subject to change according to the needs of the class as deemed appropriate by the instructor.  In case of changes, students will be notified in class and a new syllabus will be distributed.

 

 

Division	Arts and Sciences
Department:	Mathematical Sciences
Course level:	Undergraduate
Instructor:	Dr. Michael Sanford, Ph.D.
Rank:	Associate Professor
Email:	sanfordm@felician.edu or msanfordphd@optonline.net
Phone:	201 559- 6000 ext. 3192
Office	Office: Room 3 Martin Hall Rutherford Campus, (or the Math Lab MH 4)
Course Number	MATH 122 R3-R4-R5
Course Title:	Statistics I
Office & Office Hours:	Office: Room 3 Becton Hall Rutherford Campus, (or the Math Lab) Office Hours: MTWThF 9:20-9:45, MW 2-3

 

Course Description:

This introductory course covers descriptive statistics and most of the fundamental concepts of inferential statistics.  Topics include populations, random samples, measures of central tendency and variability, probability, binomial and normal distributions, standard scores, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, student’s “t,” Chi square, analysis of variance, linear regression, and correlation.  Prerequisite: MT 002 or equivalent

 

 

 

 

 

COURSE CORE OBJECTIVES

Math students will demonstrate Critical Reasoning in Problem Solving and Effective Communication in oral presentation of solutions, and they will apply Quantitative and Analytical Skills to the subject matter.

 

COURSE GOALS

The goal of all mathematics courses is for you to learn to think mathematically.  To help you reach that goal, specific goals for this course include the following.  Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:

·       Understand and explain basic statistical concepts, including observational and experimental data, valid sampling techniques, descriptive and inferential statistics, correlation, and regression.

·       Conduct experiments and analyze data.

·       Create appropriate graphs of statistical information, including charts, histograms, and scatter plots.

·       Draw conclusions from statistical data.  In particular, you will be able to recognize valid and invalid statistical arguments. Perform basic statistical calculations, including mean, median, mode, variance, standard deviation, percentiles, and z-scores.

·       Understand basic concepts of probability, including addition and multiplication rules and conditional probability.

·       Calculate mean, standard deviation, and expected value for probability functions. 

·       Understand the standard normal distribution function, the use of the z-score, and the central limit theorem.

·       Calculate and use confidence intervals.

 

Text Requirements: 

Elementary Statistics: A Brief Edition, 5^th ed., A. Bluman, McGraw-Hill. (Felician College New List Price: $127.50) Don’t waste your on the “Bar Chart” the bookstore is trying to sell you.

 

COURSE CONTENT:

 

 

 

Grading Policies:

 

·       Weekly Quizzes (except those weeks in which an exam is given): At least 10, given each Thursday.  The best 10 will be counted for a total of 100 points.

·       Exams: 100 points each, and there will be three in-class exams during the semester for a total of 300 points. Refer to the calendar above for dates.

·       Final Exam: 200 points, Comprehensive, date when the registrar’s office informs

 

Course Grade:

There are 600 points possible; the table at right describes how many points you need to get each grade. Points determined by the percentages outlined in the Felician College Undergraduate Handbook.

 

Teaching/Learning Strategies

·       Class lectures, demonstrations, and discussions

·       Small group work and discussions

·       Study and homework groups

·       Individual problem solving

 

Grading Rubric:

Quizzes/Exams

The student gets 100% of the credit for an exam question only if the answer is correct, all work is shown, and the work shown leads to the correct answer. Partial credit is given under the following circumstances:

• If the work is substantially correct but there is a minor error in arithmetic, the student will get close to full credit (99%-75% of the credit).
• If there are some mistakes but the student has shown an understanding of at least some of the math, the student will get credit proportional to the amount of understanding demonstrated (74%-1% of the credit).
• No credit (0%) for work that is nonexistent or unrelated

 

Course Policies:

  Missed classes: Should you miss a class you need to get the material form a classmate. Power Points will available at my website faculty.felician.edu/sanfordm/ Warning that the files are .zip files so they need to downloaded then unzipped.

Missed quizzes, I’ll try to give more than 10 quizzes so make-ups are not necessary but if you want to take a makeup, make arrangements with me to do it outside of class time.

Missed exams, will not be made up unless there is an extreme need.  Otherwise your final will become a 300 point final if you need to miss an exam.  If you do not talk with me about missing the exam in person I will assume you skipped and you should expect a 0 for that exam.

In class behavior, I expect you to act as the adult you are and respect your classmates and myself which means turn off cell phone, no text messaging.  In general the golden rule applies.

Calculators, You’re nuts if you don’t have a good one. NO cell phone calculators.

Academic dishonesty, you are expected to work on your own unless otherwise specified.  Quizzes will occasionally be a group effort.

 

Note: College Wide Policies can be found in the College Catalog.

 

Due unforeseen circumstance there may need to be adjustment made to the syllabus. These changes will be announced in class and therefore lack of attendance require find out from a classmate in changes. Also should I need to contact you I will do so through the email address that is listed in WEBADVISOR, your college email address.