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Frederick
Community College MA206NET–Elementary Statistics SUMMER 2011
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Class begins: June 6,
2011 |
Class ends: August 1, 2011 |
Last Day to Withdraw:
July 13, 2011 |
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Instructor
Information: |
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Name: Steve
Prehoda |
Office: B-101 |
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E-mail: sprehoda@ix.netcom.com |
Phone
Number: 301-846-2578 |
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Contact
Hours: By email |
Campus
Mail Box #: 296 |
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Course
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Credits: 3 |
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On-campus
Meetings: None |
On-campus
Exams: Two proctored exams |
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Prerequisites: At
least a C in MA 82 or appropriate score on placement exam |
Co
requisites:
None |
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Course
Description: |
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An introductory
noncalculus statistics course. Topics include descriptive analysis and
treatment of data, probability, statistical inference, linear regression and correlation. |
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Core
Learning Outcomes: |
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Upon completion of
this course students will 1.
Describe, analyze and display statistical distributions. 2.
Display, analyze and interpret bi-variate data 3.
Use appropriate techniques to make valid statistical inferences.
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Instructional
Methods: |
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How is this course organized: |
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This is not a self
paced course. Two proctored exams have
deadlines and Weekly Assignments are due twice a week in summer. |
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Text(s)
and Course Materials: |
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Essential Statistics, 4th ed. Mario F Triola bundled with MyStatLab access
key. Required textbook. A TI-83/TI-84Plus graphing calculator is
required. Proctored testing will be significantly easier with the TI-84. |
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Progress
Report: |
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By the end of the 3rd
week of the semester, you will have an opportunity to evaluate your progress
in this course and decide if you need to make any adjustments (additional
study, tutoring, conference with instructor) to assure your success in this
course. |
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Evaluation
Methods: |
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Tests / Papers / Weekly Assign
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Point/Weight Value
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Final Grade Scale |
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4 online tests 2 Proctored Exams, Midterm &
Final 10 Weekly Assignments 1 Research/Writing Assignment 1 Hypothesis Testing Project |
400 (7.5%
ea)
200 (30% ea) 100 (5 % tot) 100 (2.5% ) 100 (2.5%) |
90-100= A 80-89= B 70-79= C 60-69= D <60 = F |
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If the graded
performance for online assignments differs significantly from the grade
average for proctored assignments, the instructor reserves the right to
administer additional tests. |
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Student Services |
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A variety of services are available to assist students
in succeeding at FCC. Students can learn more about these services by
visiting the Student Services web page: http://www.frederick.edu/student_services/index.aspx. Students with disabilities who are in need of
accommodations or who have questions related to disabilities services should
contact the Services for Students with Disabilities (SSD) office at
301-846-2408. Students can learn more about these services by visiting the
Services for Students with Disabilities web page: http://www.frederick.edu/student_services/disability.aspx. |
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Participation
Policy: |
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(1) To
maintain the highest quality of academic work, the course level class
participation policy encourages and expects the student to participate fully
in all course activities. (2) In
case of serious illness, emergency, religious holidays, or participation in
official college functions, students remain responsible for completing the
requirements of the course. |
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Email Policy: |
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With the exception
of MOL students, all FCC students will receive and are expected to use their
FCC email address for correspondence with faculty and staff at the college. Students
can establish and access their FCC email accounts at https://myfcc.frederick.edu.
Email is an instructional tool essential to student-instructor and
student-student communication. In the Blackboard environment by default, your
email address is available to all students in this course. However, students
are permitted to use email addresses of other students in this course only
for the purpose and the duration of this course. The instructor can
be expected to respond to regular student email inquiries (grades, posted
assignments, and tests excluded) within the time frame of 24 to 48 hours. |
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Academic
Integrity: |
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Work in this course is subject to the provisions
of the FCC Code of Academic Integrity. Plagiarism in any form will not be
tolerated. As a student, it is your job to practice academic honesty at ALL
times. Make sure that all sources,
particularly Internet sources, get proper credit for quotations, paraphrases,
and ideas. More information about this and the Student Conduct Code are
available at http://www.frederick.edu/student_services/studentpolicies.aspx |
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You must
send your Academic Integrity Pledge to the instructor. The form is available at http://courses.frederick.edu/_utilities/regform.htm |
Topical
Outline Summer 2011
Note: Class numbers refer to 15 week schedule.
Week
numbers refer to 8 week schedule
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Class |
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Content/Assignment |
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#1 |
WEEK 1 |
Chap 1
Introduction to Statistics
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Read: Chap 1, Sec
2.1, 2.2, 2.3 1-3: 1-12, 13-19 odd, 29,31 1-4: 1,4,5,7,9 1-5: 5-8 2-2: 5,7,13,15 |
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#2 |
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Sec 2.1, 2.2, 2.3
Frequency tables, pictures of data
Sec 3.1, 3.2
Measures of Central Tendency
Calculator skills
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2.2 p. 52 # 1,9,13 2.3 p. 57 # 1, 5-8 2-4: Read Read
3.1, 3.2 3.2 p. 94 5-11 odd,21 Read: Sec 3.3 |
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#3 |
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Sec 3.3 Measures
of Variation
Empirical Rule Sec. 3.4
Measures of Position and Boxplots Calculate and interpret Z scores
Calculator skills Construct
Boxplots |
3.3 p.
109 # 1 – 11 odd, 17, 19 Read: Sec 3.4, 3.5 3.4
p. 126 # 1 – 17 odd |
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#4 |
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Practice Test 1 |
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#5 |
WEEK
2 |
Online Test 1
Chap 1, 2 and 3 |
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#6 |
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Sec 4.1 - 4.5 Fundamentals of Probability
Find probabilities using contingency tables |
Do: 4.2 p. 147 # 5-31 odd
4.3 p. 156 # 5-21 odd
4.4 p. 167 # 5-29 odd
4.5 p. 175 5 – 23 odd Read:
Sec 5.1, 5.2 |
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Sec 5.1, 5.2
Random Variables
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Do: 5.2
p. 208 # 5 – 13 odd, # 17 – 21 odd Read: Sec 5.3, 5.4 |
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# 8 |
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Sec 5.3 Binomial
Experiments Sec 5.4 Mean,
Variance, Standard Deviation for Binomial Distribution
Calculator skills Calculate
Binomial probabilities |
Do: 5.3 p. 219 # 15 – 23 odd # 29 – 35
5.4 p. 226 # 5 – 17 odd |
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#9 |
WEEK
3 |
Practice
Test 2 |
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#10 |
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Online
Test 2 Chapter 4 and 5 |
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Proctored
Midterm Due by 7/02/2011 |
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# 11 |
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Sec 6.1, 6.2
Standard Normal Distribution
Calculator skills
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Do: 6.2 p. 249 5-51 odd Read: Sec 6.3 |
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WEEK 4 |
Sec 6.3
Applications of Normal Distributions
Calculator skills
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Do: 6.3
p. 259 # 5 – 29 odd Read: Sec 6.5 |
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# 13 |
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Sec 6.5 Central
Limit Theorem
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Do: 6.5
p. 283 # 5 - 13 odd, 17 |
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Sec
6.6 Normal as approximation to Binomial |
5-27 odd Read: Sec 7.1, 7.2 |
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# 15 |
WEEK
5 |
Sec 7.1, 7.2
Estimating a Population Proportion
Calculator skills Calculate the
confidence interval for a population proportion |
Do: 7.2 p. 327 # 1 – 29 odd, 33 – 39 odd, 41, 43 Read: Sec 7.3,
7.4 |
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Sec 7.3, 7.4 Estimating a Population Mean
Calculator skills Calculate the
confidence interval for a population mean using T-interval |
Do: 7.3 p. 339 # 17, 19, 21, 33, 35 7.4 p. 353 # 13, 17, 19, 23, 25 (Use t-interval
for both.) |
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#17 |
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Practice
Test 3 |
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#18 |
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Online Test 3
Chapter 6 and 7 |
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#19 |
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Sec 8.1, 8.2
Fundamentals of Hypothesis Testing
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Do: 8.2
p. 397 # 1 – 35 odd, Read Sec 8.3 |
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WEEK
6 |
Sec 8.3 Testing a
Claim about a Proportion ·
Perform three types of significance
tests – traditional method, p-value method and confidence interval for a
population proportion using the calculator ·
Write up a formal hypothesis test
for a claim about a population proportion ·
Interpret the results Calculator skills
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Do: 8.3 p. 408 # 5-19 odd Read: Sec 8.5 |
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# 20 |
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Sec
8.4 Testing a Claim About a Mean- Sigma Known |
5-19 odd |
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Sec 8.5 Testing a
Claim about a Mean ·
Perform three types of significance
tests – traditional method, p-value method and confidence interval for a
population mean using the calculator ·
Write up a formal hypothesis test
for a claim about a population mean ·
Interpret the results Calculator skills Calculate the
test statistic t, p-value, and confidence interval for a claim about a
population mean |
Do: 8.5
p. 427 # 9-25 odd Read: Sec 9.1, 9.2 (Use t-test for
both.) Read 9.1, 9.2 |
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July 13 |
Last Day to
Withdraw from this Course |
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# 22 |
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Sec 9.1, 9.2
Inferences about two proportions ·
Perform three types of significance
tests – traditional method, p-value method and confidence interval for two proportions using the calculator ·
Write up a formal hypothesis test
for a claim about a two proportions ·
Interpret the results Calculator skills
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Do: 9.2
p. 456 # 9-35 odd Read: Sec 9.3,
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# 23 |
WEEK
7 |
Sec 9.3, 9.4
Inferences about two means, Independent samples and matched pairs ·
Determine whether samples are
independent or dependent ·
Perform three types of significance
tests – traditional method, p-value method and confidence interval for
independent sample means and for dependent sample means/matched pairs using
the calculator ·
Write up a formal hypothesis test
for a claim about two means ·
Interpret the results Calculator skills
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Do: 9.3 p. 470 # 5 –9, 10*, 11, 13 9.4
p. 481 # 11, 13, 15 |
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Data collection for Hypothesis
Testing Project Research Web Writing Assignment on
Hypothesis Tests |
Read 11.2, 11.3 |
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Sec 11.2 Goodness
of Fit Sec 11.3 Contingency
Tables: Independence and Homogeneity
Calculator skills
Calculate
Chi-square and/or p-value |
11.2 5-17 odd Do: 11.3 p. 576 #5-17 odd Read: Sec 10.1,
10.2, 10.3 |
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Sec 10.1,
10.2,10.3 Correlation and Regression
Calculator skills
Determine the
regression equation |
Do: 10.2 p. 508 #13 – 25 odd 10.3
p. 525 #13 – 25 odd Do as paired exercises, both #13s together,
etc. |
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# 27 |
WEEK
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Practice
Test 4 |
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# 28 |
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Online Test 4 Chapter 8,9,10, and 11 |
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Practice
for final. No practice final available, use Practice Tests 3-4. |
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# 30 |
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Proctored Final Exam Chap 6-11 |
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