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Professor: Tom
Linton, 312 B Central Hall, campus phone (641) 628-5264, email: lintont@central.edu.
Office Hours: 10 AM Monday and Friday, 1 PM Tuesday
and Wednesday, or by appointment.
Class Meets: 11:00 to 11:50 PM MTWF in Central Hall 317.
Text: The Basic Practice
of Statistics 2nd Edition, by Moore.
Technology: A TI-83 calculator is required for this course.
Students with similar calculators will have a significant disadvantage
to overcome. No prior knowledge of the TI-83 is assumed. Calculators are
allowed on exams. The class web page is located at the URL http://www.central.edu/homepages/lintont/classes/fall00/introstat/introstat.html
and information relevant to this course may come via email. You should
check your email and the class web page on occasion.
Our text is exceptionally well written. You should strive to read the text, it is written with you in mind. Reading mathematics is a skill we will focus on in this course. It is an active process, unlike reading most novels or poems. You should read each section of the text before coming to the class meetings on that material. The homework problems which appear in the middle of the sections (for example, problems 1.1 to 1.10 in section 1.1) should be attempted as you read. These questions will likely show up on quizzes and activities.
Most students that struggle with statistics fall behind at some point, avoid this like the plague. One day at a time, statistics is easy! If you blow off a few days, it can become much more challenging.
If any student has a physical, learning or psychiatric disability that restricts the development or expression of your gifts, please feel free to let me know so that we can, when possible, make accommodations that will enhance your classroom experience.
If any student has a physical, learning or psychiatric disability that restricts the development or expression of your gifts, please feel free to let me know so that we can, when possible, make accommodations that will enhance your classroom experience.
Plagiarism, or copying answers from other people or books without citing the source is a serious offense and will result in no credit for the work. It is OK to discuss your answers with other groups on group assignments, but the work you turn in must be your own.
WEEK | DATES | SECTION(S) | ASSIGNMENTS |
1 | 8-29 to 9-1 | 1.1, 1.2 | Class data sheet
1.1 #1,4,5,6,8,9,13,15,18,21 1.2 #27,28,30,31,32,34,35,37,42,45,48 |
2 | 9-5 to 8 | 1.2,1.3 | quiz 1, mean
and median activity
1.3 #50,51,52,55,56,57,58,59,60,62,64,66,70 |
3 | 9-11 to 15 | 1.3, 2.1 | 2.1#1,3,4,5,6,7,8,11,12 |
4 | 9-18 to 22 | 2.2, 2.3, 2.4 | Correlation activity
2.2#17,18,22,23,27,29 2.3#30,32,34,35,37,38,39,42,44,45,46,48 |
5 | 9-25 to 29 | 2.4 | TV
and life expectancy activity
2.4#53,54,55,57,60,61,63 exam 1 practice sheet exam 1 is Wed 9-27 |
6 | 10-2 to 6 | 3.1, 3.2 | 3.1#1,2,5,6,7,9,11,13,15,19,20,23,24,29,30
Activity on SRS's with the TI-83 3.2#33,36,39,40,42,45,46,47,51,55,56 |
7 | 10-9 to 13 | 4.1, 4.2 | quiz 2,
4.1#2,3,6,9,10,13 4.2#14,18,19,20,22,23,24,29,31,34,37 M&M activity and class data. |
8 | 10-16 to 18
Fall Break! |
4.3 | 4.3#38 to 41,43,45,47,49,51,53 |
9 | 10-23 to 27 | 5.1, 5.2, 5.3 | 5.1#1,2,4,5,8,9,10,13,14
Counting successes activity 5.2#18 to 30,33,34,36 |
10 | 10-30 to 11-2 | 5.3 | 5.3#40,42,45,46,51
exam 2 practice questions |
11 | 11-6 to 9 | 6.1, 6.2 | 6.1#1,2,3,5,6,7,8,12,14,17,18,19,21
confidence interval activity 6.2#25,26,27,29,31,32,34 TO 40,42,43 |
12 | 11-13 to 17 | 6.3 | 6.3#54,55,56,57,58,60 quiz 3 |
13 | 11-20 to 22 | 6.4 | 6.4#63,64,65,67,68 |
14 | 11-27 to 29 | 7.1, 7.2 | 7.1#2,3,4,7,8,9,11 to 14,16,19,21,23,24
7.2#28,31,32,33,35,37,42,46 |
15 | 12-4 to 8 | 7.2 | 2-sample
vs 1-sample activity
exam 3 practice problems |
16 | 12-11 to 15 | 8.1, 8.2 | |
12-21 8 AM (Thurs) | Final Exam | Cumulative 150 points |
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