MATH 201 Applied Statistics

Fall 2010

Section 001 8:00 to 9:00 M W F

Section 002 9:10 to 10:10 M W F

Instructor: Dr. Chris Edwards Phone: 424-1358 or 948-3969 Office: Swart 123

Classroom: Swart 203 Text: Introduction to the Practice of Statistics 6^th edition, by David S. Moore and George P. McCabe

Required Calculator: TI-83, TI-83 Plus, or TI-84 Plus, by Texas Instruments. Other TI graphics calculators (like the TI-86) do not have the same statistics routines we will be using and will cause you troubles.

Catalog Description: An introduction to applied statistics using a statistical computing package such as MINITAB. Topics include: Descriptive statistics, elementary probability, discrete and continuous distributions, interval and point estimation, hypothesis testing, regression and correlation. Credit cannot be earned for both PBIS 189 and Mathematics 201. Prerequisite: Mathematics 104 or 108 with a grade of C or better.

Course Objectives: (Click here for full document.) The goal of statistics is to gain understanding from data. This course focuses on critical thinking and active learning. Students will be engaged in statistical problem solving and will develop intuition concerning data analysis, including the use of appropriate technology.

Specifically students will develop

• an interest and aptitude in applying statistics to other areas of human inquiry

• an awareness of the nature and value of statistics

• a sound, critical approach to interpreting statistics, including possible misuses

• facility with statistical calculations and evaluations, using appropriate technology

• effective written and oral communication skills

Grading: Final grades are based on 500 points:

	Topic	Points	Tentative Date
Exam 1	Descriptive Statistics	80 pts.	October 8
Exam 2	Sampling, Probability, and the CLT	80 pts.	November 12
Exam 3	Statistical Inference	80 pts.	December 17
Group Presentations	20 Points Each	60 pts.	Biweekly
Quizzes	10 Points Each	100 pts.	Weekly
Homework	10 Points Each	100 pts.	Weekly

Attendance is a very important component of success in my class because many of the skills and lessons we will learn will be a direct result of classroom activities that cannot be reproduced easily. Thus, final grades are based on attendance as well as total points earned. The number of quiz scores that may be dropped is based on absences.

Presentations: There will be three presentations, each worth 20 points. The descriptions of the presentations are in the Day By Day Notes. I will assign you to your groups for these presentations randomly, but I want to avoid you having the same members each time. I expect each person in a group to contribute to the work; you can allocate the work in any way you like. If a group member is not contributing, see me as soon as possible so I can make a decision about what to do. Part of your presentation grade will be based on your own evaluations of how each person contributed to the presentation. The topics are: 1 - Displays and Regression (October 6). 2 - Sampling and Probability (November 10). 3 - Statistical Hypothesis Testing (December 15).

Quizzes: Approximately once a week, we will have a quiz on the current material. These quizzes are a way for me to provide feedback to you on your progress in the course. You will be allowed to drop up to 2 quizzes, based on your course attendance.

Homework: I will collect three homework problems approximately once a week. The due dates are listed on the course outline below. While I will only be grading three problems, I presume that you will be working on many more than just the three I assign. I suggest that you work together in small groups on the homework for this class. What I expect is a well thought-out, complete discussion of the problem. Please don’t just put down a numerical answer; I want to see how you did the problem. (You won’t get full credit for just numerical answers.) The method you use is much more important to me than the final answer. Important Grading Feature: If your homework percentage is lower than your exam percentage, I will replace your homework percentage with your exam percentage. Therefore, your homework grade cannot be lower than your exam grade.

Office Hours: Office hours are times when I will be in my office to help you. There are many other times when I am in my office. If I am in and not busy, I will be happy to help. My office hours for Fall 2010 semester are 10:20 to 11:00, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, and 2:00 to 2:50 Tuesday, or by appointment.

Philosophy: I strongly believe that you, the student, are the only person who can make yourself learn. Therefore, whenever it is appropriate, I expect you to “discover” the statistics we will be exploring. I do not feel that “lecturing” to you will teach you how to do statistics. I hope to be your “guide” while we learn some statistics, but you will need to do the learning. The textbook we will be using for this class will require you to actually read it to master the material.

My idea of education is not “Teaching is telling and learning is listening”. I believe that you must be active in the learning process to learn well. My job as a teacher, therefore, is not to tell you the answers to the problems we will encounter; rather it is to point you in a direction that will allow you to see the solutions yourselves. To accomplish that goal, I will work to find different interactive activities for us to work on. Your job is to use me, to use your text, to use your friends, and any other resources.

	Homework 1, due September 21		Chapter 1: 1.18 page 23 1.28 pages 25-26 1.40 page 28
	Homework 2, due September 28		Chapter 1: 1.56 page 48 1.80 page 51 1.136 page 75
	Homework 3, due October 5		Chapter 2: 2.20 page 98 2.26 page 100 2.64 pages 122-123
	Homework 4, due October 21		Chapter 3: 3.18 page 192 3.66 page 210 (use the calculator) 3.68 pages 210-211 (use the calculator)
	Homework 5, due October 30		Chapter 4: 4.22 page 255 4.34 page 257 4.60 page 269
	Homework 6, due November 6		Chapter 4: 4.80 page 287 4.122 pages 305-306 Chapter 5: 5.28 page 334
	Homework 7, due November 20		Chapter 5: 5.48 page 347 5.52 page 348 Chapter 6: 6.26 page 371
	Homework 8, due December 2		Chapter 6: 6.32 page 371 6.54 page 391 6.66 pages 392-393
	Homework 9, due December 9		Chapter 6: 6.122 page 413 Chapter 7: 7.32 page 444 7.76 page 470
	Homework 10, due December 16		Chapter 8: 8.14 page 503 8.26 page 504 8.44 page 517
Monday		Wednesday		Friday
September 6 No Class		September 8 Day 1 Introduction		September 10 Day 2 Graphical Summaries Section 1.1
September 13 Day 3 Arizona Temps Section 1.1		September 15 Day 4 Numerical Summaries Section 1.2		September 17 Day 5 Quiz 1 Standard Deviation Section 1.2
September 20 Day 6 Homework 1 Due Intro to Normal Section 1.3		September 22 Day 7 Normal Problems Section 1.3		September 24 Day 8 Quiz 2 Correlation Sections 2.1 and 2.2
September 27 Day 9 Homework 2 Due Outliers I Section 2.2		September 29 Day 10 Olympic Races Section 2.3		October 1 Day 11 Quiz 3 Outliers II Section 2.3
October 4 Day 12 Homework 3 Due U. S. Population Sections 2.4 and 2.5		October 6 Day 13 Presentation 1 Review		October 8 Day 14 Exam 1
October 11 Day 15 Polls Section 3.1 to 3.3		October 13 Day 16 Lurking Variables Section 3.1		October 15 Day 17 SRS’s Section 3.2
October 18 Day 18 Quiz 4 Sampling Schemes Sections 3.3 and 3.4		October 20 Day 19 Homework 4 Due Randomness Section 4.1		October 22 Day 20 Coins, Dice, RV’s Section 4.2
October 25 Day 21 Quiz 5 Random Variables Section 4.3		October 27 Day 22 Means and Variances Section 4.4		October 29 Day 23 Homework 5 Due Trees and Bayes’ Section 4.5
November 1 Day 24 Quiz 6 Binomial Section 5.1		November 3 Day 25 Central Limit Theorem Section 5.2		November 5 Day26 Homework 6 Due More CLT Section 5.2
November 8 Day 27 Quiz 7 Review		November 10 Day 28 Presentation 2		November 12 Day 29 Exam 2
November 15 Day 30 m&m’s Section 6.1		November 17 Day 31 CI Practice Section 6.1		November 19 Day 32 Homework 7 Due Contradiction Section 6.2
November 22 Day 33 Hypothesis Test Practice Quiz 8 Section 6.2		November 24 No Class		November 26 No Class
November 29 Day 34 Testing Simulation Section 6.2 to 6.3		December 1 Day 35 Homework 8 Due Gosset Simulation Section 7.1		December 3 Day 36 Quiz 9 Matched Pairs Section 7.1
December 6 Day 37 Two Samples Section 7.2		December 8 Day 38 Homework 9 Due Proportions Section 8.1		December 10 Day 39 Quiz 10 2 Sample Proportions Section 8.2
December 13 Day 40 Review		December 15 Day 41 Homework 10 Due Presentation 3 Review		December 17 Day 42 Exam 3

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