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Course Syllabus Spring 2017
Course Number & Title: MAT 121 EEL Elementary Statistics
Credits: 3 Units
Time & Room: Monday thru Friday, 40 minute periods
Room 224
Instructor: James E. Sheffer
Course Description
An introductory course that enables students to comprehend and compute
the various measures of statistics. Topics include the nature of statistics,
sampling, measures of central tendency, measures of dispersion, correlation,
linear regression, normal and binomial distributions, fundamentals of
probability, and statistical inferences.
Course Objectives
At the conclusion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. Demonstrate knowledge and an ability of basic statistics.
2. Apply appropriate statistical techniques to applications
3. Demonstrate a competency of elementary statistics for continuing on to
other statistics based courses.
Textbook
Essentials of Statistics; 3rd edition, Triola
Course Organization and Methods
The material is presented by a combination of lecture, example problem
solving, group discussion, and individual assignments. Each session will
include a review of assigned problems, introduction to new material, and
application of new material.
Course Content and Schedule
1/23
1/24
1/25
1/26
1/27
Overview; Definitions
Types of Data
Critical thinking; Percentages
Critical Thinking; Correlation
No School for Students (Regional Scoring)
1/30
1/31
2/1
2/2
2/3
Design of Experiments
Extra Day
Design of Experiments
Review
Chapter One Assessment
2/6
2/7
2/8
2/9
2/10
Overview; Definitions; Frequency Distribution
Frequency Distribution
Histograms
Statistical Graphics
Statistical Graphics
2/13
2/14
2/15
2/16
2/17
Review
Review
Chapter Two Assessment
Extra Day; Statistics @ Work
Extra Day
February 20th through February 24th: Mid-Winter Recess
2/27
2/28
3/1
3/2
3/3
Overview; Measures of Center (Part 1)
Measures of Center (Part 2)
Measures of Center
Standard Deviation
Standard Deviation
3/6
3/7
3/8
3/9
3/10
Variance of a Sample and Population
Interpreting Standard deviation; Empirical Rule
Chebyshev’s Theorem; Rationale for Standard Deviation
Comparing Variation in Different Populations; Review
Chapter Three Assessment (Part 1)
3/13
3/14
3/15
3/16
3/17
Z Scores; Quartiles
Measures of Relative Standing
Exploratory Data Analysis; Outliners; Box Plots
Review
No Class: Superintendent’s Day
3/20
3/21
3/22
3/23
3/24
Review
Chapter Three Assessment (Part 2)
Probability Fundamentals
Probability Fundamentals
Extra Day if Needed
3/27
3/28
3/29
3/30
3/31
Probability Addition Rule
Probability Addition Rule (Extra Day)
Probability Multiplication Rule
Complements and Conditional Probability
Counting Rule; Factorial Rule
4/3
4/4
4/5
4/6
4/7
Permutations and Combinations
Review Probability
Review Probability
Chapter Four Assessment
Extra Day
April 10th to April 14th: Spring Recess
4/17
4/18
4/19
4/20
4/21
Overview; Random Variables
Rationale for Formula’s
Unusual results; Expected Value
Binomial Probability Distributions
Binomial Probability Distributions
4/24
4/25
4/26
4/27
4/28
Mean, Variance, and Standard Deviation for the Binomial Dist.
Review
Review
Chapter Five Assessment
Extra Day
5/1
5/2
5/3
5/4
5/5
Normal Distribution
Standard Normal Distribution with z scores
Probabilities with z scores
Applications of Normal Distributions
Applications of Normal Distributions
5/8
5/9
5/10
5/11
5/12
Sampling Distributions and Estimations
Sampling Distributions and Estimations
Central Limit Theorem
Central Limit Theorem
Extra Day
5/15
5/16
5/17
5/18
5/19
Normal as Approximation to Binomial
Normal as Approximation to Binomial
Review
Review
Chapter Six Assessment
5/22
5/23
5/24
5/25
5/26
Extra Day if Needed
Estimating a Population Proportion
Confidence Intervals; Critical Values
Margin of Error
Extra Day
5/29
5/30
5/31
6/1
6/2
No School: Memorial Day
Estimating a Population Mean; ơ Known
Review for Final
Review for Final
Review for Final
6/5
6/6
6/7
6/8
6/9
Review for Final
Review for Final
Final Exam (Part One)
Final Exam (Part Two)
Extra Time
6/12
6/13
Extra Day if Needed
Extra Day if Needed
Method of Evaluation
Your final grade will be determined by the following:
a) Seven Forty Minute Exams
b) Daily Assignments
c) Cumulative Final
Grades
A
AB+
B
BC+
93-100
90-92
87-89
83-86
80-82
77-79
C
CD+
D
DF
73-76
70-72
67-69
63-66
60-62
0-59
Attendance
Students are expected to be in class at all times. Students with excessive
absences will be withdrawn from college credit.
Extra Help
If you are having difficulty, see me immediately or try working with other
students in the class. I am available before or after school, my prep period,
or my lunch.