MATH 205 STATISTICAL METHODS

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Adams State University – Extended Studies© Page 1 of 10 October 2012

Course Syllabus

Syllabus Objective

The purpose of this syllabus is to guide the participant in the requirements, demands, logistics and expectations of this course.

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Introduction

Greetings and Salutations from the Land of Cool Sunshine!

This course has been designed to be entirely online, including examinations. While it doesn't fit the traditional model of a college course, in that there is no "class session" or instructor lecturing, it does in every way deliver the content to the student who would normally be in the lecture hall. Since I won't be lecturing, and you are on your own to set your pace, we have a few things in the online environment that are designed to help you.

 BPS6e: The official grades for this course will be kept on the Adams State University Blackboard site, and students can access them through the following website:

https://www.adams.edu/onestop/

the entire course, including an electronic version of the textbook, are to be accessed through the publisher's website:

http://courses.bfwpub.com/bps6e.php

After purchasing an activation code from our bookstore, you should:

1. Go to http://www.macmillanhighered.com/launchpad/bps6e/2795324

2. Bookmark the page to make it easy to return to. 3. Enroll in our course using one of the following options:

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a. If you have an access code, select “I have a student access code,” enter the code exactly as it appears on the card, and click Submit.

b. If you don’t have an access code, either purchase a text package that includes one OR click “I want to purchase access” and follow the instructions.

c. If you need to start working but can’t purchase right away, select “I want temporary access” and follow the instructions.

Please make sure to contact customer support at BFW publishing if you have any issues with their technology: 1-800-936-6899. There is also a weblink for "click here for more options" at the bottom of the webpage after login. Adams State University office of instructional technology will not be able to assist you with BFW's software

 Chapter Contents: Once you've entered your registration information into the BPS6e website, and entered the course area, there is a menu on the left-hand side of the page. Click on "View all assignments." Once you've entered this area, click on the multipart lesson for the appropriate chapter. You may ignore the due dates in this area. I have put them there simply to order the material in book order. It is recommended, but not required, that you follow book order. For each multipart lesson you will find the chapter from the book to read, an optional chapter pretest to make sure you know the material, a fun "LearningCurve" module that will be part of your course grade, the chapter homework assignment that will be part of your course grade, an optional chapter posttest, and links to videos, tutoring, vocabulary flashcards, and slideshows if you want more information or help understanding the chapter material.

 Exams will be taken online at the same website mentioned above. Proctored Exams

Go to http://www.onlineproctoring.com/adamsstateuniversity/index.htm and make an account (this costs nothing to make an account). Upon account creation, you will receive an email from Kryterion Online Proctoring with a link for future contact. When you are ready to take an exam, go to http://www.onlineproctoring.com/ , click "Login", type in your username and password, click "New Exam", under "Term" choose "Open Enrollment", under "Name of Exam" choose the exam you wish to schedule, choose an appropriate Exam Date and Start time. Be aware that Kryterion requires 48-hours notice.

Proctoring will cost $19 per exam ($38 total). Kryterion will not give refunds, even if the exam is overpaid for. Please use a Paypal account for payment of the exam and do not pay more than once for each exam. If you register for an incorrect time or course or make a mistake on the student registration form, simply email Kryterion support for a resolution. You will also need a webcam for this exam. Finally you can check your computer for the proper technical requirements at https://onlineproctoring.com/.

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Instructor Information

Instructor: Dr. Stephen Aldrich

Email: Use the Mail Tab in Blackboard Phone: 719.587.7487

Address: Adams State University

208 Edgemont Blvd., Ste. 3060 Alamosa, CO 81101

Course Delivery

Online, Open Enrollment

Credit Hours

3 Semester Hours

Prerequisites

Math 104 minimum grade C- or T or Math 106 minimum grade C- or T or Math 107 minimum grade C- or T or Math 120 minimum grade C- or T

Course Time Limits

The minimum course completion time for a three credit hour open-enrollment online correspondence course is six weeks from the date of enrollment.

All correspondence courses have a maximum course completion deadline of one year from the date of registration.

Course Materials

Textbooks can be purchased from the Adams State University Bookstore. To order textbooks or obtain information about book titles, you may go to exstudies.adams.edu and click on the "Bookstore" link. Select "DISTLEARN" from the department

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Use Section Number: 1469 to order books from Bookstore site. This should provide the correct textbook information and ordering options.

If you have questions, you can contact the Bookstore at 719-587-7981, email at [email protected] or by mail to Adams State University Bookstore, 208 Edgemont Blvd., Suite 3140, Alamosa, CO 81101.

Required Textbook

The Basic Practice of Statistics, 6th_{edition, by Moore, Notz, and Fligner.}

ISBN 1464102546.

Note: You do not have to purchase a hard copy of this book since you have an electronic version through the website. You are, of course, welcome to use the hard-copy.

Catalog Description

Basic techniques of applied statistics, including data organization and presentation, experiment design, calculating statistical measures, choosing, applying, and interpreting statistical tests, correlation and regression, and software utilization.

Course Content

 Exploring Data: Variables, Distributions, and Visualizing Data with scatterplots, histograms, two-way tables. The normal distribution is studied, along with correlation, and linear regression.

 Introduction to Inference: Sampling techniques and data production through experimentation. Introductory probability and sampling distributions. Confidence intervals and tests of significance are covered in this area.

 Inference about Variables: We distinguish between a quantitative response variable, learning about population means and two-sample problems, and a categorical response variable, learning about population proportions and comparing them.

 Inference about Relationships: We learn about the chi-square test, inference for regression, and one-way analysis of variance.

 Optional: Interested students are free to learn about nonparametric tests and multiple regression. This will not be a part of the course grade.

Student Learning Outcomes

 Students will be able to explain the uses of elementary applied statistics and describe and recognize its potential misuses.

 Students will be able to design an experiment and collect, organize, and present data.

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Adams State University – Extended Studies© Page 5 of 10 October 2012  Students will be able to apply the basic techniques of statistical analysis and

decision making to various data sets.

 Students will be able to make productive use of a typical statistical software package.

Course Requirements

Students must complete all online homework assignments. It is not expected that homework scores reach 100%, and the total percentage of all homework scores will comprise 20% of the course grade.

There are four online exams (including two proctored) that are worth 20% of the course grade each. The exams must be taken in order, and the student is responsible for procuring and employing the proctor(s).

Course Outline

In this course we will cover the following chapters. Each chapter is covered in its entirety:

Chapter 1: Picturing Distributions with Graphs Chapter 2: Describing Distributions with Numbers Chapter 3: The Normal Distributions

Chapter 4: Scatterplots and Correlation Chapter 5: Regression

Chapter 6: Two-Way Tables

Chapter 8: Producing Data: Sampling Chapter 9: Producing Data: Experiments Chapter 10: Introducing Probability Chapter 11: Sampling Distributions

Chapter 14: Confidence Intervals: The Basics Chapter 15: Tests of Significance: The Basics Chapter 16: Inference in Practice

Chapter 18: Inference about a Population Mean Chapter 19: Two-Sample Problems

Chapter 20: Inference about a Population Proportion Chapter 21: Comparing Two Proportions

Chapter 23: Two Categorical Variables: The Chi-Square Test Chapter 24: Inference for Regression

Chapter 25: One-Way Analysis of Variance: Comparing Several Means

Optional: Chapter 7 is a Part I Review, Chapter 12 is on General Rules of Probability, Chapter 13 is on Binomial Distributions, Chapter 17 is a Part II Review, Chapter 22 is a Part III Review, Chapter 26 is on Nonparametric Tests, Chapter 27 is on Statistical Process Control, Chapter 28 is on Multiple Regression, and Chapter 29 continues the work on Analysis of Variance. None of this optional material is part of the course grade.

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Multipart Lessons

There is a multipart lesson assigned for each chapter covered by this course. To access, login to your Blackboard account, access this course, and click on the

publisher's icon (you will need to log in to the bps6e website once, but after initial login you will not need to do this anymore). Click on the "Assignments" button at the bps6e website, then pick the multipart lesson for the appropriate chapter.

Each multipart lesson has the following contents (in the following order):

 A link to the associated chapter of the ebook. Read this chapter carefully.

 A link to a chapter pretest. While not a part of the course grade, taking this quiz will let you know if you are ready to do the homework. If you don't do well on the quiz, go back and reread the chapter. You can retake this quiz multiple times, at any time.

 A link to the chapter LearningCurve. This is a formative activity in which you "score points" by correctly answering questions. Each correct answer gains you points. The software is adaptive, and you will get harder questions if you answer the easy ones correctly. If your answer is incorrect, the LearningCurve will give you a hint. If you answer incorrectly again, the LearningCurve provides a link to the page in the textbook where that specific material is covered. There are no point deductions for wrong answers. Answering more difficult questions correctly gives higher point values than the easy ones. Once you reach the threshold score for the chapter, you get all 10 points assigned. (This is an all-or-none assignment, but as I said, you never lose LearningCurve points for incorrect answers.)

 A link to the chapter homework. These exercises come directly from the

textbook, although some data sets and questions are generated algorithmically (are not the same for each student). In fact, these assignments are generated separately for each student, so your questions will not likely be the same as someone else's.

 A link to the chapter posttest. While not a part of the course grade, taking this quiz will let you know if you have mastered the chapter material. If you don't do well on the quiz, go back and carefully reread the chapter. This quiz can be taken multiple times, at any time, and can be used as review before taking an exam.

 A link to video lectures associated with the ebook. Review whenever you want, as many times as you want.

 A link to stattutor. Go here if you are not performing well on the pretest and want more help with the material.

 A link to vocabulary flashcards. Go here to quiz yourself on the conceptual part of the chapter.

 A link to slideshow presentations. Go here if you are not performing well on the pretest and want more help with the material, or to review the material in a different form before taking a test.

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Grade Distribution and Scale

In alignment with Adams State University academic policies, no D may apply to a major or minor field.

Grade Distribution

Online Homework: 20% (2% LearningCurve, 18% homework) Online Exam #1 covering Chapters 1,2,3,4,5,6: 20%

Proctored Exam #2 covering Chapters 8,9,10,11,14,15,16,17: 20% Online Exam #3 covering Chapters 18,19,20,21,22: 20%

Proctored Exam #4 comprehensive Final Exam: 20% Total: 100% Grade Scale 90-100% A 80-89% B 70-79% C 60-69% D 59% and below F

ADA Statement

Adams State University complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act. Adams State University is committed to achieving equal educational opportunities, providing students with documented disabilities access to university programs. In order for a course to be equally accessible to all students, different accommodations or adjustments may need to be implemented. The Office of Disability Services (ODS) is located in Richardson Hall, Suite 3-100, by mail at 208 Edgemont Blvd., Suite 3-100, Alamosa, CO 81101, by email at [email protected], or by calling 719-587-7746. They are your primary resource on campus to discuss the

qualifying disability, help you develop an accessibility plan, and achieve success in your courses. Please communicate with them as early as possible; this can be in person, via email, or by phone. The Disability Services Coordinator shall either provide you letters to give to your professors for accommodations or email these letters out to you and your professors.

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In accordance with Academic Policy 100-03-01, Adams State University, to preserve academic integrity, does not tolerate academic dishonesty (misconduct). Every student is required to practice and adhere to the principle of ACADEMIC INTEGRITY while undertaking studies at Adams State University. Students and faculty at Adams State University value academic honesty as a virtue essential to the academic process. Cheating, plagiarism, unauthorized possession or disposition of academic materials, or the falsification or fabrication of one’s academic work will not be tolerated.

Any offense may result in a zero for the exam, lesson, or exercise in question and may

result in failure of the course. Please refer to the ASU Extended Studies Academic Integrity website for more information including the student handbook:Academic Integrity at Adams State University.

All written work is subject to plagiarism detection software review.

Student Identity Verification

Adams State University utilizes a variety of methods to verify the identity of students enrolled in courses, including but not limited to: secure logins and pass codes, proctored exams, security questions, and other technologies and practices that are effective in verifying student identity. Some of these methods may incur an extra cost to students; associated costs will be outlined in the course syllabus, other University documents, and on the University website. Adams State University reserves the right to request additional government-issued documentation of identity from students for the purpose of ensuring that the person enrolled in the course is the person completing assignments, exams, and all other course requirements. Any student engaged in incidents of student identity fraud may face reprimand, disciplinary warning, a lowered or failing grade(s), and/or probation, or suspension from the course, academic program or University, or expulsion from the University.

Technical Requirements

A complete overview of the technical requirements and software for this course can be found here. Blackboard tutorials are available in the Student Support Module, located in the Syllabus and Information section of this course. Information for receiving technical assistance is also included. Keep in mind that in order for Blackboard to function properly, you must allow pop-ups for the site (online.adams.edu) and have Java

properly installed on your computer. For more information on these and other technical requirements, see the videos in the Student Support Module in the above mentioned location.

Accessing Library Resources

Students enrolled in this course can utilize the Adams State Nielsen Library from on and off campus by selecting the Nielsen Library link in the Syllabus and Information tab of the Course Menu. You will be asked to enter in your username and password. Use the

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same login information that you use to access Blackboard and all other Adams State information. This will bring you to a page that will provide you with login information for the different databases to which Adams State subscribes. With the login information in hand, go to http://www.adams.edu/library/resources/database.php

Adams State Resources

Adams State provides several resources to assist you and make your online learning experience a positive one. A listing of resources is available on the One Stop Student Services page on the Adams State Website (http://www.adams.edu). Some of the highlights are:

Records Office - Campus contacts available to help you through the registration

process.

Computing Services - Technical assistance.

Disability Services Handbook - Student Services can arrange assistance for students

with special needs or disabilities.

Academic Calendar - Keep track of important dates.

The Paw Print- Adams State Student Newspaper.

Institutional Policies

All students are responsible for adhering to the expectations, policies, and procedures outlined in the Student Handbook.

For Institutional policies on items such as The Americans with Disabilities Act,

Academic Integrity, Student Rights and Responsibilities and The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA); please see the Student Handbook.

Extended Studies Policies and Procedures

To view the Extended Studies Policies and Procedures go to,

https://bannerweb.adams.edu/perl/Online_SG_General_Instructions.pdf

Course Evaluation

At the end of the course you will be asked to complete an evaluation specifically for this course. This evaluation will be reported anonymously. Your comments and

recommendations will be seriously considered as the course is updated. Your input throughout the course contributes to my commitment to continually improve the quality and relevance of this course.

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Getting Started

Refer to the information contained in this syllabus anytime you have a question regarding the basic course information.

1. Review the Student Support Module contained in the Syllabus and Information section.