<p> Math 131 0C1 – Spring, 2016</p><p>Instructor: Jennifer Strehler Office: 2162 DP Phone: (847) 635-1974 E-mail: [email protected] Website: http://www.oakton.edu/~strehler/ Textbook: Elementary Statistics: A Brief Version, 7th Ed., Bluman ConnectMath is required for this section Calculator: A TI calculator is strongly recommended.</p><p>Office Hours: Monday/Wednesday Thursday Tuesday/Friday 12:00 – 2:00 11:00 – 2:15 By appointment</p><p>Prerequisites</p><p>MAT 080 or 2 semesters of high school geometry with a grade of C or better, and MAT 110 or the equivalent with a grade of C or better, or an appropriate score on the OCC Mathematics Assessment Test. </p><p>Course Description (catalog)</p><p>This course is an introduction to modern statistics for students in physical, biological and social sciences. Frequency distributions, measures of central tendency and variation, elements of probability theory, statistical inference, sampling techniques, and correlation and regression are studied.</p><p>Learning Objectives</p><p>It is presumed that students will spend a minimum of 8 hours a week to meet the following objectives: 1. Analyze techniques for data collection and organization 2. Calculate and interpret measures of central tendency and dispersion for individual and frequency data. 3. Produce and interpret graphs of frequency distributions. 4. Calculate and interpret probabilities 5. Create and interpret probability distributions. 6. Calculate probabilities, mean and standard deviation for the binomial distribution. 7. Determine probabilities and cutoff values for the normal distribution. 8. Apply the Central Limit Theorem to solve problems involving sampling distributions. 9. Produce and interpret confidence intervals for one population parameter including the mean, the standard deviation or variance, and proportions. 10. Create hypotheses, run hypothesis tests, and draw conclusions for one population parameter including the mean, the standard deviation or variance, and proportions. 11. Create hypotheses, run hypothesis tests, and draw conclusions for two population parameters including the mean, the standard deviation or variance, and proportions. 12. Calculate and interpret the linear correlation coefficients and regression lines. 13. Draw statistical inferences using the Goodness- of- Fit Test and Chi-Square Test for Independence.</p><p>Academic Integrity</p><p>Students and employees at Oakton Community College are required to demonstrate academic integrity and follow Oakton’s Code of Academic Conduct. This code prohibits: </p><p>· cheating, · plagiarism (turning in work not written by you, or lacking proper citation), · falsification and fabrication (lying or distorting the truth), · helping others to cheat, · unauthorized changes on official documents, · pretending to be someone else or having someone else pretend to be you, · making or accepting bribes, special favors, or threats, and · any other behavior that violates academic integrity. </p><p>There are serious consequences to violations of the academic integrity policy. Oakton’s policies and procedures provide students a fair hearing if a complaint is made against you. If you are found to have violated the policy, the minimum penalty is failure on the assignment and, a disciplinary record will be established and kept on file in the office of the Vice President for Student Affairs for a period of 3 years. </p><p>Details of the Code of Academic Conduct can be found in the Student Handbook.</p><p>Course Expectations</p><p> I expect that you will log into ConnectMath and work regularly (at least two times each week) toward the successful completion of this course. If you do not log in and work regularly on course material (at least twice/week), you may be dropped from the course.  I expect that your schedule will allow you to complete all assignments and take the exams /quizzes when they are scheduled. All exams, quizzes and assignments have firm due dates and requests for extensions will NOT be granted. The exams will be available in the testing center the week prior to the exam due date. Quizzes and homework can be completed early.  Academic integrity. All work is expected to be your own.  Ask for help when you need it. The tutoring centers (room 2400 DP in Des Plaines and A135 in Skokie) and my office hours are excellent resources for help. The tutoring centers are available during the following hours: o Monday – Thursday: 8 am – 8 pm o Friday: 8 am – 4 pm o Saturday: 10 am – 2 pm  A calculator is required for the exams. It is best to practice solving problems in the method described in the text and not rely on the advanced features available with some calculators. Communication  I will send several e-mails to the entire class during the course of the semester. It is your responsibility to ensure that the e-mail address on file with the registrar is the address to which you wish to receive course communication.  Please use e-mail as your primary means of communication. I will read and respond to e-mail at least once a day during the week. The time I check my e-mail is likely to be irregular. If you send me a message at 8:30 am & I checked my e-mail at 7:30 that morning, I may not get your message until whenever I check e-mail the next day. It is not guaranteed that I will check e-mail on weekends.  I am teaching more than one course this term and also serve as the department chair. Make sure you put MAT 131 in the subject line of your e-mail so that I know which class you are in (and that your e-mail is not spam!)  Please use complete sentences and avoid textspeak in your e-mail.</p><p>Assignments, Quizzes and Exams</p><p> All homework, quizzes and exams have firm dates. Extensions will NOT be granted due to the amount of material that needs to be completed this semester.</p><p>Date Due 01/22/16 Questionaire due & appointment for talk due (sign up in doodle link) 01/25/16 Chapter 1 videos, homework and quiz due 02/04/16 Chapter 2 videos, homework and quiz due 02/14/16 Chapter 3 videos, homework and quiz due 02/24/16 Chapter 4 videos, homework and quiz due 02/20/16 – 02/27/16 Exam 1 (chapters 1 – 4) available 03/07/16 Chapter 5 videos, homework and quiz due 03/21/16 Chapter 6 videos, homework and quiz due 03/31/16 Chapter 7 videos, homework and quiz due 03/26/16 – 04/02/16 Exam 2 (chapters 5 – 7) available 04/10/16 Chapter 8 videos, homework and quiz due 04/19/16 Chapter 9 videos, homework and quiz due 04/28/16 Chapter 10 videos, homework and quiz due 04/23/16 – 04/30/16 Exam 3 (chapters 8 – 10) available 05/08/16 Chapter 11 videos, homework and quiz due 05/03/16 – 05/10/16 Final exam (chapters 1 – 11) available</p><p> Homework will be done through ConnectMath and is based on chapters 1 – 11 of the textbook. Homework must be completed according to the schedule above. Videos must be watched before the homework can be attempted.  There will be eleven chapter quizzes, which will be administered through ConnectMath. Quizzes must be completed according to the schedule above. In order to take a quiz, you must have completed all homework for that chapter with a score of at least 70%. If you do not have at least a 70% on each assignment, you will not be able to take that chapter quiz.  There will be four exams that will be administered at the testing center located on the Des Plaines campus of Oakton Community College. o The hours of our testing center are: Monday – Thursday: 8:00 am – 8:00 pm Friday: 8:00 am – 4:00 pm Saturday: 10:00 am – 2:00 pm o If you need to take the exam at the Skokie campus, it is your responsibility to inform me no later than February 15th. If you are not able to take the exams at one of our campuses, please contact the office of Alternative Education in order to make alternative arrangements as soon as possible. Arrangements must be made with the facility that will proctor your exam no later than February 15th. Effective January, 2016, students are responsible for all off-campus proctoring costs. o You will be given 2 hours to complete each of the first 3 exams. If you arrive within 2 hours of the close of the testing center, you will only be allowed to work on the exam until the testing center closes and no additional time will be given for the exam. You will have 3 hours for the comprehensive final and should arrive at the testing center at a time that will allow you to complete the exam. The dates that these exams are available are listed below. </p><p>Grading</p><p>Course grades will be computed as follows: Exam 1 Available 02/20/16 – 02/27/16 15% Exam 2 Available 03/26/16 – 04/02/16 15% Exam 3 Available 04/23/16 – 04/30/16 15% Final Exam Available 05/03/16 – 05/10/16 18% Homework Average 18% Quiz Average 19% </p><p>Course grades will be determined as follows:</p><p>90% - 100% A 80% - 89% B 70% - 79% C 60% - 69% D Less than 60% F</p><p>A grade if "I" (Incomplete) must be formally requested of the instructor by the student and may be granted only if the student has missed no more than one test for the entire term and the student’s average is at least 70. The decision to grant the "I" grade will be made by the instructor alone. No incomplete grades will be given without documented evidence of serious illness or circumstances.</p><p>Other Course Information</p><p>Important Dates: </p><p>January 19 Spring, 2016 semester classes begin. January 25 Last day to submit proof of residency, business service agreements and chargebacks/joint agreements. February 14 Last day to withdraw and have course dropped from record. February 15 Presidents Day holiday. College closed. February 16 Last day to change to audit for 16 week classes. February 28 Incomplete (I) grades from Fall, 2015 semester for which faculty have not submitted final grades will become an "F" after this date. March 11 Last day for filing Graduation Petitions March 14 - 20 Spring recess March 23 Registration opens for Summer, 2016 semester March 27 Last day to withdraw with a "W" from 16-week courses; Students will receive a grade in all courses in which they are enrolled after this date. April 6 Registration opens for Fall, 2016 semester January 19 Spring, 2016 semester classes begin. January 25 Last day to submit proof of residency, business service agreements and chargebacks/joint agreements. February 14 Last day to withdraw and have course dropped from record. February 15 Presidents Day holiday. College closed. February 16 Last day to change to audit for 16 week classes. If you have a documented learning, psychological, or physical disability you may be entitled to reasonable academic accommodations or services. To request accommodations or services, contact the ASSIST office in Instructional Support Services. All students are expected to fulfill essential course requirements. The College will not waive any essential skill or requirement of a course or degree program. </p><p>Outline of Topics</p><p>A. Descriptive Statistics 1. Data Collection 2. Organizing data into frequency distributions 3. Graphing histograms and ogives 4. Measures of Central Tendency - mean, median, mode 5. Measures of variation: variance, standard deviation 6. Measures of position</p><p>B. Basic Probability Theory 1. Sample space and counting techniques including combinations 2. Complements 3. The Addition rule 4. Independence and the Multiplication rule</p><p>C. Probability Distributions 1. Normal distribution and normal curve 2. Binomial distribution and its relation to the normal distribution 3. The Central Limit Theorem</p><p>D. Statistical Inference 1. Estimation 2. The classical appropriate to hypothesis testing 3. The p-value approach to hypotheses testing 4. Inferences involving one population with regard to means, standard deviation or variance, and proportions 5. Inferences involving two populations with regards to means, standard deviation or variance, and proportions 6. Coefficient of correlation and regression lines 7. Goodness of Fit test and Chi Squared test for Independence</p>