Professor Michael Faulkner
       RowanUniversity
       Glassboro, NJ
       856-256-4844
     home:  610-925-3192
     (Math Department)
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Class Schedule:
Elementary Statistics STAT 02-100-05
Tuesday 6:30-9:00
Wil 204
Course Goals:  To introduce to you basic ideas regarding the collection, description and analysis of quantitative data.  It will provide the background for understanding and evaluating statistical reports in both your professional and everyday life.  It will also equip you with statistical skills for further course work within your major.

Grading Policy:  Two Exams                                     45% of grade
                          Class Participation & quizzes           10% of grade
                          Projects                                           20% of grade
                           Final Exam                                      25% of grade
Text:  The Basic Practice of Statistics 2nd ed.  David S. Moore.  W.H. Freeman & Co., New York, 2000.
Calculators:  A graphing calculator, the Texas Instruments TI-83 or TI-83 Plus, is essential for this course.  You are expected to have the calculator with you at every class period.  If you already have another calculator, the instructor will try to provide some help in its use, but will not be able to spend significant time doing so. See the departmental Calculator Policy at http://www.rowan.edu/mars/dept/math/calcpolicy0203.htm.
Topical Outline:
I.  Understanding Data(~5 weeks)
     Introduction to statistics and the TI-83 (Plus) calculator.
    Tabular and pictorial description, including histograms, stem and box plots.
    Central tendency and spread
    Relationships between variables:  scatter plots, correlation and regression.
    EXAM 1, TBA

II. Probability (~4 weeks)
    Sampling
    Randomness and probability
    Probability and sampling distributions

III.  Inference (~6 weeks)
    Estimates and confidence regions
    Significance tests and their interpretation
    Distributions, t procedures and confidence intervals
    Proportions
    FINAL COMPREHENSIVE EXAM, May 6th, 6:30 PM
ATTENDANCE POLICY:  Full attendance is expected at every class meeting.  Absence will affect your grade.  There will be no opportunity to make up missed quizzes or exams, unless sufficient  reasons are communicated to the instructor prior to the exam.

WITHDRAWAL POLICY:  If a withdrawal request is made before mid-semester (October 21st, 2003), the Registrar will enter a "W: on the students' transcript.  A withdrawal request after this date will not be honored unless sufficient reason exists: if honored, the grade will be "WF" or "WP".

CHEATING:  Cheating on any test or assignment will not be tolerated.  If it is determined that a student has cheated, a letter to that effect will be sent to his advisor and a grade "F" will be assigned for the course.  In the case of identical papers without evidence as to who copied from whom, both papers will receive the grade "F".  All students are honor bound to discourage and report cheating.

ASSIGNMENTS:  The student is responsible for all information covered in the reading assignments, whether it is covered in class or not.  All assignments are expected to be completed by the next class meeting unless another due date is specifically announced.  Although homework will not always be collected, quizzes will be used to help encourage homework to be done on time.  

GRADING POLICY:  At the end of the semester, all grades for attendance, quizzes and homework will be tabulated and the score scaled.  This will then be averaged with exam scores to arrive at the final score.