Professor: Dr.
Karen H. Smith
Office: Boyd 313 Phone 836-4345 e-mail:
ksmith@westga.edu
Tcxt: Elementary
Statistics, 8"' ed R.Johnson and P. Kuby, Duxbury Press
Calculator: A graphing programmable calculator is
required for this course. A TI-83 is recommended.
Homework and Quizzes: Problems will be
assigned from each section covered. These problems will be beneficial in your
understanding the material. The problems will not be collected but will be
discussed as time permits. Each class meeting, a short quiz will be given with
the exception of the first class meeting and the days that Exams are given.
These quizzes will cover the material of the previous class meeting. The quiz
will be given at the beginning of the class, after questions have been
answered. Quizzes cannot be made-up. A
total of 10 quizzes will be given and the 2 lowest grades will be dropped. This
will include any missed quiz.
Exams: Two exams will be given and a final. Make-up
exams will be given only in extreme situations. All make-up exams must be
requested from the instructor in advance of the original exam, and excuses must
be documented.
Project: During each class meeting, time will be allowed
for groups to work on problems in the text. The problems are to be handed in as
a group effort. The assigned grade will
be for each one in the group. Members
of the group will be evaluated by their fellow group members at the end of the
term. The groups will be assigned by the professor. The problems will be
accumulated and handed in as a project. The project will be organized with each
weeks problems stapled together as 1 unit, 1 problem per page. The cover page
will have the signatures of the participants in the group on a weekly basis.
Grading: Quizzes (top 8 averaged together) 25%
Exam 1 (June 25) 20%
Exam 2 (July 16) 20%
Final (Aug 1) 20%
Project (July 25) 15%
Important Dates: July 3 Last day to
withdraw with a ‘W’
July 4 No class
Aug 1 Final
Exam
June 11 Chapter
1 and 2
June 13 Chapter
4 Section 1-5 Quiz 1
June 18 Chapter
4,5 Section 4.6, 4.7, 5.1-5.3 Quiz 2
June 20 Chapter 5,6 Section 5.4, 5.5,
.6.1-6.4 Quiz 3
June 25 Exam l Chapter 7
Section 7.1-7.3
June 27 Chapter 8 Sections 8.1,8.2
Quiz 4
July 2 Chapter 8 Sections 8.3-8.5
Quiz 5
July 9 Chapter 9 Section 9.1,9.2
Quiz 6
July 11 Chapter 10 Section 10.1-10.3
Quiz7
July 16 Chapter 10 Exam 2
Section 10.4
July 18 Chapter 3 Section 3.1- 3.3
Quiz 8
July 23 Work on Project
July 25 Chapter 13 Section 13.1-13.3
Quiz9 Project Due
July 30 Chapter 13 Section 13.4-13.6
Quiz 10
Aug 1 Final