Course Syllabus for First Quarter

#343 Probability and Statistics  (5 credits)

Text:  Tannenbaum and Arnold, Excursions in Modern Mathematics (1998)

Required Materials:  text, notebook and pen/pencil

Course Outline:

First Quarter – Collection of Statistical Data, Descriptive Statistics

Topics:

Topic 1:         Population/Sample and Parameter/Statistic (10.D.3)

Topic 2:         Random Sampling, Sampling Error, Selection bias, and Non-response bias (12.D.1)

Topic 3:         Graphical descriptions of data (10.D.1)

Topic 4:         Quantitative and Qualitative variables (12.D.1)

Topic 5:         Numerical Summaries of Data

Student Objectives:

• Find or create study and describe population, sample, parameter, and statistic
• Draw conclusions about a study using numerical statistics and graphs
• Define variables used in a study
• Take standard deviation, range, mean, median, five number summary for a data set 

Assessments:

• Collins on Creating a Survey
• Project on Five Number Summary

Grading:

• Each test counts as 1 major grade (2-3 per quarter)
• Every 2-3 quizzes count as 1 major grade
• Notebook counts as 1 major grade
• Homework counts as 2 major grades
• Collins assignment counts as 1 major grade

Course Syllabus for Second Quarter

#343 Probability and Statistics (5 credits)

Text:  Tannenbaum and Arnold, Excursions in Modern Mathematics (1998)

Required Materials:  text, notebook and pen/pencil