223 Math Intermediate Statistics Spring 2008
Instructor: Holly Menzel Office: Selby 232-B Office phone: [phone] Home phone: [phone] (Please do not call after 10 pm.) E-mail: [e-mail] Website: www.marietta.edu/~hem001 Office hours: M 2:00 pm 3:30 pm W 12:00 pm 12:30 pm & 3:00 3:30 pm Th 1:00 pm 2:00 pm F 12:00 pm 12:50 pm Other times by appointment Also, please feel free to stop by any other time that I am in my office. Lecture: Textbook: Grading: Section 1 MWF 1:00 to 1:50 pm Bartlett 285 Biostatistics For the Biological and Health Sciences; 1st Edition; Marc and Mario Triola ISBN: 0-321-19436-5 The two regular exams and the final exam will each be worth 25% of your overall course grade. The homework/quizzes/group activities and participation will be worth the remaining 25%. I will assign final grades using the following scale: A+ 99-100, A 93-98.99, A- 90-92.99, B+ 87-89.99, B 83-86.99, B- 80-82.99, C+ 77-79.99, C 73-76.99, C- 70-72.99, D+ 67-69.99, D 63-66.99, D- 60-62.99, F 0-59.99 Exams: There will be two in-class exams and one exam during finals week. The two in-class exams are tentatively scheduled for Friday, February 22nd and Friday, March 28th. The final exam will be Wednesday, May 7th from 3:00 to 5:30 pm. You are expected to use pencil on all exams!
Homework: There will be a number of problems assigned from each section. These problems are listed in the included handouts and are divided into two sets Practice Problems and Graded Problems. Only the Graded Problems will be collected, unless homework grades become too low. Please note: You must justify all of your answers to receive full credit on a problem. For example, if the book asks a "Yes/No" type question, you are expected to justify your answer. The collected problems should be done in order; their solutions should be complete; and they should be written up cleanly with answers clearly marked. Please leave some empty space after each problem before beginning the next one. This will give me room to provide feedback to you. If you have multiple pages, they must be stapled together. If your homework does not meet these expectations, one warning will be given, and then points will be deducted. Usually homework will be collected once a week, but official due dates will be announced during class. All homework not collected before an exam will be due on that exam date. Late homework will be deducted 5 points for each day that it is late.
Solutions to all homework problems will be posted outside of my office. You should use these solutions to check your problems so that you have the complete correct solutions to study for the exams. Advice: Completion of all assignments is critical to understanding the course material. Start your homework early (i.e. BEGIN the night of the lecture). A correct answer with no method of solution given will receive NO credit. Hence, unsupported answers are the same as no answers! Therefore, be sure to show your work on all assignments, quizzes, and exams. You should feel free to work on homework problems with other students. I strongly encourage you to form study groups. Quizzes: Notes: There also may be quizzes given occasionally throughout the semester. The dates for the quizzes will be announced during class. On my website, www.marietta.edu/~hem001, you will find an outline of each day's lecture notes. I will also provide copies of these outlines in class. However, if you miss class or if you lose your copy, you may print out another copy along with any corresponding example sheets. If you run into any problems accessing and/or printing any of these documents, please let me know. Regular attendance is necessary for success in any mathematics course. Furthermore, attendance is strongly recommended since homework/quiz dates and any adjustments to the schedule will be made during class time, and you are responsible for knowing about such changes regardless of whether or not you attend class on the day of an announcement. (The schedule is only tentative.) To receive a make-up exam/homework/activity/quiz, you must notify me in advance and have a legitimate reason for missing the exam/homework/activity/quiz. the In case of an emergency, you must notify me as soon as possible which, except in rare cases, should be within 24 hours. Missing an exam/homework/activity/quiz due to an unexcused absence or failing to notify me promptly will result in a zero.
Attendance:
Make-Up Policy:
Disruptions:I expect that when you come to class, you will arrive on time and stay for the full class period. If for some reason you must come to class late or leave early, you should inform me in advance. Please be considerate of others with respect to cell phones. If disrupting class becomes a continued behavior, alterations to your homework grades will be made. Withdrawing: You may withdraw from the course up until Friday, April 4th. If you wish to withdraw, you MUST follow the withdrawal procedures. Lack of attendance DOES NOT automatically result in a grade of W. Calculator: You will need a scientific calculator for this course. Calculators on cell phones, palm pilots, etc will not be allowed for exams. Additional Information: If you wish to meet with me outside of class at a time different than my office hours, please talk to me before or after class, e-mail me, or call me to set up a time to meet.
General Education Requirement: This course meets the Quantitative Reasoning requirement. Your answers on the exams will be used to assess this course. Math Major/Minor Requirement: This course meets one of the required courses for a major in mathematics. It may count as a course towards fulfilling a minor in math as well. Plagiarism:
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dishonesty within the academic community is a very serious matter, because dishonesty destroys the basic trust necessary for a healthy education environment. Academic dishonesty is any treatment or representation of work as if one were fully responsible for it, when it is in fact the work of another person. Academic dishonesty includes cheating, plagiarism, theft, or improper manipulation of laboratory or research data or theft of services. A substantiated case of academic dishonesty may result in disciplinary action, including a failing grade on the project, a failing grade in the course, or expulsion from the College. (Marietta College Undergraduate Programs, 2007-2008 Catalog, p. 141)."
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