Final Exam: Thursday, December 14, 12:00-1:50 p.m., FAV 264
Note: this room is across the hall from our usual classroom.

Review Session: Wednesday, December 13, 7:00-9:00 p.m., Business 211.

Formula Sheet (image)
Spring, 2000 Final, including formula sheet (pdf)
Solutions to Spring, 2000 Final

Please note: the tutoring lab schedule has changed on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
New schedule:
Monday and Wednesday 3:30-5:30
Tuesday and Thursday 2:30-4:30
Geology 421

Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29

Instructor:

Michael Minnotte
201-C Lund Hall
797-2844
minnotte@math.usu.edu.

Office Hours:

T R 9:30 - 10:20 or by appointment.

Textbook:

Statistics by Freedman, Pisani and Purves, Third Edition (Norton, 1998).

Also Recommended:

Bound packet of copies of my transparency slides, available at Copy Center 3, in the TSC.

Topics:

Design of experiments: controlled experiments and observational studies
Descriptive statistics: histograms, the average, the standard deviation
The normal approximation for data
Correlation and regression
Brief introduction to probability
The law of averages, the central limit theorem
Sample surveys, chance errors in sampling
Chance models: examples
Tests of significance
Use and misuse of statistical graphics

Quizzes:

Every Thursday (except Oct. 5 and Nov. 9, the midterms), the first 10 minutes of class will consist of a brief quiz on the material up to that covered the previous Tuesday. These quizzes will consist of two questions. Usually, one question will be a fairly straightforward calculation, while the other will generally be more conceptual, generally requiring a short answer of several sentences. These will be open-book, open-note, but will be limited to 10 minutes. You should prepare for these by doing the exercises from the book. Calculators may be necessary. Each quiz will be graded out of 20 points. No make-ups will be permitted, but at the end of the semester, your lowest score will be dropped.

Midterms:

The midterms and the final exam will be closed book and calculators are required. Calculators such as the TI-85 will not be allowed unless the memory has been cleared. Exam policy is no makeups unless you have a very good reason and notify the instructor in advance that you will not be able to attend a scheduled exam.

First Midterm:      Chapters 1-12 (inclusive)      Thursday, October 5, in class 

Second Midterm:     Chapters 13-23 (inclusive)     Thursday, November 9, in class

Final Examination:

There is a common final exam for all sections of Stat 1040. The exam will be on Thursday, December 14, from 12:00 to 1:50 pm. If you have ANY problem with the day or time the final exam in scheduled, you should drop the course and take it another semester. You will not be allowed to take the final at another time because of weddings or vacation plans. In the case of a last-minute medical emergency or a death in the family, you will be given an incomplete and required to take the common final the next time the class is offered. The final will be held in the regular classroom unless you are told otherwise in the last week of classes.

Grades:

Your grade will be calculated as 20% quizzes, 20% each midterm, and 40% final exam. The average grade profile for Stat 1040 is approximately 15% A's, 25% B's, 40% C's, and 20% D's and F's. However, there is considerable variation among sections, so the grade profile for this section may be higher or lower than the overall grade profile for the course. If every student does satisfactory work, every student will pass the class.

Tutoring Labs:

Tutors are available in Geology 421, from 3:30 to 5:30 Monday, and Wednesday, and from 5:30 to 7:30 Tuesday and Thursday. They will answer questions and help explain difficult points in the text. Tutoring will begin Tuesday, September 5.

Reading and Exercises:

Each week, you are expected to read 2-3 chapters from the book. This material will be discussed in the lectures. Homeworks will not be collected, but part of your reading responsibility is doing the exercise sets at the end of each section and at least some of the review questions at the end of each chapter. Your ability to do these is a measure of your understanding of what you have read. Solutions to the suggested review questions will be available on the web site before the quiz. A suggested reading program for each chapter is as follows:
1. Read the summary at the end of the chapter, taking careful notice of the key words which are in itallic type.
2. Read the entire chapter without looking at the exercise sets, but paying attention to the key words. This much, at least, you should do before the lecture on a given chapter. The remaining steps you should try before the lecture, but may need to wait until after the lecture to complete.
3. Reread the chapter, this time doing the exercise sets. Whenever necessary, look back at the chapter to find the ideas that will help you to do the exercises. Check your answers against those in the back of the book when you have finished a problem. Do not get in the habit of looking at the answers before you attempt the problems!
4. Work the review problems suggested below. These will generally be more challenging than the exercise set problems. If you are not yet comfortable with the material, you may want to look at some of the remaining problems as well.
5. Reread the summary to make sure you now understand the key words.

	Chapter	Suggested Review Problems		Chapter	Suggested Review Problems
Part I	2	1,4,5,7,9,10,11,12	Part V	16	1,3,4,6,7,8,9,10
Part II	3	2,4,6,10		17	4,7,9,11
	4	1,3,6,7		18	2,4,6,9
	5	1,3,4,5,7,8,9	Part VI	19	5,6,9,12
	6	4,S6,S8,S10,S13		20	3,4,6,7
Part III	8	1,2,4,11		21	1,2,4,11
	9	2,8,11,12		22	3,7,8,12
	10	1,2,3,4		23	2,3,6,8,9,10,11,12
	11	1,2,3,4,5,6,7,12	Part VII	24	1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9
	12	2,3,5,8,9,10,11,12		25	2,5
Part IV	13	2,3,6,7,8,9,11,12	Part VIII	26	1,2,3,5,6,8,10,12(a)
	14	1,4,6,7,8,9,10,11		27	1,3,7,8,10
	15	3,4,8,9,11,S1,S3,S4,S5,S6,S9,S12		28	1,2,3,7
				29	4,5,7,9

Disability Policy:

If a student has a disability that will likely require some accomodation by the instructor, the student must contact the instructor and document the disability through the Disability Resource Center, preferably during the first week of the course. Any requests for special considerations relating to attendance, pedagogy, taking of examinations, etc. must be discussed with and approved by the instructor. In cooperation with the Disability Resource Center, course materials can be provided in alternative formats - large print, audio, diskette or Braille.

The above schedule and procedures in this course are subject to change in the event of extenuating circumstances.