Winter 2017 Dr. Beth Hegab Office: BH 229 Office Phone: 257-3107 E-mail: bhegab@latech.edu Class Time: MW 10:00-11:50 Office Hours: MTWR 9-10 and 1-2:30 Required Textbook: Applied Statistics and Probability for Engineers, 6th Edition by Montgomery and Runger Required Software: MINITAB Statistical Software Student (Academic) Version http://estore.onthehub.com/WebStore/OfferingsOfMajorVersionList.aspx? pmv=1c058756-cf82-e311-93f9-b8ca3a5db7a1&cmi_mnuMain=ed6ad73c7bc7-e011-ae14-f04da23e67f6 R Software http:/www.r-project.org Course Materials: Course materials are available on Moodle. Grading: The course grade will be based on homework and three exams. The weighting of the grades will be as follows: Homework 40% Exam 1 20% Exam 2 20% Exam 3 20% Exams will be closed book and note. The only calculators that are allowed to be used during the exams are TI-30XA, TI-30XS, TI-30XIIS, Casio FX 260, and Casio FX 260 solar. You need to purchase one of these calculators now and use it for your homework so you are familiar with it by the time you take the test. Grading Scale: I will not curve exams during the quarter. However, I may make minor adjustments to the grading scale at the end of the quarter. Therefore, the following grading scale reflects the minimum grade that you will earn. >= 90% A 80%-89% B 70%-79% C 60%-69% D
< 60%
Missing an Exam: There will be no make-up exams given for missed
exams except as required by university policy. You must notify me before the start of the exam (in writing) of your intent to miss an exam. This request must be approved by me. Students with Disabilities: Students officially registered with the Office of Disable Student Services and requesting special accommodations for this class should contact me early in the quarter so that appropriate arrangements can be made. Emergency Notification System: All Louisiana Tech students are strongly encouraged to enroll and update their contact information in the Emergency Notification System. It takes just a few seconds to ensure youre able to receive important text and voice alerts in the event of a campus emergency. For more information on the Emergency Notification System, please visit: http://www.latech.edu/administration/ens.shtml. HONOR CODE: Students should be aware that during an exam, referring to information not specifically allowed by the instructor or receiving information from another student or another unauthorized source is a violation of the honor code and can be met with severe sanctions against the student. In accordance with the Academic Honor Code, students pledge the following: Being a student of higher standards, I pledge to embody the principles of academic integrity. For details refer to http://www.latech.edu/tech/students/honor-code.pdf. Using Mediasite: The lectures can be viewed through a technology called Mediasite. You must authenticate to the system using your University ID and password (This is the same one that you use to access the University webmail system). If you do not have this information, you may obtain this by calling the Computing Center at 318-257-2893. Have your CWID#, and BOSS PIN# ready to receive this over the phone. For security reasons, if you do not know both your CWID# and BOSS PIN#, you must call the Registrars office to get this information before calling the Computing Center. Windows requirements Microsoft Windows 2008 (requires the Desktop Experience), Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2003 Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0 or later (including Internet Explorer 10 on Windows 8), Firefox 3.6 or later, or Google Chrome Windows Media Player 9.0 or later Microsoft Silverlight 5 Broadband Internet connection Mac requirements
Apple Mac OS X 10.5.7 or later
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The presentations can be downloaded to a local computer and viewed
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Here is the help link for the player
http://mediasite.latech.edu/Mediasite/Catalog/help/catalog.html Tentative Course Outline Date November 30
Topic
Overview of the Course, Chapter 3: Discrete Random
Variables and Probability Distributions December 5 Chapter 3: Discrete Random Variables and Probability Distributions December 7 Chapter 3: Discrete Random Variables and Probability Distributions December 12 Chapter 4: Continuous Random Variables and Probability Distributions December 14 Chapter 4: Continuous Random Variables and Probability Distributions December 19 Exam One January 4 Chapter 6: Descriptive Statistics and Chapter 7: Sampling Distributions and Point Estimation of Parameters January 9 Chapter 8: Statistical Intervals for a Single Sample January 11 Chapter 8: Statistical Intervals for a Single Sample January 16 No Class ML King Jr. Holiday
January 18 January 23 January 25 January 30 February 1 February 6 February 8 February 13 February 15 February 20 February 22
Chapter 8: Statistical Intervals for a Single Sample and
Chapter 9: Tests of Hypotheses for a Single Sample Chapter 9: Tests of Hypotheses for a Single Sample Chapter 9: Tests of Hypotheses for a Single Sample Exam Two Chapter 10: Statistical Inference for Two Samples Chapter 10: Statistical Inference for Two Samples Chapter 10: Statistical Inference for Two Samples Chapter 11: Simple Linear Regression and Correlation Chapter 11: Simple Linear Regression and Correlation Chapter 11: Simple Linear Regression and Correlation Exam Three