Statistical Methods in Education

REMS 5953 (Online)Fall 2016

Instructor: Laura L. B. Barnes, Ph.D. Office: 2444 Main Hall OSU-Tulsa

E-mail: laura.barnes@okstate.edu Phone: (918) 594-8517

Catalog Statistical methods needed by conductors and consumers of research in education and
description the behavioral sciences. Introduction to interpretation and application of descriptive
and inferential statistics.
Description of Sampling techniques, assumptions underlying the use of statistical tests, selection of
course appropriate statistical techniques, calculations, and the interpretation of results of the
analyses are presented.

This class is fully onlinethere is no face-to-face component, no physical

classroom. This course will take place on Brightspace. online.okstate.edu
Course This is a 16-week course. Most weeks you will have a set of Aplia problems to
Schedule complete online for each chapter assigned. You are also required to post weekly what
you consider the most important thing you learned from the course materials that week
and what you feel was the muddiest point. During the 16 weeks, you will also take
three exams. You are welcome to work ahead but please dont fall behind. The course
schedule is posted on Brightspace and you should consult it regularly for dates of
exams and other due dates. It is the students responsibility to know due dates for
exams and assignments. It is not the instructors or TAs responsibility to remind you
though we will sometimes post reminders in news. If a reminder is not posted and
there is a due date, the lack of reminder does not nullify the due date!
Office Hours I will read and return emails within 24 hours, usually sooner. Email is the best way to
communicate with me. Please dont leave a message on my office voice mail because
I dont check voice mail regularly. If you feel you need to speak with someone, please
call Mrs. Linda Raska at 918-594-8277 during regular business hours M-F. She can
usually reach me.

If you are experiencing technical difficulties accessing course materials, please email
me with your problem immediately. In the subject area, please write On-line
technical difficulty. I will try to attend to those emails immediately.
Required The textbook for the online sections of REMS 5953 is Statistics for the Behavioral
Course Sciences, 10th edition by Gravetter and Wallnau. The publisher is Cengage. The ISBN
Materials listed for this course package includes all required components for the course: a 3-hole
punched paperback copy of the textbook and access to MindTap online learning
resource and management system. You will not be able to participate fully in the
course without access to MindTap.
The ISBN for this package is 9781337129015. Additional options and ordering
information are contained in the document Textbook and Preliminary Coursebook
Information. IMPORTANT: Only my sections of REMS 5953 (68683, 69076,
69313) are using this textbook this semester. Other sections are using a different
textbook that has the same name but different authors. Be very careful to check your
section number if ordering from the bookstore.
Drop Policy All university policies for withdrawal and incomplete grade assignments will be
strictly enforced.

Requirements Problem sets are required for most of the chapters and will be completed online via
for Grade MindTap which is accessed from the Content tab in Brightspace. These are called
Aplia assigmements. Instructions for accessing Aplia assignments are located in
Brightspace Content.

Weekly discussion board participation is required and described fully on Brightspace.

Three online exams are requireddates posted on the course schedule.

I am often asked how much time students should be spending on this class. As a
general rule, for a 16-week class, you should plan on spending 3 hours of study per
credit hour. So, for a face-to-face class during the regular academic term, you would
spend 3 hours in class and 6 hours out of class studying. For an online class, you
would spend 9 hours per week during the academic year. Some weeks there may be a
little more, some a little less but on average you should plan on spending 9 hours per
week.

The course schedule regarding exam dates and due dates for Aplia assignments and
discussion is posted in the Course Schedule and will be followed. Exams are to be
taken during their scheduled times unless prior arrangements have been made.
Students must contact the instructor within 24 hours of the exam period if they are
prevented by illness or other emergency from taking the exam as scheduled. Weekly
discussion board postings will receive a grade of zero if not completed by the due
date. You may exempt from three discussion postings without penalty. All discussion
and Aplia assignments are due Sunday 11:59 p.m. of the week they are assigned.

Grade The exams will count 60% of your final grade with each exam contributing equally.
Computation The Aplia problem sets in MindTap count 25%, and the weekly discussion
assignments count 15%.

A composite grade will be formed: .60 (exam percentage grade) + .25 (Aplia
percentage grade) + .15 (Discussion percentage grade). The composite grade will
form the letter grade as follows: 90 - 100 = A; 80 - 89 = B; 70 - 79 = C; 60 - 69 =D;
below 60 = F.

The level of your engagement in the course as evidenced by, but not limited to (1)
your contributions (both quality and to a lesser extent, quantity) to weekly discussions
and (2) your use of MindTap resources will be considered in evaluating borderline
grades.
Cooperation Oklahoma State University is committed to the maintenance of the highest standards
and Academic of integrity and ethical conduct of its members. This level of ethical behavior and
Integrity integrity will be maintained in this course. Participating in a behavior that violates
academic integrity (e.g., unauthorized collaboration, plagiarism, multiple submissions,
cheating on examinations, fabricating information, helping another person cheat,
unauthorized advance access to examinations, altering or destroying the work of
others, and fraudulently altering academic records) will result in your being
sanctioned. Violations may subject you to disciplinary action including the following:
receiving a failing grade on an assignment, examination or course, receiving a notation
of a violation of academic integrity on your transcript (F!), and being suspended from
the University. You have the right to appeal the charge. Contact the Office of
Academic Affairs, 101 Whitehurst, 405-744-5627, academicintegrity.okstate.edu

Students are encouraged to form study groups. However, students are expected to
work without collaboration on exams. Giving other students advance notice of
exam questions is cheating.
University For information pertaining to important dates, student disability services, academic
policies and other university services and policies, please visit the following location:

http://academicaffairs.okstate.edu/current-students/46-syllabus-attachment