FLORIDA STATE COLLEGE AT JACKSONVILLE

STA 2023 Elementary Statistics (Hybrid)

Fall 2009 (20101) Ref #  305113

 Monday 1:30  – 2:45 PM

Room: G-307

 

Instructor: Professor Joel Rappoport                                                       

Office:  C-134                                                             Phone:  646-2094         Fax: 646-2295

E-Mail:  jrappopo@fscj.edu                                        Home Page: http://www1.fccj.edu/jrappopo/

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OFFICE HOURS (in C134 unless otherwise indicated)

            Monday:  8:00  – 11:30 A.M.

            Tuesday:  7:45 – 8:45 A.M.

            Wednesday:  8:00  – 11:30 A.M.

Wednesday: 1:45 – 2:45 P.M. (in G200)

Thursday: 1:45 – 2:45 P.M. (in G200)

 

General Information:

Learning Outcomes: Prerequisite: MGF 1106 or MAC 1105 with a grade of "C" or better.  This course is designed to introduce students to the fundamentals of descriptive and inferential statistics with a pronounced emphasis on inference. The major topics include methods for analyzing sets of data, probability, probability distributions, estimation, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, simple linear regression, and correlation. The probability and statistical skills measured by CLAST are among the skills taught in this course.

How is taking hybrid Elementary Statistics different from a traditional lecture class? A hybrid course is a course in which major portions of the learning activities are web-based (online), and time spent in the classroom is reduced. The hybrid course combines the best features of in-class teaching with the best features of online learning to promote active learning and reduce class seat time. You will have the advantage of the flexibility of an online course, but still benefit from time in class with your instructor and fellow class members.

 

In the hybrid model, you will study differently than you do in a traditional class. In this hybrid class, you will prepare for our weekly class meeting by completing all the assignments throughout the week prior to our meeting. You will watch a video lecture, read the text, complete online homework assignments and come to class ready to discuss the week’s topics. If this were a traditional class, you would spend 3 hours per week in class, and at least 6 hours outside of class studying statistics. In this class, you are in class for 1.5 hours, so you should be prepared to spend at least 7.5 hours per week outside of class studying statistics. To be successful in this hybrid class, you must be self-motivated and disciplined.

 

Attendance Policy:  Regular and on-time attendance is required to successfully complete this course.  We only meet once a week, so missing a class can have a serious impact on your grade.

 

Common Sense, Courtesy and College Policy:

1.  Turn OFF cell phones, Blackberries, etc.

2.  There is to be absolutely no text messaging in class; you may not use your cell phone as a calculator.

3.  It is Florida State College at Jacksonville policy that children under 16 are not allowed in the classrooms.

 

Disabilities:  Appropriate accommodations (such as note takers, extra time on tests, quiet testing, etc.) will be available to assist students with disabilities, provided written instructions are sent to the instructor by the Disabled Student Services Counselor.

 

Required Materials:

You will need the following course materials:

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·         You have 3 options for acquiring the text:

1) Purchase a new text package from the South Campus bookstore complete with MyMathLab access code.  ISBN: 032154529X Cost: More than $156

2)  Purchase a used book (cost ≈ $70) + separate MyMathLab access code ($70). Total Cost ≈ $140.

3) Purchase complete online multimedia access to the package at the CourseCompass web site for $70.

 
Elementary Statistics Using the TI-83/84 Plus Calculator, Second Edition, by Mario Triola, with MyStatLab.

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·         Lecture Notes Packet (available in the Florida State College South Campus bookstore)

·         Any edition of TI-83 or TI-84 graphing calculator is required for this course. 

Optional Materials:

·         Digital Video Tutor (video lectures on CD), ISBN-10: 0321412680. If you do not have high speed internet, this will be a more convenient way to view the video lectures.

 

Course Grading System: 

Total                1,200 pts

Overall Course Grading Scale:

A = 1080 – 1200 points
            B =   960 – 1079 points
            C =   840 – 959 points
            D =  720 – 839 points
            F =   719 points or less

 

·         W Grade: Students who are failing to master the concepts of the course or who show lapsed activity in the course can elect to withdraw from the course.  Note: Monday, November 9th is the final day to withdraw with a grade of “W”.

Course Requirements:

Typically we will cover about 1 chapter per week.  A portion of a particular week’s online homework assignments will be due Thursday at 11:59 PM; the remaining homework, quizzes and tests will be due Monday at 5:00 PM.   In other words, a particular week’s assignments will be split into two segments and should be essentially completed prior to our 1:30 class meeting time. The 5:00 deadline has been set to afford you the opportunity to retake an online quiz or test one last time after getting some in-class clarification. 

Because “life happens” (illness, family situations, computer problems, work-related issues), you will be allowed two occasions during the term when you can submit to me a request to extend a particular week’s online assignments.  Such an extension will be for one week – extending the due date until the following Monday.  So don’t wait until the Sunday after the initial due date to make your request, as that will leave you only one day to complete everything you were late on.  I will provide you with a separate online form for you to complete and email to me to initiate such a request.  After the one week extension, assignments will not be accepted, period.   You may work ahead of schedule, but do not fall behind!

1.  Online Homework:  Click on the Do Homework tab to see the 33 different homework section assignments.  When you complete a particular homework assignment, your grades will be automatically submitted to me.  You may work problems over and over again until you get a desirable grade; even after submitting a homework assignment you can go back to it later in the day or week and rework problems to improve your score, up to the due date.  You will have access to “Help Me Solve” and “View an Example” buttons to help you get through most of these problems.  If you are still stuck, you can always click on “Ask My Instructor”; I will often respond the same day, but at most within 48 hours.   

2. Online Quizzes:  There will be 9 online quizzes (for the most part, each one associated with a single chapter), accessed via the Take a Quiz/Test tab.  Problems on these online quizzes will be just like the homework problems.  The only differences are: 1) you will not have access to “Help Me Solve”, “View an Example” or “Ask My Instructor” buttons; 2) once you start on a quiz you must complete it and submit it – you can’t go back to it later; 3) you will have 3 attempts at each quiz, but each retake requires you to take the entire quiz over, not just the ones you missed. If you do not achieve a good score on your first attempt, you can review the quiz to see which problems you missed and even print out the quiz before attempting a retake (which will have similar problems). Your best attempt will be recorded as your score. 

3. Online Unit Tests:  There will be 4 online unit tests that will cover multiple chapters, accessed via the Take a Quiz/Test tab.  Like the homework and quizzes, problems will still be multiple-choice, but may have a somewhat different format or wording.  Unit tests will operate much like quizzes: 1) you will not have access to “Help Me Solve”, “View an Example” or “Ask My Instructor” buttons; 2) once you start on a test you must complete it and submit it – you can’t go back to it later; 3) you will have 3 attempts at each test, but each retake requires you to take the entire test over, not just the ones you missed. If you do not achieve a good score on your first attempt, you can review the test to see which problems you missed and even print out the test before attempting a retake (which will have similar problems). Your best attempt will be recorded as your score. 

4.  Midterm Exam:  Your midterm exam will be an in-class exam covering Chapters 1 through 6.   The midterm exam is a pencil and paper test and may contain both free-response and multiple-choice questions, similar to those found on the practice midterm (posted up under Chapter Contents after Chapter 6).  You will not be provided with any tables, since you can use your TI calculator to answer such questions without needing to refer to the tables.  You may bring a hand-written or originally typed (not copied), regular size (8-1/2 x 11) sheet of notebook paper – one side - with any notes, formulas, examples, etc. that you desire.  This “cheat sheet” will be collected along with your exam.  No other notes, formula cards, or books will be allowed.

5.  Final Exam:  Your final exam will be a two-hour exam covering Chapters 7 through 11.    The final exam is a pencil and paper test and may contain both free-response and multiple-choice questions, similar to those found on the practice final (posted up under Chapter Contents after Chapter 11).  You will be provided with tables (t, chi-square and r), which may be necessary to use on certain problems even with your TI calculator.  You may bring a hand-written or originally typed (not copied), regular size (8-1/2 x 11) sheet of notebook paper – one side - with any notes, formulas, examples, etc. that you desire.  This “cheat sheet” will be collected along with your exam.  No other notes, formula cards, or books will be allowed.

6.  Participation:  You will be put into teams for participation purposes.

•  Discussion Board: Twice each week each team will be expected to answer a question or two I email you about the material being covered.  For your first posting of the week, I will email you a question on Monday for your team to answer by Wednesday. In that email I will name who will be the team leader for the question. That person should be the first to post what they feel is the correct answer and why (where in the notes, video, or text did you find something to support your answer). Teammates are to respond by stating why they agree or why they disagree. Teammates may also provide help if the leader is "clueless" as to how/where to find the answer. The leader will be responsible for posting the group's final response to the question. The process will be repeated for the second question of the week, which will be emailed to you on Thursday and due by Sunday.  Note: these discussion forums are within CourseCompass, not in Blackboard.

 

•  In-class Group Assignment: At the start of each weekly class session, students will work in groups to complete a written assignment. The first part of the assignment will involve recording the group’s discussion about the prior week’s material, noting what problems problems/issues with the material you as a group were able to resolve and what problems/issues you are still “fuzzy” about.  The second part of the written assignment will include problems that will require the student to apply and integrate knowledge learned in class and through online assignments.  You will turn in one assignment for the group (although each group member will keep a copy). Make-ups will not be allowed for written assignments. If a written assignment is missed, a grade of zero will be recorded.

7.  Extra Credit:  You can earn extra credit points by completing the following:

•  (10 pts) Getting “set up” in the course by the first week of class.  This means that by September 6th you will have 1) purchased your course materials (or at least your CourseCompass access code), 2) registered in CourseCompass (MyStatLab), 3) posted your introduction to the discussion board and 4) watched videos covering sections 1.2 – 1.4, completed the online homework for these sections and taken Online Quiz 1 (covering Chapter 1).

• (10 pts @) Excel “Mini-Projects”: These 4 mini-project will afford you the opportunity to get a little experience using computer software to do statistical applications.  Since Microsoft Office is so widespread, I have created these mini-projects to be completed with Excel.  Detailed instructions for each project and data sets are under the Excel Mini-Projects tab in MyStatLab.

Course Schedule:  The entire 16-week schedule is shown on the following page. Do not fall behind and don’t wait until Sunday night to try to complete an entire week’s assignments!  Schedule several hours at least 3 days a week for this course and use all available resources.   In addition to the textbook, videos and interactive MyStatLab software, you may also make use of the College’s Library Learning Commons (LLC – G200/G300).  Tutors are available who can help you from 7:30 AM to 8 PM Monday through Thursday, from7:30 AM to 3 PM Friday and from 9 AM to 3 PM Saturday.

Course Contract:  is located under the Course Documents tab of CourseCompass. You are required to email this contract to your instructor by the first week of class.  Also, fill out the indicated student information at the bottom of the contract.  By emailing the course contract, it is understood to be electronically signed and binding for the term.  If you fail to email the Course Contract to your instructor by the first week of class, you will be dropped from the course. You are not an official member of the class until your instructor receives this form.

MYSTATLAB:  Homework, quizzes and tests are to be completed online using MyStatLab, an online enhancement to the course.  You can work from your own personal computer or from one of those on campus.  To get started in MyStatLab, you will need a valid FSCJ email address, the course ID code (see below) and the student access code from your book package.  

1.      Registration/Student Access Code - You will initially register and subsequently log in at: http://coursecompass.com.    The access code is an individual, course-specific 6-word code  needed for registration as a CourseCompass student. A Student Access Code is packaged in a CourseCompass Student Access Kit with your new hard copy book. The kit or book itself will include a pull-back strip that reveals the code. If you buy a book without a MyMathLab access code, you may purchase an access code online at the site above.

o    Course ID Code -  The code for this course is: rappoport24386

o    Use 32246 as the zip code for the school.  Technical Support:  1-800-677-6337.

o    Click here to launch the MyStatLab software installation wizard. This wizard will walk you through the installation of the software you will need to successfully view all content in MyStatLab.  Note: if you do not download the required plug-ins, you will not be able to view the homework or quiz problems!!

 

System requirements are shown below.

 

 

Weekly Assignments (Check MyStatLab for online due dates)

Week

Assignment outside of class

0:  prior to first class on 8/31

1) Purchase CourseCompass Access Code; register in MyStatLab

2) Post introduction to CourseCompass discussion board

3) Complete Course Contract and Student Information Form (Course Documents)

1 : 8/31 – 9/7

1)  Complete anything not completed in Week 0.

2) Read/watch videos for sections 1.2 – 1.4; complete online HW and Quiz 1 covering these sections.  Read section 1.5.

3) Respond to emails via Chapter 1 Discussion Board postings

2:  9/7 – 9/14

1) No class due to Labor Day Holiday, but the show must go on!

2) Fill out lecture notes while watching videos for sections 2.2 – 2.4; complete online HW and Quiz 2 covering these sections.

3) Respond to emails via Chapter 2 Discussion Board postings

3:  9/14 – 9/21

1) Fill out lecture notes while watching videos for sections 3.2 – 3.5; complete online HW covering these sections.

2) Respond to emails via Chapter 3 Discussion Board postings  

3)  Take Online Quiz 3 covering Chapter 3

4) Take Online Test 1 covering Chapters 1 - 3

4:  9/21 – 9/28

1) Fill out lecture notes while watching videos for sections 4.2 - 44; complete online HW covering these sections.

2) Respond to emails via Chapter 4 Discussion Board postings

5:  9/28 – 10/5

1) Fill out lecture notes while watching videos for sections 4.5, 4.7; complete online HW covering these sections.

2) Take Online Quiz 4 covering Chapter 4

3) Respond to emails via Chapter 4 Discussion Board postings

6:  10/5 – 10/12

1) Fill out lecture notes while watching videos for sections 5.2 – 5.4; complete online HW covering these sections.

2) Take Online Quiz 5 covering Chapter 5

3) Respond to emails via Chapter 5 Discussion Board postings

7:  10/12 – 10/19

1) Fill out lecture notes while watching videos for sections 6.2 – 6.3; complete online HW covering these sections.

2) Respond to emails via Chapter 6 Discussion Board postings

8:  10/19 – 10/26

1) Fill out lecture notes while watching videos for sections 6.4 – 6.5; complete online HW covering these sections.

2) Take Online Quiz 6 covering Chapter 6

3) Take Online Test 2 covering Chapters 4 - 6

4) Study Practice Midterm and make “cheat sheet” for Midterm Exam on 11/2

5) Respond to emails via Chapter 6 Discussion Board postings

9:  10/26 – 11/2

1) Midterm Exam on 11/2

2) Fill out lecture notes while watching videos for sections 7.2 – 7.4; complete online HW covering these sections.

3) Take Online Quiz 7 covering Chapter 7

4) Respond to emails via Chapter 7 Discussion Board postings

10:  11/2 – 11/9

1) Fill out lecture notes while watching videos for sections 8.2 – 8.3; complete online HW covering these sections.

2) Respond to emails via Chapter 8 Discussion Board postings

Note: Monday 11/9 is last day to withdraw with a W.

11:  11/9 – 11/16

1) Fill out lecture notes while watching videos for sections 8.4 – 8.5; complete online HW covering these sections.

2) Take Online Quiz 8 covering Chapter 8

3) Take Online Test 3 covering Chapters 7 - 8

4) Respond to emails via Chapter 8 Discussion Board postings

12:  11/16 – 11/23

1) Fill out lecture notes while watching videos for section 9.2; complete online HW covering this section.

2) Respond to emails via Chapter 9 Discussion Board postings

13:  11/23 – 11/30

1) Fill out lecture notes while watching videos for sections 10.2 – 10.3; complete online HW covering these sections.

2) Respond to emails via Chapter 10 Discussion Board postings

14:  11/30 – 12/7

1) Fill out lecture notes while watching videos for section 11.2; complete online HW covering this section.

2) Take Online Quiz 9 covering Chapters 9 – 11

3) Respond to emails via Chapter 11 Discussion Board postings

15:  12/7 – 12/14

1) Take Online Test 4 covering Chapters 9 - 11

2) Study Practice Final Exam and make “cheat sheet” for Final Exam on 12/14

16:  12/14

Final Exam  (2 hours)  1:00 – 3:00 PM