SYLLABUS
for MATH 305-03 Winter '12
STATISTICS: HYPOTHESIS TESTING
& ESTIMATION
Instructor:
Richard Hobson
Office: JB520
Phone & voicemail: (909)
537-3661
email: rhobson@csusb.edu
Office hours: TR 2:30 - 3:30
PM or by appointment
Website: www.math.csusb.edu/faculty/hobson
Time & place:
TC016 TR 6 - 7:50
Class #: 23251
Prerequisites:
Math
110 or Math 115
Text: Fundamentals of Statistics
by Michael Sullivan 3rd
edition.
Homework and quizzes: Homework will be
assigned every class day. You'll find the daily assignments
online at: www.math.csusb.edu/faculty/hobson.
Assignments are always due the next class day. Homework will
be collected from Day 2 on, graded and handed back the next class
day. When doing a problem always show all your work in order
to get credit. (Many of the answers are in the back of
the book.)
Neatness counts. It helps me and it will
help you in your work. Use graph paper and a straight edge for
graphs. Please do not use paper ripped from a spiral
binder. Please use pencil rather than pen and make your
erasures neat. Label the section at the top and number each
problem clearly. Like everything handed in for this class,
homework will be folded lengthwise with your name, "Math
305", and the day of the assignment written in the upper right
corner. Always fold all of one day's assignment together as a
unit.
Homework should be handed in when I call for it
in class. All other homework is late, and the only time it
will be accepted is immediately before a midterm test or the
final. Late work is worth a maximum of 70% of full credit.
If you have questions over the homework, feel
free to see me during office hours. In addition, tutoring may
be available in the Student Learning Center in University Hall,
third floor.
There may be some pop quizzes. They'll
count the same as a homework assignment. Quizzes must be taken
in class, they can't be made up.
Extra credit: If you
have trouble with the material in an assignment you can do
unassigned problems from those sections for extra credit. Hand
it in on test days. Any extra points will be added to your
homework total. My rule of thumb is that an amount of work
that would be worth 10 points as an on-time homework assignment
counts 2 points as extra credit. Extra credit won't be
accepted unless all regular homework is complete.
Calculators: You will
definitely need a statistical calculator. The one I'll be
using in class is the TI-30XIIS. The "TI" stands for Texas
Instruments, the"S" stands for "Statistical". The price at,
say, K-Mart is around $15. If you go ahead in your statistical
studies, you will probably eventually want to get a graphing
calculator. A famous statistical graphing calculators
is, for instance, the TI-83. It costs around $100. The
TI-83 & 84 are mentioned in our text and you're welcome to use
one but you will not need it for this course, any problems that
might require a graphing calculator will not be
assigned. Whatever
calculator you get make sure you hang onto the instruction book.
Goals & Objectives: You
should gain understanding and hands-on, how-to knowledge of Data
Collection, Organizing and Summarizing Data, Numerically Summarizing
Data, Describing the Relation between Two Variables, Probability,
Discrete Probability Distributions, The Normal Probability
Distribution, Sampling Distributions, Estimating the Value of a
Parameter Using Confidence Intervals, Hypothesis Tests Regarding a
Parameter, Inference on Two Samples, and some Additional Inferential
Procedures. You'll
find a more precise, day-by-day list of topics online in the
Homework Schedule at the web
address listed above.
Regulations
& procedures: Students should refer to
the "Academic Regulations and Procedures" in the CSUSB Bulletin of
Courses for the university's policies on course withdrawal, cheating
and plagiarism.
Accomodations for disabilities:
If
you
are
in
need
of
an
accomodation
for
a
disability
in
order
to
participate
in
this
class,
contact
Services
to Students with Disabilities at UH-183, (909) 537-5238.
Electronic devices:
Except for calculators, in-class use of electronic devices
(including cell phones and computers) is prohibited.
Exams: I plan to
give two midterm exams and a final exam. They'll cover the
basic material covered in class and assigned as homework.
Exams must be taken on time. No make-up exams will be given.
Final: The final is
scheduled for Thursday, March 22 from 6PM to 7:50PM in our regular
meeting room. The final exam will be comprehensive. If
you don't take the final exam your grade will be calculated with a
zero for that score.
Grade: Your grade
will be based on:
Homework & quizzes 25%
Midterm exams
20% each
Final:
35%
The grading scale is as
follows
A
91 - 100%
D+
68 - 69%
A-
90%
D
61 - 67 %
B+
88 - 89%
D-
60%
B
81 -
87%
F
Below 60%
B-
80%
C+
78 - 79%
C
71 - 77%
C-
70