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Dr. Murali Shanker, A401 BSA |
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E-mail: mshanker@kent.edu |
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Phone: (330) 672-1165 |
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Office Hours: 4:00 - 5:30, T, TH |
| Class Times: Section 001 : 2:15-3:30 T, TH, 137 Bow; Section 002 : 5:30-6:45 T, TH, 200 BSA |
Last day to drop a course: 26 March 2006
Prerequisites: Math 11011 (Algebra). Students attending the course who do not have the proper prerequisite risk being deregistered from the class.
Enrollment: It is the student’s responsibility to ensure proper enrollment in classes. You are advised to review your official class schedule during the first two weeks of the semester to ensure proper enrollment. Should you determine an error in your class schedule, you have until 22 January 2006 to correct it with your advising office. If registration errors are not corrected by this date and you continue to attend and participate in classes for which you are not officially enrolled, you are advised now that you will not receive a grade at the conclusion of the semester.
Students With Disabilities: University policy 3342-3-18 requires that students with disabilities be provided reasonable accommodations to ensure their equal access to course content. If you have documented disability and require accommodations, please contact the instructor at the beginning of the semester to make arrangements for necessary classroom adjustments. Please note, you must first verify your eligibility for these through the Student Disability Services (contact 330-672-3391 or visit http://www.kent.edu/sds for more information on registration procedures).
Class time will devoted to lectures, and to projects and problems that are designed to improve your understanding of the subject matter.
Copies of the lecture will be available on your class site. It is assumed that you will have read the corresponding chapter material before coming to class.The value of the class and the ability to ask meaningful questions depends on thorough pre-class preparation. You are encouraged and expected to ask questions.
There will be 9 quizzes, and 5 examinations. All quizzes and examinations will be taken online. Examinations and quizzes will consist of multiple choice, true or false, fill-in-the blanks, matching type, and calculation questions. All online testing material can be found at the course web site on Vista WebCT, and can be taken from anywhere (home, work, school, BSA computer labs, in the airport, from a hammock sipping Guava juice, etc.) the student has access to the Web. All tests are open-book, open notes, but before taking any test, the student will be asked to indicate his/her agreement to an Academic Honesty Statement. This statement will certify that the student agrees to abide by university rules on cheating, and any failure to do so will result in a failing grade. Thus, for example, while you are allowed to use books and notes for the tests, it is cheating if you ask other students to help you while taking the tests. This statement is available online at your course website. Do this first before doing anything else.
Quizzes: There are 9 quizzes for this class. Each quiz is worth 10 points. The amount of time allotted for each quiz may vary, but will typically be around 25 minutes. You will have two attempts to take each quiz. The average result of the two attempts will be your score for that quiz. If you are happy with your first attempt, there is no need to take the second attempt. Results for the quizzes will be known immediately. Only the best 8 quizzes will be considered for your grade. Thus, the maximum points from quizzes is 80.
Examinations: There will be 5 examinations. Each examination is worth 50 points. Each exam (including the final) will take approximately 75 minutes. All examinations are cumulative. You will have only one attempt to take each examination. Results for the examination will be known only after the examination closes for all students. Only the best four exams will be considered for your grade. Thus, the maximum points from exams is 200.
Attendance: It is not mandatory to attend classes.
Dates and Timings: Test (quizzes, and examinations) dates are posted at your course website, and also given below. Tests can be taken at any time during which they are available. As a warning, please do not wait until the last minute to take your tests. As you must realize in dealing with technology, several things can and will go wrong. The only condition under which I will extend the due dates is if the Vista server goes down on the last available day. Any problems with your computer, will not change the due date. As such, it is your responsibility to ensure that you complete the tasks in a timely fashion. You will get zero (0) points for all missed tests. Please ensure that your tests have been graded correctly, and notify the instructor immediately of any concerns. Specifically, you will have one week after the test scores are posted to notify the instructor of any errors.
Software: Some questions may require the use of SPSS software. This software is freely available in the business school computer labs on the second floor.
Extra Credit: Periodically, you may be given additional homework / quizzes in class or online, each of which will count as extra credit towards your final grade. As missed quizzes / examinations cannot be made up, it is in your best interest to attend class regularly. Please check your electronic calendar regularly for any announcements about quizzes, etc.
Academic dishonesty: Cheating means to misrepresent the source, nature, or other conditions of your academic work (e.g., tests, papers, cases, online quizzes) so as to get undeserved credit. The use of the intellectual property of others without giving them appropriate credit is a serious academic offense. It is the University's policy that cheating or plagiarism result in receiving a failing grade for the work or course. Repeat offenses result in dismissal from the University. Students must indicate their acceptance to this policy before they are allowed to take any quiz or exam. As soon as you log into your Vista course website, please take the Academic Honesty Statement quiz first. You will not have access to any other quiz or exam until you do so.
Starting Fall 2005, a new grading system is in effect. As such, please pay close attention to the following grading scale for this class.
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A
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A-
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B+
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B
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B-
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C+
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C
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C-
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D+
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D
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| Minimum Score Required |
257
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249
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241
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230
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221
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213
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202
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194
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186
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168
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None of the tests can be made up. You will receive a score of zero (0) for any missed tests.
This course use a system called Vista to organize and present online content. Vista allows the instructor to provide a comprehensive solution to presenting online content, and student management. Thus, in addition to taking online examinations, and reading material from online content, the student is able to track their progress, interact with fellow students through chat and e-mail, and even make online presentations. The following pages give a brief introduction to Vista for your course. A note of caution. While Vista provides communication tools like e-mail, chat, etc., please use the communication tools under Flashline instead.
To log into Vista, do the following:
The following tables contains the class schedule. Note that all online tests (except the final exam) begin on the Monday of the week they are assigned, and are available until Sunday 11:50 p.m. (ET) of that week.
| Start Date | Class Periods | Chapters |
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January 17 |
4 |
Chapter 1: Data Collection |
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January 31 |
4 |
Chapter 3: Describing Data |
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February 14 |
2 |
Chapter 4: Probability |
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February 21 |
1 | Chapter 5: Normal Distribution |
| February 23 | 2 | Chapter 6: Sampling Distributions |
| March 2 | 3 | Chapter 7: Estimating Population Values - Population Mean |
| March 14 | 3 | Chapter 8: Hypothesis Testing |
| March 16 |
No Class - Instructor at conference | |
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March 28-30 |
Spring Break | |
| April 4 | 1 | Review |
| April 6 | 4 | Chapter 13: Linear Regression |
| April 20 | 3 | Chapter 14: Multiple Regression |
| Test | Chapters | Beginning Date |
Ending Date (11 p.m., ET) |
| Quiz 1 | 1 | January 30 |
February 5 |
| Quiz 2 | 3 | February 6 | February 12 |
| Exam 1 | 1, 3 | February 13 |
February 19 |
| Quiz 3 | 4 | February 20 | February 26 |
| Quiz 4 | 5 | February 27 | March 5 |
| Quiz 5 | 6 | February 27 | March 5 |
| Exam 2 | 1, 3-6 | March 6 | March 12 |
| Quiz 6 | 7 | March 13 | March 19 |
| Quiz 7 | 8 | March 20 | April 2 |
| Exam 3 | 1, 3-8 | April 3 | April 9 |
| Quiz 8 | 13 | April 17 |
April 23 |
| Quiz 9 | 14 | May 1 | May 7 |
| Exam 4 | 1, 3-8, 13-14 | May 1 | May 7 |
| Exam 5 | 1, 3-8, 13-14 | May 8 | May 12 (Friday) |