| Instructor: Khole Gwebu | Phone:(330) 672-1164 |
| Office:A402 BSA | E-mail: kgwebu@bsa3.kent.edu |
| Office Hours: T, TH 1:15--1:45, 3:00-4:00, and by appointment | |
| Class Times: There are no scheduled class times |
| myWebCT:http://class.kent.edu |
| Class Location:http://class.kent.edu/SCRIPT/kent074/scripts/serve_home |
| Lecture Home: http://www.personal.kent.edu/~mshanker/mis24056/Index.htm |
| Murali Shanker's Personal Web Page: http://www.personal.kent.edu/~mshanker |
This course is an introduction to concepts in statistical methods and their applications to real-world problems. This course will examine both the theoretical and practical side of the different methods. Students will be given ample opportunities to apply the techniques to different problems. The goal of the course is for students to understand fundamental statistical concepts and methods, and their applications.
Last day to drop a course: June 19 / July 6
Prerequisites: Math 11011 (Algebra); Students who have not successfully completed the course prerequisites must withdraw from this class. You risk deregistration otherwise.
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 19 June 2004 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.
Class time There are no regular class times for this course. Lectures for this class are all available online all the time at your course web site at http://class.kent.edu/SCRIPT/kent074/scripts/serve_home. The lectures make extensive use of audio and animation (see System Requirements)
In accordance with University policy, if you have a documented disability and require accommodations to obtain equal access in this course, please contact the instructor at the beginning of the semester or when given an assignment for which an accommodation is required. Students with disabilities must verify their eligibility through the Office of Student Disability Services (SDS) located in room 181 of the Michael Schwartz Student Services Center (Voice/TTD: 672-3391).
There will be 8 quizzes, and 6 examinations. All quizzes and examinations will be taken online. Most examinations and quizzes will be multiple choice. In some cases, you may get questions that will require you to match the answer to the question, or even a short-answer question. The quizzes and examinations can be found at the course web site at http://class.kent.edu/SCRIPT/kent074/scripts/serve_home, 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 quizzes and examinations are open-book, open notes, but before taking any quiz or examination, 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 quizzes and examinations, it is cheating if you ask other students to help you while taking the examinations or quizzes. This statement is available online at your course website. Do this first before doing anything else.
Quizzes: There are 8 quizzes for this class. The number of points for each quiz will vary, but the maximum number of points that can be attained from all your quizzes is 100. The amount of time allotted for each quiz will vary, but will typically be between 15 and 45 minutes. You will have two attempts to take each quiz. The average of the two attempts will be your score for that quiz. If you are happy with your first attempt at a quiz, there is no need to take the second attempt. Results for the quizzes will be known immediately. For each quiz, there will be practice quizzes that you can take any number of times.
Examinations: There will be six examinations. Each examination is worth 50 points. Each exam (including the final) will take approximately 75 minutes. You will have only one attempt to take each examination. Results for the examination will be known immediately.
Only four of the six examinations will count towards the course grade, for a total of 200 points (4 x 50 points). The four examinations will be chosen as follows:
Thus, the maximum points from the examinations is 200 points, giving the maximum for the course to be 300 points.
All examinations and quizzes will be available at your website from 19 June 2004until 8 May 2002. Examinations and quizzes may be taken in any order. Please make sure you complete all requirements by 8 May 2002.
All examinations and quizzes, including the final examination, will be open-notes. As mentioned earlier, any other form of help (like asking classmates or somebody else) is considered cheating. Note that academic dishonesty in any form is unacceptable. Before any grade can be assigned in this class, please download, print, sign, and return the statement for academic honesty.
The online quizzes and examinations can be found at the course web site at http://class.kent.edu/SCRIPT/kent074/scripts/serve_home. While the quizzes 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 examinations (including the final examination) must be taken from the computer labs in the Business building at the Kent Campus. All quizzes are immediately available, while examinations will be available starting mid February. When you are ready to take an examination, please contact the instructor. Examinations and quizzes can be taken in any order.
Your quizzes and examinations will be graded as soon as you finish, and the result will be known immediately.
The grading scale for this course is as follows:
A: 270—300 points, B: 240—269 points, C: 210—239 points, D: 180—210 points, and F: 0—179 points.
The maximum possible points that can be achieved in this course is 300. None of the examinations or online quizzes can be made up, and you will receive a score of zero (0) for any missed examinations or quizzes. Examinations and online quizzes are available throughout the semester (all exams will be available after mid February), and can be taken in any order.
Much of the material provided on the CD is available online at your website. But, as the audio lectures and some of the other material are quite bandwidth intensive, unless you have a broadband always-on connection, I recommend you buy the CD in addition to the book. This way, you will have access to all material even if you are not connected to the internet.
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
As this class makes extensive use of audio and animation, make sure that you have access to the following:
Check your system requirements by going to the main Lecture page at http://www.personal.kent.edu/~mshanker/mis24056/Index.htm.
The homepage of this course is at http://class.kent.edu/SCRIPT/kent074/scripts/serve_home. All navigation is best done starting at the Homepage. Here are some of the links you will find:
The main page for the online lectures is at http://www.personal.kent.edu/~mshanker/mis24056/Index.htm, but can be easily accessed from the course website Homepage by clicking on Lectures. The Lectures are organized into 10 Chapters (there are no lectures for Chapter 4). Each Chapter is further broken down by the topic for that lecture. Many times, after each topic, you will have a link to a Let's Do It! (LDI) problem. The LDI problems are those found in your book and allow you to test your knowledge on a problem situation. While everybody's learning style is different, here is my recommended approach:
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Chapters |
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Chapter 1: How to make decisions with Statistics |
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Chapter 2: Producing Data |
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Chapter 3: Observational Studies and Experiments |
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Chapter 4: Summarizing Data Graphically |
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Chapter 5: Summarizing Data Numerically |
| Chapter 6: Using Models to Make Decisions |
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Chapter 7: Is there a Relationship? |
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Exam 1 (Chapters 1 through 7) |
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Chapter 8: Probability |
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Chapter 9: Sampling Distributions |
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Chapter 10: Making Decisions |
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Exam 2 (All Chapters) |
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Final Exam (All Chapters) |
Quiz |
| Quiz 1: Introduction |
| Quiz 2: Chapter 1: How to make decisions with Statistics |
| Quiz 3: Chapter 2: Producing Data |
| Quiz 4: Chapter 3: Observational Studies and Experiments & Chapter 5: Summarizing Data Numerically |
| Quiz 5: Chapter 6: Using Models to make Decisions |
| Quiz 6: Chapter 8: Probability |
| Quiz 7: Chapter 9: Sampling Distributions |
| Quiz 8: Chapter 10: Making Decisions |
This course use a system called WebCT to organize and present online content. WebCT 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 WebCT for your course.
Before you can access this course, you must create a myWebCT account. This account will be the starting point for all courses using the WebCT system.
Everyone needs a User Name and password to log on to WebCT. They are the same as the ones used for your KSU email account. The User Name and password are case-sensitive in WebCT. That means it make a difference whether you use capital letters or not.
If you already use your KSU email account and know your password you're about ready to go: read the Password Management (http://webcthelp.kent.edu/v3/student/password.html) section of this guide and then go to class.kent.edu to log in (assuming your professor has already given you access to the course).
If you don't know about your KSU email account, read on.
User Name: The first step is to find out your User Name. Go to the Username Request Form (https://secure.kent.edu/userid/), enter your Social Security Number, and your user ID will be displayed. You will use it both for WebCT and for your KSU email account. (If you don't plan on using your KSU email account you should set up automatic forwarding (http://www.personal.kent.edu/forward.html) to another email account.
Password: Your initial password is the first 8 digits of your Social Security Number. For better security you should change it right away to one that only you know. You can do this by going to a special Web page (http://www.personal.kent.edu/changepass.html). When you change your password it may take up to an hour or so before it goes into effect, and there may be a further delay before the password is changed on WebCT. Please read the Password Management (http://webcthelp.kent.edu/v3/student/password.html) section of this guide for more information. When you're ready to log on to WebCT go to class.kent.edu.
If you have problems with your password you can contact the Helpdesk (330-672-HELP or 330-672-2031).