M&IS 24056 WEB Summer 2006 Wang

 

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.

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. Should you determine an error in your class schedule, you have until June 15 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://vista.kent.edu.  The lectures make extensive use of audio and animation (see System Requirements)

Last day to drop a course: Monday, July 3, 2006

Accommodations: 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).

You will be given four quizzes and three examinations (including the final examination) during the semester.  Each exam (including the final exam) is worth 100 points, and you will have 1 hour and 15 minutes to complete the exam. Only the best two of the three examinations will be considered when determining your grade. Thus, if a student does well in the first two exams, he/she does not have to take the final exam. Therefore, the maximum number of points that can be got from exams is 200.

The number of points for each online quiz may vary, but the maximum number of points that can be attained from all your online quizzes is 100.  The amount of time allotted for each quiz will vary, but will typically be between 15 and 45 minutes.

Thus, the maximum points for this course is 300.

All examinations and most 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.

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. You will have only one attempt for each examination. As mentioned previously, only the best 2 of 3 examinations will be considered for your grade. For each quiz, there will be practice quizzes that you can take any number of times. I will also have copies of old examinations available on the class web site.

All examinations and quizzes will be available at your website from 12 June 2006 until 14 July 2006. Examinations and quizzes may be taken in any order. Please make sure you complete all requirements by 14 July 2006.

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 is available online at your course website. 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. 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.

The online quizzes and examinations can be found at the course web site at http://vista.kent.edu. Quizzes and examinations can be taken from anywhere (home, work, school, BSA computer labs, in the airport etc.) the student has access to the Web. Your quizzes and examinations will be graded as soon as you finish, and the result of the quizzes will be known immediately while the examinations may take up to two days to be graded.

Academic dishonesty: Cheating means to misrepresent the source, nature, or other conditions of your academic work (e.g., tests, papers, projects, 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.

 

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.

As this class makes extensive use of audio and animation, make sure that you have access to the following:

The homepage of this course is at http://vista.kent.edu. 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 https://vista.kent.edu/  The Lectures are organized into 11. Each Chapter is further broken down by the topic for that lecture. Many times, after each topic, you will have a attempt 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: