(updated 3/31/2026)
TEXT: A mandatory PearsonMyLab Standalone Access Code (online text only) can be purchased in PearsonMyLab through Canvas ($110 as of Fall 2025) or the CCP Main bookstore ($140 as of Fall 2025). MyLab contains ALL assignments, videos, and online texts "Biostatistics for the Biological and Health Sciences," (3rd ed. by Marc M. Triola, Mario F. Triola, & Jason Roy, Boston: Pearson, ©2023) & “Integrated Review” IR Workbook (1st ed, by Laura Iossi, ©2016) so a printed textbook is optional.
Login to Canvas CCP.Instructure.com for Discussion, Emails, and Class Notes.
Read your text, watch videos/animations, and do all graded Assignments (below) in PearsonMyLab by the due date(s) prescribed (given in class or in Canvas). Also, the Prospectus and Integrity Policy has useful information for achieving learning outcomes.
WEEK EXERCISES (IR =Iossi’s Integrated Review Workbook in MyLab)
1
IR1 Units, # Types, Sets, Scientific
Notation; IR2 Decimals, %’s
IR3 PEMDAS, roots; IR4 Mult/Div Fractions; IR5 variables vs. constants: π &
Euler’s #
1-1 Statistical Thinking, Fractions to %, 1-2 Data Types, 1-3 Sampling
Complete Ch 1 Assignment 1
2 2-1 Frequency Table, 2-2 Histogram, 2-3 Graphs,
IR10 Linear Equations; 2-4
Scatterplots & Correlation Hypothesis Testing
Complete
Ch 2 Assignment 2
3 3-1 Mean, Median, Mode, Weighted
3-2 Variance/Standard Deviation, Weighted Std Dev; Empirical Rule
3-3
z-Score, Percentiles, Boxplot; Complete Ch 3 Assignment 3
4 4-1 Probability of an Event, Simulation
4-2 “OR” Addition Rule, “AND”
Multiplication Rule; Contingency Tables
5 4-3 Complements “at least 1,” read Conditional
Probability
4-5 read Counting Formulas Factorials, Permutations,
Combinations
IR4
Add/Subtract
Fractions; Union & Intersection;
Complete Ch 4 Assignment 4
6 IR5, 5-1 Probability
Distributions, Range Rule Thumb Confidence Interval
5-2 Binomial Distribution with Mean
& Std Dev, Inequality Complements
Range
Rule of Thumb Confidence Interval Hypothesis Tests
Complete Chapter 5 Assignment 5
7 Final Exam
Grading:
To
calculate your Final weighted Average,
add up the total # of points you've earned on all Assignments and divide by the
total amount of possible points (points can be found in “Gradebook” in PearsonMyLab). Convert to a %. Verify score in MyLab Gradebook.
Timeliness (attendance) of
doing assignments (as per the syllabus), reading the discussion posts, and performance
on the Final Exam will be taken into account, especially in borderline and
equivocal cases. You must work on ALL
assignments to complete the course. Otherwise, a letter grade will be dropped for missing assignments or missing 2
weeks of attendance.
A >= 92%
82% <= B <= 92%
72% <= C <= 82%
62% <= D <= 72%
F <= 62%