MATH 150 Introductory Data Analysis
(SP2011-900) - MATH 150-900 - 2011 Spring
Instructor(s):
Stefen Gramlich
Meeting Times:
Welcome to Math 150- Introductory
Data Analysis.
Course Compass ID: <TBA>
There are no in class meetings for the course. Webstudy
will be used as the primary communication platform and for following the
timeline for assignments. All correspondence (including announcements of Live
Sessions) will take place in the Forum (tab on the right).
Assignments are all done
online in CourseCompass.com as prescribed here in the timeline and completion
of these assignments will serve as the basis for your grade. Students are
expected to login into Webstudy and CourseCompass each week. I will be checking email, forum
posts, and your CourseCompass HOMEWORK progress
throughout the week. Almost every week there is an assignment. The only graded
assignments are under "Do
Homework" and "Take
a Test" in CourseCompass.
Anything else you do is just practice to get ready for the graded assignments.
The assignment should ideally be started by the following Monday by 11pm.
Not starting an assignment is the same as missing a class and will be used for attendance reporting purposes. You
can move ahead to the next assignment at anytime. Also, you may reattempt
any question (upto the maximum # of attempts) until
the course end. Click here for more detailed directions on completing
assignments in CourseCompass.
All 7 CourseCompass
Assignments and Final Exam will be DUE by RRpm,
DAY, MONTH, 20ZZ (NO EXCEPTIONS). Your assignment average will
appear in GRADEBOOK (tab in the left margin of CourseCompass).
We will NOT cover every section in the text. Please only read and watch
videos/animations pertaining to the sections mentioned in the Timeline and the
Syllabus.
If you have problems with CourseCompass, contact
their Customer Technical Support http://247pearsoned.custhelp.com
or by phone at 1-800-677-6337, Monday through Friday 8AM to 8PM, Sunday 5PM to
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Helpful Resources: I have provided Class Notes and Power Point Slides for each
week's session in Webstudy. Class Notes are meant to
complement readings and contain definitions, concepts, formulas (in the format
you would put them in a graphing calculator) and using technology instruction (StatCrunch and Excel). In addition, CourseCompass
has Video instruction, Animated instruction, and
worked out examples.
South Learning Lab in B2-36 (215-751-8480)
has group and private tutoring. There is also Pearson Publishing online
tutoring in CourseCompass.
Course Description
CCP Catalog Description
MATH 150
Introductory Data Analysis
3-0-3
Introduction to statistical thinking. Visual presentation
of data, summarizing of data, probability, sampling and simulation.
Evaluate of inferences drawn from a variety of statistical material and
generation of reports summarizing and communicating statistical results.
Prerequisites
Prerequisite: MATH 118 with a grade of C or better or MATH 161 or higher
placement.
Course Evaluation
To calculate
your final grade, add up the total # of points you've earned on all CourseCompass assignments and divide by the
total amount of possible
points (can be found in CourseCompass).
Convert to a %.
A >= 90%
80% <= B <= 89%
70% <= C <= 79%
60%<= D <= 69%
F <= 59%
Final Exam Score and timeliness of assignments will be
taken into account to determine borderline cases.
Final Grade Composition
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Purchase text book bundle (includes text and CourseCompass code) at a CCP bookstore or Spring Garden
Books. Login to CourseCompass.com by using access code (from bundle or
purchased from CourseCompass), course id <TBA>,
and creating a username and password Topics:
1-1 Population vs Sample, 1-2 Data Types, 1-3
Converting Fract to %, 1-4 Sampling Read Chapter 1 Notes and Power Points posted below. In CourseCompass.com, read text, watch ActivStats, Videos, and do You Try It exercises for Chapter 1 (1-1, 1-2, 1-3, 1-4) under Chapter Contents (in left margin) . Then Complete Assignment 1 under DO HOMEWORK (in left margin).
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Topics: 2-2 Frequency Table, 2-3 Histogram, 2-4 Frequency Polygon Read Chapter 2 & 3 Notes and Power Points below. In CourseCompass.com, read text, watch ActivStats, Videos, and do You Try It exercises for Chapter 2 & 3 (2-2, 2-3, 2-4) under Chapter Contents (in left margin). Then complete Assignment 2 under DO HOMEWORK (in left margin).
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Topics: 3-2 Mean, 3-3 Standard Deviation Read Chapter 3 Notes and Power Points below. In CourseCompass.com, read text, watch ActivStats, Videos, and do You Try It exercises for Chapter 3 (3-2, 3-3) under Chapter Contents (in left margin). Then start Assignment 3 under DO HOMEWORK (in left margin).
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Topics: 3-4 z Score, Percentile, 3-5 Boxplot Read Chapter 3 Notes and Power Points below. In CourseCompass.com, read text, watch ActivStats, Videos, and do You Try It exercises for Chapter 3 (3-4, 3-5) under Chapter Contents (in left margin). Then finish Assignment 3 under DO HOMEWORK (in left margin).
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Topics: 6-2
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Topics: 6-3 Normal Distribution Read Chapter 6 Notes and Power Points posted below. In CourseCompass.com, read text, watch ActivStats, Videos, and do You Try It exercises for Chapter 6-3 under Chapter Contents (in left margin). Then continue Assignment 4 under DO HOMEWORK (in left margin).
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Topics: 6-5 Cental Limit Thereom Read Chapter 6 Notes and Power Points posted below. In CourseCompass.com, read text, watch ActivStats, Videos, and do You Try It exercises for Chapter 6-5 under Chapter Contents (in left margin). Then finish Assignment 4 under DO HOMEWORK (in left margin). Midterm
Grades will be issued to Registrar based upon your peformance
in CourseCompass.com up to Assignment 3.
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Topics: 7-2 Proportion z-Confidence Interval for 1 sample (also Read 5-3 Binomial) Read Chapter 7 Notes and Power Points posted below. In CourseCompass.com, read text, watch ActivStats, Videos, and do You Try It exercises for Chapter 7-2 under Chapter Contents (in left margin). Then start Assignment 5 under DO HOMEWORK (in left margin).
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Topics: 7-4 Mean t-Confidence Interval for 1 sample Read Chapter 7 Notes and Power Points posted below. In CourseCompass.com, read text, watch ActivStats, Videos, and do You Try It exercises for Chapter 7-4 under Chapter Contents (in left margin). Then finish Assignment 5 under DO HOMEWORK (in left margin).
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Topics: 8-2 Introduction to Hypothesis Testing Read Chapter 8 Notes and Power Points posted below. In CourseCompass.com, read text, watch ActivStats, Videos, and do You Try It exercises for Chapter 8-2 under Chapter Contents (in left margin). Then start Assignment 6 under DO HOMEWORK (in left margin).
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Topics: 8-2 Introduction to Hypothesis Testing: Type I and II Error Read Chapter 8 Notes and Power Points posted
below. In CourseCompass.com,
read text, watch ActivStats, Videos, and do You Try
It exercises for Chapter 8-2 under Chapter Contents (in left margin). Then
continue Assignment 6 under
DO HOMEWORK (in left margin).
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Topics: 8-3 Proportion z-test for 1 sample Read Chapter 8 Notes and Power Points posted below. In CourseCompass.com, read text, watch ActivStats, Videos, and do You Try It exercises for Chapter 8-3 under Chapter Contents (in left margin). Then continue Assignment 6 under DO HOMEWORK (in left margin).
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Topics: 8-5 Mean t-test for 1
sample Read Chapter 8 Notes with Power Points posted below. In CourseCompass.com, read text, watch ActivStats, Videos, and do You Try It exercises for Chapter 8-5 under Chapter Contents (in left margin). Then finish Assignment 6 under DO HOMEWORK (in left margin).
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Topics:
10-2 Correlation, 10-3 Simple Regression Read Chapter 10 Notes and Power Points posted below. In CourseCompass.com, read text, watch ActivStats, Videos, and do You Try It exercises for Chapter 10 (10-2) under Chapter Contents (in left margin). Then complete Assignment 7 under DO HOMEWORK (in left margin).
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There is an 10 question Final Exam worth 60 points. The Final Exam is already posted under "TAKE A TEST" in CourseCompass.com. You can take the Final as many times as you like. The Final will have a 2 HOUR (120 MINUTE) TIME LIMIT. The only learning aids available for each question will be the Textbook and StatCrunch. Your best score on the Final Exam will count as your Final Exam score. That way you will have unlimited attempts to improve you Final Exam score up to the course end. All 7 CourseCompass assignments and Final Exam are DUE by RRpm, DAY, MONTH, 20ZZ (No Exceptions). Your Final Average is calculated by
dividing your total accumulated points by the total # of possible points
(multiply by 100 to convert to %). To view
your Final Average, click GRADEBOOK on the left margin of CourseCompass.
Then click "Show Overall Score" at the top.
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