(updated 3/31/2026)
TEXT: A mandatory PearsonMyLab
Standalone Access Code (online text only) can be purchased 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 Guided Workbook in MyLab)
1 IR1 Units, # Types, Sets, Scientific Notation; IR2 Decimals, %’s
2 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
3 2-1 Frequency Table, 2-2 Histogram
4 2-3 Graphs; IR10 Linear Equations
5 2-4 Scatterplots
& Correlation Hypothesis Testing; Complete Ch 2 Assignment 2
6 3-1 Mean, Median, Mode, Weighted
7 3-2 Variance/Standard Deviation, Weighted Std Dev; Empirical Rule
8 3-3
z-Score, Percentiles, Boxplot; Complete Ch 3 Assignment 3
9 4-1 Probability of an Event, Simulation
10 4-2 “OR” Addition
Rule, “AND” Multiplication Rule, Contingency Tables
11 4-3 Complements “at least 1,” read
Conditional Probability
4-5 read Counting
Formulas Factorials, Permutations, Combinations
12 IR4 Add/Subtract Fractions; Union & Intersection; Complete Ch 4 Assignment 4
13 IR5, 5-1 Probability
Distributions, Range Rule Thumb Confidence Interval
14 5-2 Binomial Distribution with Mean
& Std Dev, Inequality Complements
Range
Rule of Thumb Confidence Interval Hypothesis Tests
Complete Ch 5 Assignment 5
15 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%