I COURSE DESCRIPTION

Course Number: MATH 2035/BSAD 2030/MATH 2030,

Calculator Statistics and Business Statistics

Course Title: Workshop Statistics: Discovering with Data and Graphing Calculator

Prerequisites: MATH 1140, 1200, and/or permission of instructor

Catalogue Description:

This course contains activities that guide students to discover statistical concepts, explore statistical principles, and apply statistical techniques. Students work toward these goals through the analysis of genuine stat and through interaction with each other, with their instructor, and with technology, especially the TI-83 plus graphing calculator.

Structure of the Course: 3 credit hours

Date: Fall, begins Wednesday, August 21, 2002 6:40pm NECC O'Neill Educational Center

Broadcasting site will be O'Neill Public High School

The MATH 2035 class will meet August 21, 28 and Sept 4 from 6:40pm - 7:30pm. The balance of the evening will move to BSAD 2030 & MATH 2030, and meet on Wednesdays thereafter until Dec 11.

II COURSE OBJECTIVES

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

A. Have a sound working base in statistics.

B. Apply statistical concepts to problem solving.

C. Increase the student's ability to work statistical problems.

D. Use a graphing calculator and apply it to the study of statistics.

E. Create a positive outlook towards statistics.

III INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

A. Required Text:

Workshop Statistics: Discovering with Data and the Graphing Calculator, Allan J. Rossman, Beth L. Chance, and J. Barr von Oehsen, 2002 ISBN 1-930190-04-2

B. Required Materials

TI-83 Plus Graphing Calculator

C. Three-ring notebook binder.

IV COURSE OUTLINE: Specific objectives in the order the course progresses.

" UNIT I EXPLORING DATA: DISTRIBUTIONS

o Topic 1: Data and Variables

o Topic 2: Data, Variables, and Technology

o Topic 3: Displaying and Describing Distributions

o Topic 4: Measures of Center

o Topic 5: Measures of Spread

" UNIT II EXPLORING DATA: COMPARISONS AND RELATIONSHIPS

o Topic 6: Comparing Distributions I: Quantitative Variables

o Topic 7: Comparing Distributions II: Categorical Variables

o Topic 8: Graphical Displays of Association

o Topic 9: Correlation Coefficient

o Topic 10: Least Squares Regression I

o Topic 11: Least Squares Regression II

" UNIT III COLLECTING DATA

o Topic 12: Sampling

o Topic 13: Designing Studies

" UNIT IV RANDOMNESS IN DATA

o Topic 14: Probablity

o Topic 15: Normal Distributions

o Topic 16: Sampling Distributions I: Proportions

o Topic 17: Sampling Distributions II: Means

o Topic 18: Central Limit Theorem

" UNIT V INFERENCE FROM DATA: PRINCIPLES

o Topic 19: Confidence Intervals I: Proportions

o Topic 20: Confidence Intervals II: Means

o Topic 21: Tests of Significance I: Proportions

o Topic 22: Tests of Significance II: Means

o Topic 23: More Inference Considerations

" UNIT VI INFERENCE FROM DATA: COMPARISONS AND RELATIONSHIPS

o Topic 24: Comparing Two Proportions

o Topic 25: Comparing Two Means

o Topic 26: Inference for Two-Way Tables

o Topic 27: Inference for Correlation and Regression

V COURSE REQUIREMENTS

A. Attendance

Students are expected to attend all class sessions.

B. Student Conduct

Students are expected to do their own work. They will also be working together in groups to facilitate learning the concepts.

C. Lab Attendance and Conduct

Common sense to prevail.

D. Students are expected to stay on task during the sessions.

E. Assignment Completion

All work will be completed on the worksheets and it is advisable to keep a three-ring notebook to insert the workbook pages and other work.

VI METHODS OF PRESENTATION/INSTRUCTION/LEARNING

A. Teaching Methods

Instructor will guide the progress of the class, keep the class roughly together, and allow students to discover. Instructor will also promote collaborative learning among students, encourage students' to guess and develop intuitions, lecture when appropriate. Students will do some work by hand and use technology as a tool. I would like students to have access to suggestion "right" answers and stress good writing of results.

B. Instructor Absence

If the instructor is unable to come to class, he will either find a substitute for that session, or he will cancel the session and make arrangements to make up the hours missed. The instructor will attempt to contact all students by phone.

C. Cancellation of class due to inclement weather.

In the event of inclement weather (snow blizzard, severe thunderstorms, etc) students should listen for cancellations on the radio KBRX, O'Neill. Also, the instructor will attempt to contact all students by phone. Students may also call the instructor.

VII METHODS OF EVALUATION

Three exams during the semester. These are somewhat cumulative but focus much more on recent material; of course, intelligent application of the material in later parts of the course depends largely on understanding earlier material. The exams try to stress understanding and interpretation as well as calculation.

The grading scale will be

A+ 95-100

A 90-94

B+ 85-89

B 80-84

C+ 75-79

C 70-74

D+ 65-69

D 60-64

F Below 60

Audit - Students who audit may participate in taking any of the tests, which will be scored for them but will not be submitted as a grade. If they audit the course, they receive no grade and no credit on their report card.

Audit - Students who audit may participate in taking any of the tests, which will be scored for them but will not be submitted as a grade. If they audit the course, they receive no grade and no credit on their report card.

VIII INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION

Instructor: Steven W. Bahrij

Email: sbahrij@esu8.org

Office: NECC Education Center at O'Neill, Ne.

Office Phone: 402-336-3590

Home Phone: 402-336-2195