STAT 211
SPRING 2004
Principles of Statistics I
Introduction to probability and probability distributions; sampling and descriptive measures; inference and
hypothesis testing; linear regression, analysis of variance. Prerequisite: MATH 152, 172
Time and Place: MWF 9:10 – 10:00 am HECC 204 (Section 501)
MWF 11:30 – 12:20 pm BLOC 165 (Section 502)
MWF 12:40 – 1:30 pm BLOC 165 (Section 503)
Instructor:
Derya Akleman, Ph.D.
Office: Blocker 405A
email: akleman@tamu.edu
Webpage: http://stat.tamu.edu/~derya/stat211/spring04.html
Phone number: 845-3141 (Statistics Department Office, Blocker Building 447)
Office hours: MWF 10:15 am – 11:15 am or just after class
It is your responsibility to keep track of the WEB postings and office hours. If you
cannot talk to me before or after the class or during my office hours, you will have to go and ask your
questions to the graders.
Grader:
Lei Jin (Section 501), Office hours: TR 9:30 am – 12:00 noon
Email: ljin@stat.tamu.edu Office: Bloc 408
Kyounghwa Bae (Sections 502 and 503), Office hours: TR 12:00 noon – 2:30 pm
Email: kbae@stat.tamu.edu Office: Bloc 406E
Text:
Probability and Statistics for Engineering and the Sciences, 6 th Edition by Jay L. Devore.
Lectures:
Attendance will not be taken. It is your responsibility to keep track of the class. You will
have to check the WEB before coming to the class for announcements. If you attend the class, you will
have to turn your phone off and stop talking to your friends when the class time comes. I will use the
handouts on the web for lectures.
Homeworks: They will be posted on the course webpage regularly as a WORD file. Due date for
homework will be the beginning of the class on the assigned date. The answer key will be posted on the
WEB just after the last section has been thought on the due date. The lowest homework grade will be
dropped at the end of the semester.
No late homework will be accepted after class time of your section on the due date.
No homework will be accepted if it is slipped under my office door. If you cannot make it to the
class, it is your responsibility to take the homework to blocker 447 to be put in my mailbox before the due
date and time. They put the time and day when you turned it in.
No, you cannot turn the homework in another section.
If you have a field trip on the due date or for any other known excuse (appointments, job, etc.),
you will have to bring your homework to blocker 447 to be put in my mailbox before the due date and time.
Handouts: They will be posted on the course webpage regularly as a WORD file. If you print them before
the class time and bring it with you to the class, it will help you to follow the lectures. Your textbook
demonstrates the same information. The textbook is very good and I highly suggest you to practice the
examples there.
Computer programs: I will use the statistical software MINITAB and SPSS. You are not obligated to
learn how to use them. I will demonstrate results from statistical procedures using them or add the outputs
from those for you to examine or use them during the exams or homework or quizzes.
Policy Regarding Makeup Exams, homeworks or quizes: If you have a serious illness, doctor should
indicate on the letter the dates you will be absent in class and what your illness is.
No Makeup Exams. Plan on being there.
Missing one exam and consequences are written under grading.
If you miss more than one exam with an accepted University Excused Absence, I will give you a
cumulative make up exam at the end of the semester before the finals at the day I set up.
You must notify me according to TAMU student rules. If you fail to notify me, the grade will be
zero and it will be considered as a missed exam or homework or quiz without a University Excused
Absence.
Grading:
The grades will be weighted as follows:
Homework
Exams (4 exams)
15%
85%
(due dates will be written on the homeworks)
The following extra credits will be added to your lowest exam grade if you have completed them
Extra credits: Picking up all graded material (due date: before or on May 3, 2004)
5 pt.
Unannounced (open notes in class) quizzes
15%
Example: if your 4 exam grades and homework average are 80, 75, 75, 60 and 98, respectively. Your
course average is 76.325 which is “C”. If you have completed the extra credits (picked up all graded
material (no partial credit) and have quiz average 70), the extra credits will be added to your lowest exam
grade 60 (will add 5+70(0.15)=15.5) and it will increase your course average to 79.62 which is “B”.
The exam dates are 2/13/04, 3/10/04, 4/2/04, 4/30/04. Mark the exam dates on your calendar. These dates
will not be changed. None of the exams will be given any other day or time. No Final exam. All exams,
homeworks, quizzes will be out of 100 unless otherwise it is specified.
 If the student missed only one exam with an accepted university excused absence, the average of
the other 3 exams will be the grade for the missed exam. After this the extra credit will be added
if the student worked it on.
 If the student missed one exam without an accepted university excused absence, the missed exam
grade will be zero.
 There will be no curve at the end of the semester or in any exam
The grading system is as follows:
Below 59.50
F
[59.50, 69.50)
D
[69.50, 79.50)
C
[79.50, 89.50)
B
89.50 and above A
50 minutes exams will have at least 20 multiple choice and true/false questions with no partial credit. It is
your responsibility to bring gray (blue, Texas A&M) scantron and working calculator to each exam. The
tables (or table values)/formulas will be provided for you.
You will have to check all your grades on WEBCT when they are posted. You only have the week that
they are posted to question either your homework or exam grade. Any excuses or discussions will not be
accepted after.
At the end of the semester, your course grade will be computed as above and it will not be rounded up.
There will be no extra assignments on the personal basis. The same treatment will be applied to every
student. Do not ask for the special treatment for yourself.
STATEMENT ON DISABILITIES:
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a federal anti-discrimination statute that provides
comprehensive civil rights protection for persons with disabilities. Among other things, this legislation
requires that all students with disabilities be guaranteed a learning environment that provides for reasonable
accommodation for their disabilities. If you believe you have a disability requiring an accommodation,
please contact the Office of Support Services for Students with Disabilities in Room 126 of the Koldus
Student Services Building. The phone number is 845-1637
STATEMENT ON PLAGIARISM:
The handouts used in this course are copyrighted. By "handouts," I mean all materials generated for this
class, which include but are not limited to syllabi, quizzes, exams, lab problems, in-class materials, review
sheets, and additional problem sets. Because these materials are copyrighted, you do not have the right to
copy the handouts, unless I expressly grant permission. As commonly defined, plagiarism consists of
passing off as one's own ideas, words, writing, etc., which belong to another. In accordance with this
definition, you are committing plagiarism if you copy the work of another person and turn it in as your
own, even if you should have the permission of that person. Plagiarism is one of the worst academic sins,
for the plagiarist destroys the trust among colleagues without which research cannot be safely
communicated. If you have any questions regarding plagiarism, please consult the latest issue of the Texas
A&M University Student Rules, under the section "Scholastic Dishonesty."
Course Outline
Topic
Chapter
Introduction and Descriptive Statistics
Probability
Discrete and continuous random Variables and Probability Distributions
Joint Probability distributions and Random Samples
Point Estimation
Statistical Intervals and tests of hypotheses based on a single sample
Inferences Based on Two Samples
The Analysis of Variance, Simple Linear Regression and Correlation
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3, 4
5
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7, 8
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10, 12