August 12, 2015
ST 311_601 Fall 2015
IMPORTANT!! Your grade will be determined by your performance in three assessment activities:
1). Homework that can be accessed at https://www.webassign.net/ncsu/
2). Mastery Points that can be earned at our course content, multimedia learning aids, and mastery points
quizzes website
3). Exams: two midterm exams and a final exam taken locally at the distance education proctoring center or
arranged at a remote site.
For more details see How Your Grade is Determined on p. 6.
Course end date: 11:59 pm Tuesday Dec. 15, 2015.
**WARNING! WARNING!**
Do not over-schedule! This course requires at least as much of your time as a traditional lecture-driven course.
Do NOT assume that it can be ignored in your time-management plans for the semester just because it is a distance
education class. Be realistic in your planning; for example, you probably cannot take 16 hours and work 2 parttime jobs just because this course constitutes 3 of the 16 hours. As we proceed through the semester remember
that procrastination on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part.
READ ALL THE INFORMATION BELOW. CAREFULLY FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR
REGISTERING AT OUR COURSE-CONTENT-MULTIMEDIA-LEARNING-AIDS-AND-MASTERY-POINTS
WEBSITE.
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Course Text
Webassign Homework
Academic Integrity Policy
Webassign Homework Due Dates
How Grades are Determined
Mastery Points
Exams
Syllabus
Greetings!
Welcome to ST 311! I hope your enrollment in this course proves to be a very positive experience for you. It
is very important that you read this letter and the accompanying course information material in their entirety so that
you are properly informed of all details concerning the administration of the course. I will be sending you courserelated email throughout the semester, but if you have a question at any time, email me at reilteam@aol.com, or call
(919) 515-1939 (email is preferred). Course information and important advice on how to be successful in this course
are available on the web at
http://www.stat.ncsu.edu/people/reiland/courses/st311/
To take the course you will have to frequently access the following two web sites:
i) ST 311-601 Introduction to Statistics Fall 2015 course content website at
course content, multimedia learning aids, and mastery points quizzes website
ii) WebAssign (an NCSU web-based homework/exam delivery, collection, grading and recording system) at
https://www.webassign.net/ncsu/login.html
IMPORTANT:
1) PURCHASE WEBASSIGN ACCESS!
The use of WebAssign requires an online credit card transaction to purchase access. The cost for WebAssign
access will be approximately $22 for each class; there is a reduced rate for All Class Access if you are enrolled in 3 or
more classes that use webassign. Access can be purchased online after logging into WebAssign; I cannot distribute
access codes to students in the class. There is a grace period at the beginning of the semester that enables you to use
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WebAssign for free; the grace period ends at midnight EDT Wednesday Sept. 3. After this time you cannot use
WebAssign unless you have purchased access.
2) REGISTER AT THE COURSE CONTENT WEBSITE!
To register so you can access all the course content, learning aids, and mastery points quizzes, follow the
directions in this file; use the following course id:
Course ID: reiland85514.
After you have registered and enrolled, you are ready to log in to our course.
To log in and access our course:
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Go to course content, learning aids, and mastery points quizzes website and click the Sign In button.
Enter the login name and password you created during registration.
You will be taken to the course content website ST 311-601 Introduction to Statistics Fall 2015-- the online
learning environment that corresponds to our Stats: Data and Models text. Click and explore this website; it
has a wealth of information and learning aids that will help you succeed in the course.
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ST 311_601 is a self-paced (to some extent) course during the semester in which it is offered. Due dates for
homework will assist you in maintaining a steady work pace throughout the semester and increase the benefit you
derive from the course. Since topics later in the course depend on material introduced earlier in the course, you would
find yourself quickly overwhelmed if you attempted to cover everything in a short period at the end of the semester.
The deadline for completing the course is 11:59 pm Tuesday Dec. 15, 2015.
TEXT
Two purchase options:
1. Recommended purchase option
Purchase an ebook version of the text by making an online credit card purchase at course content, multimedia
learning aids and mastery points quizzes website; follow the directions after clicking STUDENT under Register, or
follow the directions in this file; use the
course id reiland85514.
The cost is approximately $95 for one year of access. This purchase includes the ebook and access to a wide
variety of high-quality multimedia-enhanced course content and learning aids. (Quicktime movies of worked
examples, powerpoint slides for each chapter, video clips, interactive activities, java applets, and more) to assist
students.
2. Alternative purchase option
Purchase a traditional version of our course text Stats: Data and Models (with MyStatLab Student Access Card
and The ActivStats DVD), by Richard DeVeaux, Paul Velleman and David Bock, 4th ed., 2016. Addison Wesley
Publishing Co., ISBN: 9780321891884. New and used copies of the text are available at the NCSU Bookstore.
New copies of the text purchased at the NCSU Bookstore include at no extra charge the MyStatLab Student
Access Card that, with the course id reiland85514, gives the student access to our online course content website at
course content, multimedia learning aids and mastery points quizzes website.
IMPORTANT:
 MyStatLab Student Access Cards included with used copies of the text will not be usable. Students
who purchase used copies will need to use a credit card to purchase access to the course content
website at course content, multimedia learning aids and mastery points quizzes website by following
the directions above under Recommended purchase option.
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New copies of the text purchased on the internet or at other bookstores will not include a MyStatLab
Access Card unless the book has the same isbn shown above.
VERY IMPORTANT: ALL students will need to access our course content, multimedia learning
aids and mastery points quizzes website course website to complete auto-generated 5-question
quizzes to earn mastery points; the successful completion of these exercises is one component of your
final course grade.
ACTIVSTATS
If you purchase a text with the ActivStats DVD, you may want to set up ActivStats on your computer (NOTE:
using the ActivStats DVD is NOT required, but this DVD is a high-quality resource with excellent multimedia learning
aids and interactive, animated lectures that past students have found very helpful). To begin using ActivStats, use the
setup program for the ActivStats DVD that will appear on your screen after you place the ActivStats DVD in your
CD/DVD drive. During setup you will be asked to enter the serial number on a card that came in the pocket with the
ActivStats DVD. Do not throw this card away! Keep it for possible future use! During the ActivStats DVD
setup make sure that the “Supplementary Text” is Stats: Data and Models by Deveaux, Velleman, Brock. You
will not have to enter the serial number every time you start ActivStats on the same computer, but if you have to reinstall ActivStats or desire to install it on another computer you will need the serial number. Note that to run ActivStats
the ActivStats DVD must be in the CD/DVD drive. The Introduction chapter on the ActivStats DVD will acquaint you
with all the features and "bells and whistles" on the disk.
SOFTWARE: EXCEL, DATADESK, AND STATCRUNCH
Statistics is not a spectator sport! In this course you will be doing statistics rather than listening to someone
talk about doing statistics. The main tools that will facilitate your involvement are one or more of the following: Excel,
your graphing calculator, if you have one (you do not need to purchase a graphing calculator for this course), the
DataDesk statistics software package included on the ActivStats DVD, or Statcrunch.
It is very important, especially for Mac users, that you read the information in the Computers/Calculators
section of our class webpage concerning the use of Excel and Statcrunch.
Statcrunch is available online at two locations: 1) http://statcrunch.stat.ncsu.edu/ (Unity login required), and 2)
our course content, learning aids, and mastery points quizzes website (click on “Statcrunch” in the left column, then
click “view data from text”). Statcrunch is a cloud-based award-winning spreadsheet-type statistics program that is
superior to Excel for doing statistics. You will use these tools in many of the homework problems to analyze interesting
real-world data sets included with the problem. After completing this course many students have found Statcrunch and
DataDesk to be very useful in subsequent courses and in their work.
HOMEWORK
The homework activity consists of two components: i) 12 webassign assignments; ii) 15 mastery points
earned by taking 5-question quizzes at the ST 311-601 Introduction To Statistics Fall 2015 course content, learning
aids, and mastery points quizzes website. A mastery point quiz consists of 5 questions associated with a specific
textbook chapter objective. See the Course Information section below for more details concerning the webassign
assignments and mastery points.
Students are encouraged to discuss the homework problems; you can learn a great deal from each other. Each
webassign homework assignment will have its own forum on webassign to encourage and facilitate discussion of the
homework. However, the actual submissions of the answers must be done independently.
WEBASSIGN HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS
There will be twelve 30-point assignments during the semester with due dates shown below. Each assignment
must be submitted by 11:59 pm on the due date; after its due date an assignment will no longer be accessible and
answers cannot be submitted. Webassign at https://www.webassign.net/ncsu/login.html will be used to administer the
assignments.
Assignment
Submit No Later Than:
Homework 1
Fri. Sept. 4, 2015
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Homework 2
Fri. Sept. 11, 2015
Homework 3
Fri. Sept. 18, 2015
Homework 4
Exam 1 Mon. Sept. 28 – Mon. Oct. 5
Fri. Sept. 25, 2015
Homework 5
Sun. Oct. 11, 2015
Homework 6
Fri. Oct. 16, 2015
Homework 7
Fri. Oct. 23, 2015
Homework 8
Exam 2 Mon. Nov. 2 – Mon. Nov. 9
Fri. Oct. 30, 2015
Homework 9
Fri. Nov. 13, 2015
Homework 10
Fri. Nov. 20, 2015
Homework 11
Mon. Nov. 30, 2015
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Homework 12
Sun. Dec. 6, 2015
Final Exam Tues. Dec. 8 – Tues. Dec. 15.
EXAMS
There are 2 midterm exams and a final exam . The exams are administered through the Distance Education
Exam Proctoring Facility located on NC State’s Centennial Campus. The exams are scheduled for the following time
periods:
first midterm exam: Mon. Sept. 28 – Mon. Oct. 5;
second midterm exam: Mon. Nov. 2 – Mon. Nov. 9;
final exam: Tues. Dec. 8 – Tues. Dec. 15.
Exams at the Proctoring Facility are administered on a walk-in basis (see links immediately below).
Students in the Raleigh area (within 50 miles) should make use of the local proctoring option. Students
outside the Raleigh area should make use of the remote site proctoring option; the Proctoring Facility will assist you
with the process of finding a suitable exam proctor in your area. A suitable proctor is typically someone currently
employed in a professional or managerial occupation and preferably a representative from a university, college, or
school in an academic or administrative capacity.
The Course Information document below contains the syllabus and more detailed information about grading,
exams, and homework.
I wish you a good semester and success in the course. GOOD LUCK!
Sincerely,
Thomas W. Reiland
Thomas W. Reiland
Associate Professor
Department of Statistics
reilteam@aol.com
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COURSE INFORMATION
STATISTICS 311_601 DISTANCE EDUCATION
INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICS
"We shall not cease from exploration and the end of all of our exploring will be to arrive
where we started and to know the place for the first time."
T. S. Eliot
IMPORTANT!! Your grade will be determined by your performance in three assessment activities:
1). Homework that can be accessed at https://www.webassign.net/ncsu/
2). Mastery Points that can be earned at our course content, multimedia learning aids and mastery points
quizzes website
3). Exams: two midterm exams and a final exam taken locally at the distance education proctoring center or
arranged at a remote site.
For more details see How Your Grade is Determined on p. 5.
Course end date: 11:59 pm Tuesday Dec. 15, 2015.
READ ALL THE INFORMATION BELOW. CAREFULLY FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR
REGISTERING AT THE COURSECOMPASS WEBSITE AND FOR INSTALLING THE ACTIVSTATS CD.
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To register so you can access all the course content, learning aids, and mastery points quizzes, follow the
directions in this file; use the following course id:
Course ID: reiland85514.
After you have registered and enrolled, you are ready to log in to our course.
Instructor: Thomas W. Reiland, 5278 SAS Hall, Tel. 919-515-1939, Fax 919-782-5204;
Email: reilteam@aol.com
personal homepage: http://www4.stat.ncsu.edu/~reiland/
bookmark the 3 webpages below:
class homepage: http://www.stat.ncsu.edu/people/reiland/courses/st311/
course content homepage: course content, multimedia learning aids and mastery points quizzes website
WebAssign: https://www.webassign.net/ncsu/
Course Description: ST 311-601 is NOT a math course. The central theme of the course is to help you learn to
understand the world from data. Specifically, the course will enable you to: i) incorporate statistical thinking
into your everyday lives; ii) acquire the necessary data-gathering, data-analysis, and
interpretation/communication expertise to meet the challenges of a more demanding cognitive global
environment.
“Beyond the formula” skills are emphasized. This course will require you to: think critically, be skeptical,
think about variation (rather than just about the center), move beyond a “memorize the answer” approach, and
think about conditional probabilities and rare events (humans just don’t do the latter very well). Some
mathematical skill is required to work with elementary statistics (basic high school algebra is the mathematical
prerequisite), but mathematical manipulations will be replaced by relying on technology for the calculations
and graphics; this will allow more emphasis to be placed on the “beyond the formula” skills mentioned above.
This course requires more intellectual effort than the low mathematical level suggests! It is related to
every other course you may study. The course is elementary in mathematical level but conceptually rich in
statistical ideas and serious in its aim to improve your data-analytic skills and your ability to apply statistical
methods with understanding.
You can choose from three formats to view and learn the course material:
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i) an online version of the text at course content, multimedia learning aids and mastery points quizzes
website
ii) the award-winning interactive multimedia ActivStats DVD bundled with the text,
iii) the course textbook Stats: Data and Models,.
You can tailor the course to suit your particular learning style by “mixing and matching” these sources of
course content throughout the semester. The Stats: Data and Models text has short, teachable chapters and an
approachable, colloquial style that makes the text very readable. The organization, notation, and content of the
ActivStats DVD exactly match the Intro Stats text. Each chapter on the ActivStats DVD consists of a rich,
multimedia presentation that enables the student to interact with the examples and ideas as they are presented.
The high-quality interactive nature of the ActivStats DVD allows the student to tailor each chapter to suit his
or her learning style. The course web site matches the organization of the Stats: Data and Models text and
includes the actual book online with links to a wide variety of resources available to students.
Course Text: Students have two textbook options:
1. Recommended purchase option
Purchase an ebook version of the text by making an online credit card purchase at course content, multimedia
learning aids and mastery points quizzes website; follow the directions after clicking STUDENT under Register, or
follow the directions in this file; use the
course id reiland85514.
The cost is approximately $93 for one year of access. This purchase includes the ebook and access to a wide
variety of high-quality multimedia-enhanced course content and learning aids. (Quicktime movies of worked
examples, powerpoint slides for each chapter, video clips, interactive activities, java applets, and more) to assist
students.
2. Alternative purchase option
Purchase a traditional version of our course text Stats: Data and Models (with MyStatLab Student Access Card
and The ActivStats DVD), by Richard DeVeaux, Paul Velleman and David Bock, 4th ed., 2016. Addison Wesley
Publishing Co., ISBN: 9780321891884. New and used copies of the text are available at the NCSU Bookstore.
New copies of the text purchased at the NCSU Bookstore include at no extra charge the MyStatLab Student
Access Card that, with the course id reiland85514, gives the student access to our online course content website
at course content, multimedia learning aids and mastery points quizzes website.
IMPORTANT:
 MyStatLab Student Access Cards included with used copies of the text will not be usable. Students
who purchase used copies will need to use a credit card to purchase access to the course content
website at course content, multimedia learning aids and mastery points quizzes website by following
the directions above under Recommended purchase option.
 New copies of the text purchased on the internet or at other bookstores will not include a MyStatLab
Access Card unless the book has the same isbn shown above.
 VERY IMPORTANT: ALL students will need to access our course content, multimedia learning
aids and mastery points quizzes website course website to complete auto-generated 5-question
quizzes to earn mastery points; the successful completion of these exercises is one component of your
final course grade.
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Academic Integrity Policy: Any form of academic misconduct is a violation of the Student Code of Conduct and
will not be tolerated. Academic misconduct may be defined as "any activity which tends to compromise the
academic integrity of the institution, or subvert the educational process". I expect complete honesty in the
completion of webassign homework and tracked tutorial exercises. The student's electronic submission of
assigned work means that the student neither gave nor received unauthorized aid. Cheating on an exam or
webassign homework at the least will result in an F in the course. Students are encouraged to discuss
webassign homework and mastery points exercises with each other; however, submission of the answers must
be done independently. Violations of this rule will not be tolerated and will be considered cheating. Further
details on academic integrity are in NC State University's Code of Student Conduct at
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http://www.ncsu.edu/student_conduct. Also note the existence of the University policy on academic integrity
found in the Code of Student Conduct (in Appendix L of the Handbook for Advising and Teaching and at
University Policy on Academic Integrity (see paragraphs 6 and 9)..
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How Your Grade is Determined:
For grade determination purposes, the first midterm exam is worth 100 points, the second midterm exam is
worth 125 points, and the final exam is 175 points; each webassign homework has 30 possible points; each
“mastery point” is worth 10 course points. The point totals for each component are shown below:
 Exams
400 points (midterms @ 100, 125 pts.; final @ 175 pts.)
 Webassign homework
360 points (12 assignments @ 30 pts. each)
 Mastery Points
150 points (15 mastery points × 10 pts. each)
Total
910 points
Your grade in the course is assigned according to the percentages shown in the table below. The
percentage score, rounded to 2 decimal places, is determined by summing your exam score (400 total
points possible), your webassign homework score (360 total points possible) and mastery points (150
total points possible) and dividing this sum by 910. The webassign homework is posted online at
webassign, https://www.webassign.net/ncsu/ . The “mastery points” are earned by passing short autogenerated quizzes at the ST 311-601 Introduction to Statistics Fall 2015 course content, multimedia learning
aids and mastery points quizzes website (click on Mastery Points in the left panel). Exam, homework, and
mastery point details are explained below the grade table.
GRADING SCALE PERCENTAGES
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D60.00
-62.49
D
62.50
-67.49
D+
67.50
-69.99
C70.00
-72.49
C
72.50
-77.49
C+
77.50
-79.99
B80.00
-82.49
B
82.50
-87.49
B+
87.50
-89.99
A90.00
92.49
A
92.50
-97.99
A+
98.00
-100
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Exams: There are 2 midterm exams and a final exam. The following textbook chapters are covered on the exams:
first midterm exam: chapters 1-8 and 10-11; the topics in these chapters are covered in webassign homework
assignments 1-4.
second midterm exam: chapters 13-14 and 17-19, 21, 22.1-22.4; the topics in these chapters are covered in
webassign homework assignments 5-8.
Final exam: chapters 20, 22.5-22.6, 23-25; the topics in these chapters are covered in webassign homework
assignments 9-12.
For each exam you are allowed one 8½ × 11 formula/definition sheet (you can write or type on both sides); on
this sheet write any formulas or definitions you think you will need for the exam. You are also allowed to use
a hand-held calculator. The exams are closed book.
The exams are administered through the Distance Education Exam Proctoring Facility located on NC State’s
Centennial Campus. The exams are scheduled for the following time periods:
first midterm exam: Mon. Sept. 28 – Mon. Oct. 5;
second midterm exam: Mon. Nov. 2 – Mon. Nov. 9;
final exam: Tues. Dec. 8 – Tues. Dec. 15.
The Proctoring Facility (see links immediately below) administers the exams on a walk-in basis, no
appointments are necessary.
Students in the Raleigh area should make use of the local proctoring option. Students outside the Raleigh area
should make use of the remote site proctoring option; the Proctoring Facility will assist you with the process
of finding a suitable remote exam proctor.
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Webassign homework: The webassign homework assignments will be posted with due dates at webassign,
https://www.webassign.net/ncsu/ . Obtaining answers on webassign homework questions from other
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individuals or giving answers on a question to another student in the class are not allowed. However,
student-to-student cooperation and communication is encouraged. For each assignment a forum will be set up
on webassign where students can exchange comments and questions about the homework problems.
There will be twelve 30-point assignments to complete during the semester. You will be allowed multiple
attempts to correctly answer questions that are not true/false- or yes/no-type questions. Webassign provides
you with immediate feedback when you submit an answer to a question. After its due date an assignment will
no longer be accessible. After logging on to webassign, the homework assignments can be accessed by
clicking on the “My Classes” drop-down menu on the upper left side of the page and choosing ST 311
section 601 Fall 2015.
Webassign homework will be open book and “open computer”. This is not a “cookbook” course where you
must memorize mysterious formulas since this is not how you will apply the material to other courses or your
profession. You are allowed to use any software (Excel, statcrunch, etc.), calculator, and statistical table when
answering a webassign homework question. You do not have to complete an assignment in a single sitting;
you are allowed to logout and complete the assignment at a later time prior to the due date.
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Mastery Points: “Mastery points” are the other homework component of the course in addition to the webassign
homework. Mastery points are accessed at ST 311-601 Introduction to Statistics Fall 2015, our course
content, multimedia learning aids and mastery points quizzes website (click on Mastery Points on the left side
of the course content homepage).
You should strive to earn 15 mastery points to satisfy objectives in chapters 17 – 25 of
the text.
You earn a mastery point by “mastering” a topic objective. You master a topic objective by scoring 80% or
higher on a 5-question (or less) auto-generated quiz dealing with that topic.
The auto-generated quizzes consist of fill-in-the-blank and multiple-choice questions. You are allowed to take
an auto-generated quiz on a particular topic as many times as necessary to earn the mastery point for that
topic. IMPORTANT NOTE: if you do not earn at least 80% on a mastery point quiz, before you can re-take
the quiz for that same objective, you must complete at least one practice question for that objective.
Each of the chapters 17 – 25 has several topic objectives; in all there are 40 topic objectives in chapters 17 –
25. You can choose any 15 topic objectives from chapters 17 through 25 to master to earn your 15
mastery points.
There are no specific deadlines for earning mastery points. As you earn mastery points, your performance is
automatically tracked at the ST 311-601 Introduction to Statistics Fall 2015 website in the MyStatLab grade
book.
IMPORTANT! DO NOT WAIT UNTIL THE END OF THE SEMESTER TO BEGIN
EARNING MASTERY POINTS FOR CHAPTERS 17 - 25. TO MAXIMIZE THE
BENEFIT OF WHAT YOU LEARN BY EARNING MASTERY POINTS,
PARTICULARLY FOR EXAM PERFORMANCE, EARN THE MASTERY POINTS
WHEN YOU INITIALLY COVER EACH OF THE CHAPTERS 17 - 25. YOU
LEARN STATISTICS BY DOING STATISTICS.
Each mastery point will contribute 10 points towards your course grade. Therefore you can earn as many
as 150 points towards your final course grade by mastering 15 topic objectives of your choice from chapters
18 through 27. See How your course grade is determined.
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For each topic objective there are practice problems to assist you in mastering the topic objective material
before taking the auto-generated quiz. The practice problems are an excellent learning tool since you receive
immediate feedback on your answers. You are given three chances to answer a question correctly before your
answer is graded as “incorrect”. If a question is graded as “incorrect”, you can choose “Similar exercise” to
get another chance to answer a similar question correctly. You can repeat this process as often as you like
until you correctly answer the question.
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WEBASSIGN HOMEWORK SCHEDULE
There will be twelve 30-point assignments during the semester with due dates shown below. Each assignment
must be submitted by 11:59 pm on the due date; after its due date an assignment will no longer be accessible and
answers cannot be submitted. Webassign at https://www.webassign.net/ncsu/login.html will be used to administer the
assignments.
Assignment
Submit No Later Than:
Homework 1
Fri. Sept. 4, 2015
Homework 2
Fri. Sept. 11, 2015
Homework 3
Fri. Sept. 18, 2015
Homework 4
Exam 1 Mon. Sept. 28 – Mon. Oct. 5
Fri. Sept. 25, 2015
Homework 5
Sun. Oct. 11, 2015
Homework 6
Fri. Oct. 16, 2015
Homework 7
Fri. Oct. 23, 2015
Homework 8
Exam 2 Mon. Nov. 2 – Mon. Nov. 9
Fri. Oct. 30, 2015
Homework 9
Fri. Nov. 13, 2015
Homework 10
Fri. Nov. 20, 2015
Homework 11
Mon. Nov. 30, 2015
Homework 12
Sun. Dec. 6, 2015
Final Exam Tues. Dec. 8 – Tues. Dec. 15.
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Syllabus
Text: Stats: Data and Models by Richard Deveaux, Paul Velleman, David Bock, 4th ed., 2016,
Pearson
ST 311_601
Introduction to Statistics
"But where shall I begin?" asked Alice. "Begin at the beginning," the King said gravely, "and go
on till you come to the end; then stop."
Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
PART I
Exploring and Understanding Data
CHAPTER 1
CHAPTER 2
CHAPTER 3
CHAPTER 4
CHAPTER 5
PART II
Stats Starts Here
Displaying and Describing Categorical Data
Displaying and Summarizing Quantitative Data
Understanding and Comparing Distributions
The Standard Deviation as a Ruler and the Normal Model
Exploring Relationships Between Variables
CHAPTER 6
CHAPTER 7
CHAPTER 8
CHAPTER 9
Scatterplots, Association, and Correlation
Linear Regression
Regression Wisdom
Re-expressing Data: Get It Straight!
PART III Gathering Data
CHAPTER 10
CHAPTER 11
CHAPTER 12
Understanding Randomness
Sample Surveys
Experiments and Observational Studies
PART IV Randomness and Probability
CHAPTER 13
CHAPTER 14
CHAPTER 15
CHAPTER 16
From Randomness to Probability
Probability Rules!
Random Variables
Probability Models
PART V From the Data at Hand to the World at Large
CHAPTER 17
CHAPTER 18
CHAPTER 19
CHAPTER 20
CHAPTER 21
Sampling Distribution Models
Confidence Intervals for Proportions
Testing Hypotheses about Proportions
Inferences About Means
More About Tests and Intervals
PART VI Accessing Associations Between Variables
CHAPTER 22
CHAPTER 23
CHAPTER 24
CHAPTER 25
Comparing Groups
Paired Samples and Blocks
Comparing Counts
Inferences for Regression
PART VII Inference When Variables Are Related
CHAPTER 26
CHAPTER 27
CHAPTER 28
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Analysis of Variance
Multifactor Analysis of Variance
Multiple Regression