MA 223
Statistics for Engineers
Spring 1999-2000
Section E, 3rd Period, Crapo Hall, G-221
Section F, 5th Period, Crapo Hall, G-317
Instructor: R. G. Lautzenheiser
Office: Crapo Hall, G-309
Telephone: ext 8394
Office Hours: Posted on my door
Email: roger.lautzenheiser@rose-hulman.edu
Textbook: Applied Statistics and Probability for Engineers by D. C.
Montgomery and G. C. Runger
Your numerical grade will be determined by the different parts of the course
listed below. Your letter grade will then be based on a scale very close to
the 90-80-70-60 scale. Plus (+) grades are often given as a reward for doing
better on the final than your numerical score would indicate (e.g. your
numerical score is 73 but your final exam score was 85% - probably your
letter grade would be C+).
I. Daily Homework (0 %). The homework will be posted on our class web
page (from my personal web page, click on courses and then MA223 for the
spring of 1999-2000). I expect you to do most of the homework (most will
have answers in the back of the book). Please ask questions over the
homework and the assigned reading soon after it has been assigned. When
you show up in my office with questions, please bring along your work
(homework and notes) for the class.
II. Quizzes (15%). There will be 6 quizzes: on Mondays of Weeks 2,3,5,6,
and 8, and on Tuesday of Week 10. I will drop the lowest quiz score. I do
not give make-up quizzes. If you have a legitimate excuse for missing a
quiz, I will give you the percentage that you get on the final exam as the
makeup score.
III. Three in--class exams. Exam 1 will be on Monday of Week 4, exam
2 on Monday of Week 7, and exam 3 on Thursday of Week 9. Each will
count 20%. I do not give make-up exams. If you have a legitimate excuse
for missing an exam, I will give you the percentage that you get on the final
exam as the makeup score.
IV. Final Exam (25%). Please note that I have no control over when the
final is given during the final exam week. Thus do not schedule air travel,
work, vacations, or whatever until the final schedule appears. I will not give
the final exam early unless you are a senior graduating in May. Students
graduating in May will probably take the final exam on Wednesday of Week
10.
Classroom Rules
1) Everyone should be respectful of everyone else.
2) Attendance: I expect you to be in class (and not late), and I will take
attendance. Please see Rose’s policy on absences. For our 4 credit class,
you will fail after 8 absences (this includes both excused and unexcused
absences).
3) Please do not annoy me or others during the class period – e.g. sleeping,
reading the thorn, finishing a paper for another class, talking
continuously etc etc
4) Use of the laptop must be related to this class (e.g. working on the
worksheet of the day or a quiz…). Each violation of this policy (e.g.
playing games, listening to music, using the network, updating your
operating system or…) will result in an automatic loss of one letter grade
for the course. I will also send a letter to your academic advisor and the
dean. I simply do not put up with any misuse of the computer in the
classroom.
5) Unless I give you permission, you are not allowed to connect your laptop
to the network. Most of the Minitab/Maple documents that we will be
using will be in a directory which you should download to your hard
drive.
6) In fact, there will be days when we do not use the computer. I will try to
inform you on our web site when you need to bring your computer to
class.
7) Always willing to add more…..