COURSE ASSESSMENT REPORT (CAR)
Revised 08/01/2011
Course Prefix, Number and Title: Econ 261 - Principles of Statistics I
School/Unit: School of Business and Entrepreneurship
Submitted by: Steven M Streeper
Contributing Faculty: Diana McCoy
Academic Year: 2011-2012
Complete and electronically submit your assessment report to your Department Chair/Coordinator/Director. As needed, please attach supporting documents and/or
a narrative description of the assessment activities in your program or discipline.
Course Outcomes
In the boxes below, summarize
the outcomes assessed in your
course during the year.
Outcome #1
Students shall define statistical
concepts, use sampling
techniques, calculate and
interpret point estimates and
other inferential measures, and
present data in tables, functions,
graphs and words.
Outcome # 2
Students shall understand,
explain and utilize basic rules of
probability in calculations of
random events in real world
applications, using probability
functions.
Assessment Measures
Assessment Results
Use of Results
Effect on Course
In the boxes below, summarize
the methods used to assess course
outcomes during the last year.
In the boxes below, summarize
the results of your assessment
activities during the last year.
In the boxes below, summarize
how you are or how you plan to
use the results to improve student
learning.
Based on the results of this
assessment, will you revise your
outcomes? If so, please
summarize how and why in the
boxes below:
Pre and Post tests are
administered. Students work
together in the computer lab to
prepare a statistical report
showing mastery of skill sets.
Comparison of the Pre vs Post
test showed improvement of
about 4 percentage points and
substantial reduction in standard
deviation of 3 percentage points.
The assessment results and the
high rate of retention show that
we are achieving this outcome.
Detailed weekly homework
problems and three examinations
during semester are effective in
this course. Students benefit from
study groups, class participation
and computer lab work.
Pre and Post tests are
administered.
Pre-test showed students
struggling with concepts and no
experience with calculations.
Post test showed improvement
from an average of 83 to 87. All
passing students demonstrated
competency.
The assessment results and the
high rate of retention show that
we are achieving this outcome.
Detailed weekly homework
problems and three examinations
during semester are effective in
this course. Students benefit from
study groups, class participation
and computer lab work.
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COURSE ASSESSMENT REPORT (CAR)
Course Prefix, Number and Title: Econ 261 - Principles of Statistics I
School/Unit: School of Business and Entrepreneurship
Submitted by: Steven M Streeper
Contributing Faculty: Diana McCoy
Academic Year: 2011-2012
Course Outcomes
Outcome #3
Students shall analyze grouped
and ungrouped data, graph
distributions, compute statistical
measures in order to summarize
the results of sample designs.
They shall understand and
explain variability in repeated
sampling including concepts such
as Chebychev’s theoem and
Central Limit Theorem.
Assessment Measures
Pre and Post tests are
administered.
Assessment Results
Pre-test indicated had little or no
experience or skill in
summarizing data or presenting
quantitative results. Dramatic
improvement in test scores (see
histogram for Post 2 graph) show
competency for all but one
student.
Use of Results
The assessment results and the
high rate of retention show that
we are achieving this outcome.
Effect on Course
Detailed weekly homework
problems and three examinations
during semester are effective in
this course. Students benefit from
study groups, class participation
and computer lab work.
Please enter your name and date below to confirm you have reviewed this report:
Title
Name
Date
Marie Murgolo-Poore
5/22/2012
Department Chair/Coordinator/Director
Dean
Vice President of Academic Affairs and Student Services
John G. Tuthill
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COURSE ASSESSMENT REPORT (CAR)
Course Prefix, Number and Title: Econ 261 - Principles of Statistics I
School/Unit: School of Business and Entrepreneurship
Submitted by: Steven M Streeper
Contributing Faculty: Diana McCoy
Academic Year: 2011-2012
H is to gr a m o f P r e T e s t
9
8
7
Fr e q ue n c y
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
72
76
80
84
88
92
96
Pr e Te s t
Variable
PreTest
Post1
Post2
Mean
83.33
86.792
86.81
SE Mean
1.31
0.676
1.41
StDev
6.44
3.310
9.78
Variance
41.45
10.955
95.64
Sum
2000.00
2083.000
4167.00
Q3
88.50
90.000
90.00
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COURSE ASSESSMENT REPORT (CAR)
Course Prefix, Number and Title: Econ 261 - Principles of Statistics I
School/Unit: School of Business and Entrepreneurship
Submitted by: Steven M Streeper
Contributing Faculty: Diana McCoy
Academic Year: 2011-2012
H is to gr a m o f P o s t2
16
14
Fr e q ue n c y
12
10
8
6
4
2
0
60
70
80
90
1 00
Po s t 2
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