HOUSTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM - NORTHWEST COLLEGE
COURSE SYLLABUS - MATH 1342-0042
ELEMENTARY STATISTICS
SECTION(CRN) 28058, FALL 2014
KATY NORTHWEST CAMPUS RM 228D, 7:00 to 8:30PM TuTh
INSTRUCTOR:
OFFICE HRS:
Deborah Bourgeois
None
EMAIL:
PHONE : (emergencies:
Deborah.Bourgeois@hccs.edu
Course Description: Topics include histograms, probability, binomial and normal
distributions, and their applications, correlation and prediction, and tests of
statistical hypotheses. Prerequisite: MATH 1314. This course is intended for students
primarily in health sciences and business rather than math or science majors. It consists
of concepts, ideas and utilization using statistics rather than a theory course.
Textbook: Elementary Statistics, Picturing the World, by Ron Larson & Betsy Farber.,
Prentice Hall Publishers, Fifth Edition, 2011. A solutions Manual (comments and/or
solutions to odd problems) is available and a CD. A formula sheet is also included which
you can use on tests and the Final Exam. If you buy a used book the formula sheet may not
be there, I will print out a copy of it for you.
A CALCULATOR WILL BE REQUIRED. A regular or statistical model.
Grading Policy:
90-100% - A, 80-89% - B, 70-79% - C, 60-69% - D
Below 59 - F
STUDENT EVALUATION:
1. There will be 3 Exams (There are NO MAKE UP EXAMS).
Exam will be used for that grade.
2. A comprehensive final exam.
IF you miss a test, the Final
The Semester grade will be determined by the following weighing system:
Exams’ average and 30% for Final Exam.
70% for three
Attendance: After 12.5% absences (4 classes MW) the instructor can withdraw the students
unless notified of extenuating circumstances. After 6 W`s you can`t get a degree so
please watch this. You can now withdraw yourself online at :
https://hccsaweb.hccs.edu:8080/psp/csprd/?cmd=login&languageCD=ENG. Please do
this as I don`t want the responsibility of you getting your 6th W.
Course Objectives:
1.
Demonstrate knowledge of statistical terms.
2.
Understand the difference between descriptive and inferential
statistics.
3.
Identify: types of data, measurement level of variables, and
four basic sampling
techniques.
4.
Construct the relative frequency table from a given set of ungrouped data.
5.
Know and use the different graphs: histogram, frequency polygon, Ogives, Pareto and
pie to present data.
6.
Compute the mean, median, mode, midrange, range, variance, and standard deviation.
7.
Identify the various measures of position such as percentiles, deciles, and
quartiles.
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Find the total number of outcomes in a sequence of events using tree diagram and
multiplication rule.
Understand the use of permutation and combination rules.
Determine sample spaces and find the probability of an event using classical
probability.
Find the probability of compound events using addition and/or multiplication
rules.
Find the conditional probability of an event.
Construct a probability distribution for a random variable.
Find the mean, variance, and expected value for a probability distribution
function. the standard normal distribution shown on a given diagram.
Find the exact probability for X successes in n trials of a binomial experiment.
Find the mean, variance, and standard deviation for a binomial distribution.
Identify the properties of the normal distribution.
Find the area under the normal curve, given various z values.
Find the probabilities for a normally distributed variable by transforming it into
a standard normal variable.
Find specific data values for given percentages using the standard normal
distribution.
Apply the central limit theorem to solve problems involving sample means.
Use the normal approximation to compute probabilities for a binomial variable.
Find a confidence interval for the mean with s is know or n = 30.
Determining the minimum sample size for finding a confidence interval for the
mean.
Find the confidence interval for the mean when s is unknown and n =30.
Find the confidence interval for proportion.
Determine the minimum sample size for finding a confidence interval for a
proportion.
Find the confidence interval of variance and standard deviation.
Understand the definitions used in hypothesis testing.
State null hypothesis and alternative hypothesis.
Understand the terms: type 1 error and type 11 error, test, criteria, level of
significance, test statistic.
Find the critical values for the z-test, t-test, p-test.
Test hypothesis for: menas (large and small sample), proportions, variance, and
standard deviation.
Draw scatter plot for a set of ordered pairs.
Compute the correlation coefficient and the coefficient of determination.
Compute the equation of the regression line by using the least square method.
test a distribution for goodness of fit using chi-square.
test independence and homogeneity using chi-square.
Use the one-way ANOVA technique to determine if there is a significant difference
among three or more means.
Determine difference in means using the Scheffe’ or Tukey test if the null
hypothesis is rejected in the ANOVA. (optional)
DISABILITIES: Any student with a documented disability (e.g. physical, learning,
psychiatric, vision, hearing, etc.) who needs to arrange reasonable accommodations must
contact the Disability Services Office at the respective college at the beginning of each
semester. Faculty are authorized to provide only the accommodations requested by the
Disability Support Services Office. If you have any questions, please contact the
disability counselor at your college.
WEEK
1
DATE
8/26
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE 1342-TT
SECTIONS – PAGE
PRACTICE PROBLEMS
6,1-41(odds)
SYLLABUS
1.1 -2
8/28
1.2 -9
1.3 -16
13,1-29(odds)
23,1-45(odds)
2
9/2
2.1 -38
2.2 -53
47,1-41(odds)
60,1-5(all),7-15(odds),25,29
3
9/4
9/9
9/11
2.3 -65
2.4 -80
72,1-4(all),9-16(all),17,19,49,51
90,1-13(odds)51,53
107, 1-6(all),713(odds),37,41,43,45,47,59
4
2.5 -100
9/16
3.1 -128
9/18
5
9/23
9/25
6
9/30
TEST 1 CHAPTERS
1 - 2
3.2 -145
3.3 - 156
3.4 -168
4.1 - 190
138,1-6(all),7-13(odds),15,17,2137(oods),51,55,59,61
150,1-4(all),5-19(odds),23,29,31
161, 1-19(odds),29
174, 1-25(odds)
4.2 -202
4.3
5.1 -236
5.2 -250
197, 1-19(odds),23-27(odds),35
211, 1-17(odds)
231,1-3(all)
244,1-37(odds),45,47,49
252,1-13(odds)
10/9
5.3 -257
5.4 - 266
262,1-31(odds)
274,1-7(odds)13-21(odds)
8
10/14
5.5 -281
287,1-25(odds)
10/16
10/21
6.1 - 304
TEST 2, Chapters
3,4 & 5
311,1-29(odds),35,37,51
9
10/23
6.2 -318
323,1-21(odds)
10/28
6.3 -327
6.4 -337
332, 1-21(odds)
341,1-13(odds)
7.1
7.2
7.3
7.4
7.5
367, 1-49(odds)
381, 1-27(odds),35,37
393,1-21(odds)
401,1-15(odds)
410,1-25(odds)
10/2
7
10
10/7
10/30
11
11/4
11/6
12
-356
-371
-387
-398
-404
11/11
11/13
9.1 -484
TEST 3, Chapters
6 & 7
13
14
11/18
9.2 – 531
11/20
11/25
11/27
9.3
10.1 -540
Thanksgiving
Break – No
School
10.2 -551
&REVIEW FOR
FINAL EXAM
FINAL EXAM
15
12/2 &
12/4
16
12/9
Tuesday Dec. 9 7:00 to 9:00pm