NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COLLEGE
COURSE SYLLABUS
Course Title: Elementary Statistics Methods
Course Prefix & Number: Math1342
Section Number: 401
Semester Credit Hours: 3
Lecture Hours: 48
Semester: 142S
Lab Hours:
Course Description (NCTC Catalog): Collection, analysis, presentation and interpretation of
data, and probability. Analysis includes descriptive statistics, correlation and regression,
confidence intervals and hypothesis testing. Use of appropriate technology is recommended.
Course Prerequisite(s): Meet TSI college-readiness standard for Elementary Statistics; or
equivalent
Required or Recommended Course Materials: MyStatLab Access for Fundamentals of Statistics
Informed Decisions using Data 4th Edition Michael Sullivan, III ISBN #9780321839039
INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION
Name of Instructor:
Ben Owens
Campus/Office Location: Corinth Campus room 233 or NCTC Math Lab
940-668-7731 Ext. 4501
Telephone Number:
E-mail Address:
bowens@nctc.edu
GRADING CRITERIA
# of Graded
Course
Elements
34
8
4
1
Graded Course Elements
Percentage or
Point Values
Homework
Excel Assignments
Tests
Final Exam
10
30
40
20
STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES
At the successful completion of this course the student will be able to:
Explain the use of data collection and statistics as tools to reach reasonable conclusions.
1
Recognize, examine and interpret the basic principles of describing and presenting data.
2
Compute and interpret empirical and theoretical probabilities using the rules of
3
probabilities and combinatorics.
Explain
the role of probability in statistics.
4
Examine, analyze and compare various sampling distributions for both discrete and
5
continuous random variables.
Describe and compute confidence intervals.
6
7
Solve linear regression and correlation problems.
8
Perform hypothesis testing using statistical methods.
ATTENDANCE POLICY
Regular and punctual attendance is expected of all students in all classes for which they have
registered. Students are responsible for keeping up with what occurs in class when they are
absent. Dropping a course is the student's responsibility, but you MAY be dropped for excessive
absence. See Attendance Regulations in the North Central Texas College Catalog.
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE
Week 1
Monday: Holiday
Course Overview
Statistics Basics (1.1)
Week 2
Observational Studies and Designed
Experiments (1.2)
Organizing Qualitative Data (2.1)
H1 – 1.1
H2 – 1.2
Organizing Quantitative Data (2.2)
Week 3
Graphical Misrepresentation of Data (2.3)
H3 – 2.1
Measures of Central Tendency (3.1)
H4 – 2.2
H5 – 2.3
Measures of Dispersion (3.2)
Week 4
Grouped Data (3.3)
Review for Test 1
H6 – 3.1
H7 – 3.2
H8 – 3.3
Test 1 – Feb 11
Week 5
Measures of Position (3.4)
Five Number Summary / Boxplots (3.5)
H9 – 3.4
Scatter Plots and Correlation (4.1)
Week 6
Least Squares Regression (4.2)
Probability Basics (5.1)
Addition Rule and Complements (5.2)
Week 7
Multiplication Rule / Independence (5.3)
Review for Test 2
H10 – 3.5
H11 – 4.1
H12 – 4.2
H13 – 5.1
H14 – 5.2
H15 – 5.3
Test 2 – March 4
Week 8
Conditional Probability (5.4)
Counting Techniques (5.5)
H16 – 5.4
Probability Practice (5.6)
Discrete Random Variables (6.1)
H17 – 5.5
H18 – 5.6
Spring Break!
Week 9
Binomial Distribution (6.2)
H19 – 6.1
Normal Distribution (7.1)
Week 10
Week 11
Applications of Normal Distribution (7.2)
Binomial Distribution v. Hypergeometric
Distribution
H20 – 6.2
H21 – 7.1
Normal Approximation to the Binomial (7.4)
H22 – 7.2
H23 – 7.4
Review for Test 3
Test 3 – April 6th
Inferential Statistics Overview
Simple Random Sampling (1.3)
Week 12
Sampling Techniques/Bias in Sampling (1.4
&1.5)
Distribution of the Sample Mean (8.1)
H24 – 1.3
H25 – 1.4
H26 – 1.5
Distribution of the Sample Proportion (8.2)
Week 13
Estimating Population Proportion/Mean (9.1 &
9.2)
Confidence Intervals (9.3)
H27 – 8.1
H28 – 8.2
H29 – 9.1
H30 – 9.2
Hypothesis Testing (10.1)
Week 14
Week 15
Hypothesis Test for Population Proportion (10.2) H31 – 9.3
Hypothesis Test for Population Mean (10.3)
H32 – 10.1
H33 – 10.2
Review for Test 4
H34 – 10.3
Test 4 – May 4th
Review for Final Exam
Review for Final Exam
Final Exam
Last day to withdraw from a course with a “W” is April 9th 2015_.
DISABILITY SERVICES (OSD)
The Office for Students with Disabilities (OSD) provides accommodations for students who have
a documented disability. On the Corinth Campus, go to room 170 or call 940-498-6207. On the
Gainesville Campus, go to room 110 or call 940-668-4209. Students on the Bowie, Graham,
Flower Mound, and online campuses should call 940-668-4209.
North Central Texas College is on record as being committed to both the spirit and letter of
federal equal opportunity legislation, including the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of
1990, ADA Amendments Act of 2009, and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (P.L. 93112). http://www.nctc.edu/StudentServices/SupportServices/Disabilityservices.aspx
CORE CURRICULUM FOUNDATIONAL COMPONENT AREA______________________________
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Communication
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American History
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Mathematics
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Government/Political Science
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Life and Physical Science
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Social and Behavioral Sciences
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Language, Philosophy & Culture
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Component Area Option
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Creative Arts
REQUIRED CORE OBJECTIVES
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Critical Thinking
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Communication
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Empirical and Quantitative
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Teamwork
Personal Responsibility
Social Responsibility
COURSE TYPE
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Academic General Education Course (from ACGM but not in NCTC Core)
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Academic NCTC Core Curriculum Course
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WECM Course
STUDENT HANDBOOK
Students are expected to follow all rules and regulations found in the student handbook.
http://nctc.smartcatalogiq.com/en/2014-2015/Catalog/North-Central-Texas-College-StudentHandbook
Name of Chair/Coordinator:
Office Location:
Telephone Number:
E-mail Address:
Keith Bailey
Cor335
940-498-6413
kbailey@nctc.edu
Name of Instructional Dean:
Office Location:
Telephone Number:
E-mail Address:
Sara Alford
Flower Mound 200C
972-899-8414
salford@nctc.edu