BA 240 Statistical Analysis
Leslie Lum
Spring 2008 Course Syllabus
Time and place
Time: M W 12:30 am to 2:40 pm
Room: N208
Contact
Telephone: 425-564-4063
Email: llum@bcc.ctc.edu
Office mail: A242
Office hours
Office Location A255
Lum Office Hours: MW 3:00 to 4:00 pm T TH 10:30 – 11:20 am
Or by appointment.
Website
http://facweb.bcc.ctc.edu/llum and the mybcc course website
Required Texts
Statistics by McClave and Sincich, Pearson/Prentice Hall 2006
Assistance on Excel:
Excel for Statistics by Leslie Lum (available on website)
Other
Requirements
Goals
Calculator that can calculate standard deviations and media to save files
from lab.
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Resources
Research and understand the nature of information and large
data sets.
Calculate solutions to statistical problem sets including measures
of central tendency, measures of variability, probability, binomial
distributions, normal distributions, confidence intervals,
hypothesis testing, correlation, and regression.
Use software to solve statistical problems.
Communicate data effectively with written and visual display.
Apply statistical analysis to real data including framing the
problem, sorting data, selecting appropriate statistical formulae,
and coming up with relevant conclusions.
Work in teams to complete projects.
Extensive materials including practice exams are available on my
website.
The solution manual is available on reserve at the Library and in the
Business Division Tutoring center in A255.
Tutors are available. Check A255 for hours.
This course requires that you demonstrate and develop your writing and
research skills. We recommend that you consult the Reading/Writing lab
(A262 http://www.bcc.ctc.edu/writinglab/ with the drafts of your
assignments and that you make use of the Library Media Center (L
Building http://www.bcc.ctc.edu/lmc/) in doing research.
If you intend to and have not already done so, declare your business
major. Make sure you have consulted with an advisor and laid out your
courses. The Business Division recommends that you subscribe to the
Business listserv which provides notices of application deadlines and
events. To subscribe to the listserv, individuals should send a message
to: lyris@list.bcc.ctc.edu. In the body of your message write SUBSCRIBE
bccbusiness.
How to succeed
in this course
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Course
requirements
Assignment
Policies
Attend ALL classes.
Read the appropriate chapter before class.
Print all material off the website.
Review slides before class.
Homework assigned is a minimum and must be turned in. You
need to do much more and especially chapter review problems.
Review practice tests.
Study in groups.
Start early on group projects.
Make good use of your instructor and the tutors.
One quiz. Three exams at 100 points. Exams are
open book and two pages of notes and therefore
harder than closed-book exams.
Team assignment requires many hours of out-ofclass work and reflection on teaming skills.
Three individual EXCEL assignments at 20 points
each.
Excel assignments will be based on sampling and
each person in the class will turn in a unique
assignment. Any duplication of assignments will
result in zero points for any and all individuals
involved.
Homework and participation. Homework will be
accepted in the class that it is due and only if you are
present in class.
TOTAL
310
85
60
45
500
Homework will be accepted in the class that it is due and only if you
are present in class.
Other assignments will be collected at the period in which they are
due. 10% OF THE TOTAL POSSIBLE POINTS FOR EACH
ASSIGNMENT WILL BE DEDUCTED FOR EACH DAY THAT THE
ASSIGNMENT IS LATE. Assignments may be submitted by email, however a printed copy must be submitted the next
morning to my mail box in A242.
Grading
95 - 100%
90 - 94
86 - 89
83 - 85
80 - 82
76 - 79
73 - 75
70 - 72
66 - 69
60 - 65
Below 60
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AB+
B
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C
CD+
D
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4
3.7
3.3
3.0
2.7
2.3
2.0
1.7
1.3
1.0
0
A pass grade will not be given unless all requirements of the
course are completed.
Special
Accommodations
If you have medical information to share with me in the event of an
emergency, please contact me via email or come to see me during
office hours. If you need course modifications / adaptations or
accommodations because of a disability, I can refer you to our
Disability Resource Center (DRC). If you prefer, you may contact
them directly by going to B132 or by calling 425.564.2498 or TTY
425.564.4110. Information is also available on their website at
http://bellevuecollege.edu/drc/
Policy Regarding
Plagiarism,
Stealing and
Cheating
Cheating includes, but is not limited to, copying answers on exams,
glancing at nearby exams, turning in assignments or papers that have
been used in other classes, and giving or receiving help during an
exam. Cheating includes, but is not limited to, purchasing or selling
notes, assignments or examination materials.
Stealing includes, but is not limited to, taking the text, notes, exams,
library books or other personal property of others without their
permission.
Plagiarism is presenting the words, ideas, and/or work of others as if it
is an individual’s own work. It includes, but is not limited to, using
other’s papers as one’s own and including parts of published works
without giving credit where credit is due.
If you choose to cheat, steal or plagiarize, or if you assist anyone in
cheating, the following actions will be taken:
You will receive zero on the assignment.
A report of the incident will be forwarded to the Dean of Student
Services. He/she may file the report in your permanent record and/or
take further disciplinary action.
If you feel you have been unfairly accused of any of the above, you
may appeal. For a description of due process, see WAC 132H-120,
available in the Dean’s office.
BA 240 Spring 2008 Schedule
(Subject to adjustment – changes will be announced at the beginning of class)
Last Updated March 24, 2008
Week
Mar 31
Apr 2
Apr 7, 9
Apr 14,
16
Apr 21,
23
Topics
Labs and Deliverables
Review syllabus and course requirements.
Chapter 1 - Statistics, Types of Data,
Populations, Samples
Chapter 2 – Visual display of information.
Frequencies, bar graphs, scatter plots, stem
leafs, line graphs cumulative frequencies, and
time series. Summation notation, measures of
central tendency, measure of variability.
Simple linear regression.
Chapter 3 Outcomes, mutually exclusive, tables
and tree diagrams.
Chapter 4 - Discrete probability distributions,
binomial distribution.
Homework is due every class and
counts towards participation.
Apr 2 Resume preferably with
picture due.
Apr 2 Get student id and password
for computer lab.
Chapter 5 - Normal distribution, assessing
normality, standard deviation,
Chapter 6 - Sampling distribution, sampling error,
Central Limit Theorem
Chapter 7 - Estimating population mean from
large samples and small samples. Estimating a
population proportion. Confidence Intervals,
sampling error, sample size.
Apr 7 - Excel Lab 1 (Excel labs are
due the following week) in A133 at
1:30 to 2:30
Apr 9 Quiz
Apr 9 - All groups must be formed
and Team Contract due.
Apr 14 - Excel 1 due
Apr 21 - Exam 1 – Chapter 1, 2, 3,
4.
Apr 23 - Team project
management plan due.
Apr 28,
30
Chapter 8 - Hypothesis testing, type I and type II
errors, p-values, large and small sample testing.
Apr 28 - Excel Lab 2
May 5, 7
Chapter 8- Sample proportion hypothesis testing,
May 5 - Phase 2 Team Project
due.
May 5 - Excel 2 due
May 12,
14
Chapter 9 - Comparing Populations, large
samples, small samples, pooled variances.
May 12– Exam 2 Chapter 5, 6, 7, 8
May 19,
21
May 28
Chapter 9 - Paired differences, comparing
Population Proportions, sample size.
May 19 Excel Lab 3
Chapter 11 - Correlation, Linear equation, least
squares lines, coefficient of determination. Test
for slope, predictions, prediction interval.
Chapter 12 Multiple regression and model
building.
Chapter 12 Multiple regression and model
building.
May 28 – Excel Lab 3 due
Chapter 10 Analysis of Variance, Chi Square
Jun 11 – Final Project due
Jun 11 – Final 11:30 am
Chapters 9, 10, 11, 12
Jun 2, 4
Jun 9
Jun 4 - Project in Lab
Draft project due