STA 2122 Section 04 – INTRODUTION TO APPLIED STATISTICS
Spring 2003 MW 5:15 - 6:55
Instructor: Katherine Zimmer
Office:
104F OSB
Office Hours: by appointment
E-mail:
zimmer@stat.fsu.edu
Phone:
644-6039
Teaching Assistant: Eduardo Melendez will be responsible for grading your work and for keeping the
following hours in the Help Room (to be announced).
Prerequisite: MAC 1105 or college algebra equivalent
Required Course Materials:
1. Elementary Statistics 8th Edition—Mario Triola
2. A scientific calculator
Course Objectives: This class will provide students with the opportunity to learn
statistical tools that can be used to systematically improve the quality of their
professional and personal lives. Topics covered will include data collection, sample
variation, basic probability, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, analysis of variance,
contingency tables, correlation, and regression.
Examinations: There will be three exams. Each exam will be worth 250 points.
Makeup examinations will not be given. A comprehensive exam will be given at the end
of the semester for anyone missing a test. This comprehensive test will count as the third
test as well as the missed test.
Quizzes: There will be 4 quizzes administered throughout the semester. Quizzes will
generally encompass material covered in previous classes and will be approximately 15
minutes in length. No make-up quizzes will be given. Each quiz is worth 35 points.
Homework Quizzes: You are required to keep a current homework notebook
throughout the semester. This notebook should be exclusively for your class homework,
and should be brought to class each day. Periodically we will have homework quizzes
where you will be asked to copy your solution and working directly from your homework
notebook. Textbooks will not be allowed for these quizzes. It is recommended that
students purchase the accompanying students’ solutions manual available in the FSU
bookstore. Otherwise 2 copies are on reserve in the Dirac Science Library. There will be
4 homework quizzes each worth 35 points.
The lowest of the nine quizzes will be dropped.
Grading: Your final grade will be based on 750 test points and 250 quiz points. The
grading scale is as follows.
930-1000 = A
900-929 = A870-899 = B+
830-869 = B
800-829 = B770-799 = C+
730-769 = C
700-729 = C670-699 = D+
630-699 = D
600-629 = D0-599 = F
There is no curving of grades in this course.
Grading complaints—Give your work in question and a written explanation of why you
think you deserve additional credit within one week from the time the work is graded and
available to you.
American Disabilities Act: Students with disabilities needing academic
accommodations should: 1) register with a provide documentation to the Student
Disability Resource Center; 2) bring a letter to me from the SDRC indication that you
need academic accommodations. This should be done during the first week of class.