Professor Bradley A. Hartlaub
Office 305 Rutherford B. Hayes Hall
Phone PBX 5405
Office Hours

• 2:00 - 3:00 on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
• 2:00 - 4:00 on Tuesday
• Additional appointments are available, please don't hesitate to ask for help.

Required Text

Devore, Jay and Peck, Roxy (2008), Statistics: The Exploration and Analysis of Data, 6 ^th Edition, Thompson Brooks/Cole

• Develop Statistical and Quantitative Reasoning Skills
• Introduce Statistical Methods
• Introduce Statistical Software

MINITAB is available at all LAN sites on campus and will be used throughout the course. Assignments and course announcements will be sent to you via e-mail or posted on the course web page. Data sets and Minitab worksheets will be placed in P:\Data\Math\STATS. Proper maintenance of computer accounts, files, etc. is your responsibility. I recommend that you back up your data sets and Minitab worksheets on a regular basis. I will not assume you have prior experience with statistical software so you do not need to be concerned about the use of technology in the classroom.

If you have a disability and feel that you may have need for some type of academic accomotation(s) in order to participate fully in this class, please feel free to discuss your concerns with me in private and also identify yourself to Erin Salva, Coordinator of Disability Services at PBX 5453 or via e-mail at salvae@kenyon.edu.

Homework and lab assignments will be given throughout the semester. Subsets of these assignments will be collected and graded frequently. You should work on as many problems as possible. This includes problems which have not been assigned. All papers that you turn in must be legible with problem numbers and solutions clearly marked. I encourage you to discuss the concepts and problem solving techniques presented in class with other students. However, you must submit your own solution for each of the assigned problems to be collected. Most of the data sets from the textbook are available on P:\Data\MATH\STATS\Peck-Devore-Data\Minitab format. Your lowest homework score will be dropped and the remaining scores will be averaged to obtain your homework percentage.

Tutors will be available on Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday evenings. They will help you with technical software questions or general questions about the course material, but they will not solve your homework problems.

Assignments must be turned in at the beginning of the class period on the assigned due date. No credit will be given for late papers. If for any reason you cannot turn in your paper on the assigned date, you must contact me before class. If you are unable to contact me, you can leave a message with Connie Miller (PBX 5069) or send e-mail to hartlaub@kenyon.edu.

Exam 1 - Friday, October 2

Exam 2 - Friday, November 6

Comprehensive Final Exam (Section 1) - Friday, December 18, 1:30 - 4:30 pm

Comprehensive Final Exam (Section 2) - Saturday, December 19, 6:30 - 9:30 pm

Quizzes

Short quizzes will be given before each major exam. The goal is to help you comprehend and apply the important concepts and techniques that we have been studying in a timed setting. In other words these quizzes are designed to help you prepare and practice for the exams. The quizzes will take approximately 20 minutes.

• Quiz 1 - Friday, September 18
• Quiz 2 - Friday, October 23
• Quiz 3 - Friday, November 20

Short Papers

You and your lab partner(s) must submit at least three short papers (2-4 pages in length).  Each paper should contain a discussion of a current news item whose understanding requires a knowledge of statistics or probability.  An excellent source of information for these short papers is the CHANCE Wiki compiled by J. Laurie Snell at Dartmouth College.  To access this database just point your browser to CHANCE NEWS.  You may submit one draft for my feedback before submitting the final draft to be graded.  The only major requirement is that you submit at least one paper by Oct. 30, at least two papers by Nov. 20, and at least 3 papers by Dec. 15. The Electronic Journal Center and JSTOR are also excellent sources of information for these short papers.

Your course grade will be based on your overall percentage. The categories used to determine your overall percentage are listed below with their respective weights.

Homework and Lab Assignments (20%)

Short Papers (10%)

Quizzes (15%)

Exam 1 (17.5%)

Exam 2 (17.5%)

Final Exam (20%)

Class participation will be used to help make borderline decisions.

Chapter 1 Sections 1, 2, 3, and 4

Chapter 3 Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5

Chapter 4 Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5

Chapter 5 Sections 1, 2, 3, and 4

Chapter 2 Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6

Chapter 6 Sections 1, 2, 3

Appendix A

Chapter 7 Sections 1, 2, 3, and 4

Chapter 8 Sections 1, 2, and 3

Chapter 9 Sections 1, 2, 3, and 4

Chapter 10 Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6

Chapter 11 Sections 1, 2, 3, and 4

Chapter 12 Sections 1, 2, and 3

Chapter 13 Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6

Chapter 15 Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5