+ +Statistics 301, Professor WardropTrying to enroll in one of my lectures (or a nyother lecture of Stat 301)?Send the following information:• your name and student id• a prioritized l ist of all discussions you arewilling to accept; put most favorite first,least favorite last; refer to a discussion byits three digit number, e.g. 342, not itsfive digit computer code.to [email protected], but want to change your discussion?This will be ‘handled informally.’+ 1+ +Every day:• Try to remember to put your cell phoneon silent or vi brate before class. If youmust take a call, leave the lecture hall.• Collect your trash and recyclables at theend of class, take them with you and dis-pose of them prope r l y.Go to:stat.wisc.edu/~wardrop/ "Wardrop’s webpage"Scroll down to ‘Courses;’ and clic k on Statis-tics 301 for the current semester (be careful!).The resultant location will be referred to asthe ‘course website.’Below is what you w i ll find.+ 2+ +1, 2: Full- and reduced-sized copies of thelecture notes.3: Determination of Course Gra de: Readthis. Note the following.Grade i s based on number of points at theend of the semester.Homework: 18 points.Projects: 36 points (2 at 18 points each).Exams: 146 points.I will compute two scores for you:S1= Your total on both exams, homeworkand two pr oje c ts.S2= T2(200/182); where T2is defined as S1minus t he lowest one of your three scores onprojects and homework.Your course score will be the maximum of S1and S2.+ 3+ +Below is the guaranteed (i.e. most difficult)relationship between c ourse score and coursegrade for this class.A AB B BC C D184 177 160 140 120 1004: Homework assignments, by due date.Currently: ‘1. Due Thursday, January 29:Sections 1.1–1.3.’5: Homework Assignments: Read this.6–8: Extra Exercises.9: Comme nts on Homework Assignments: Readthis. Note the following.Homework is graded as a ‘+’ or ‘− .’ One mi-nus is forgiven; a ft e r that you lose two pointsfor each minus. One point will be given forsubmitting both TA and faculty evaluat i onsat the end of the semester.+ 4+ +Homework will be collected in lecture on Thurs-days. You may submit your homework at ei-ther lecture. Alternatively, you may place yourhomework in your TA’s m ailbox (see my web-site for directions to mai lboxes) before 1:00PM on the day after it is due.Any homework submitted after 1:00 PM Fri-day or not submitted wi l l receive a minus. Ifyou want to appeal a minus, then appealsmust be made to Professor Wardrop, not yourTA.10: Project Assignment: Read this. Notethe following.–You may submit one or two projects. Youmay not submit both projects 1A and 1B.–I want to encourage you to submit teamprojects. If all (1 or 2) of your projects areteam proje c ts, then you will receive an ad-ditional one-half point bonus on the projectwith the lower scor e .+ 5+ +–You must notify me of the members of yourproject tea m at least one wee k before theproject report is due. The maxim um numberof members on a t e am is three. Failure to no-tify me of the team members w il l result in aloss of one-half point on the project and youwill not be e l igible for the bonus mentionedabove.–Projects are due March 11 (1A and 1B) andApril 14 (2).11: Calendar, Exam Schedule, Etc.: Readthis. Note the following.Midterm exam on March 5; final during ex amweek.Exams are open book and notes and you willneed a calculator.Two extra class periods for reviews for two ex-ams; two lect ures cancelled according to oneof the following options:+ 6+ +–Two snow days.–One snow day and no class on March 24.–One snow day and no class on May 7.–No snow days; no classes on Mar c h 24 andMay 7.12: Required Extra Materia l for Chapter 12.13–15: Practice questions for exams (not ready).16: Course Syllabus: Read this.17: Page 656 of text.18: Web site for exact P-value for Fisher’stest. Do not print or read this. We will learnhow to use in in Chapter 2.19: Five Model Projects.20: Honors assignment.21: Revi sed Student Study Guide: ONLY ifyou want to see more math.+
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