SYLLABUS Statistics 302 Spring 2014 Instructor Dr Lan Zhou Office 415E Blocker Building Email lzhou stat tamu edu Phone 979 845 1233 Web https www stat tamu edu lzhou Lectures MWF 1 50 2 40pm Section 502 Blocker 169 MWF 3 00 3 50pm Section 508 Blocker 149 Office Hours Wednesday 10 30am 11 30am 415E Blocker Tuesday 4pm 5pm 405F Blocker by Mandal Soutrik Help sessions Monday Thursday 10am 12pm 5pm 7pm Sunday 3pm 5pm Blocker 162 Prerequisites Math 141 166 or their equivalent Course Website Dostat WebAssign DoStat We will use DoStat to manage this course To register follow the steps below 1 Go to http dl3 stat tamu edu dostat 2 Submit information for your account 3 After log in click on Add course 4 Enter the course reference number DS 613 5 Registration code zhou302 WebAssign Homework will be completed online using the WebAssign system 1 Go to https www webassign net login html 2 Register yourself The self enroll directions are posted in DoStat 3 WebAssign keys Software StatCrunch Off campus access password http dl stat tamu edu statcrunch4 0 verify php3 Textbook optional http courses bfwpub com psls1e php PSLS The Practice of Statistics in the Life Sciences by Brigitte Baldi and David Moore Main Topics Statistics is the science of learning from data The main learning objective of the course is for students to be able to analyze and interpret data that is limited and variable to make conclusions regarding populations Topics covered include an introduction to concepts of random sampling data collection and statistical inference estimation and testing hypotheses of means and variances analysis of variance regression analysis chi square tests The course is intended for students in biological sciences or agriculture except agricultural economics Required Materials 1 A calculator that has a square root function and can do calculations to at least 6 decimal places 2 Three large gray scantrons to be used for 3 major exams 3 The course notes posted periodically on DoStat must be printed out and brought to each class 4 One piece of paper a pencil and a calculator for in class quiz Exams There will be two in class midterms and one final exam You will need an 8 5x11 GRAY scantron and your student ID for EACH exam The exams are closed book Exam schedule Midterm I Wednesday Feb 26 in class Midterm II Wednesday April 9 in class Final Exam Section 502 Tuesday May 6 3 30 5 30pm Blocker 169 Section 508 Tuesday May 6 10 30am 12 30pm Blocker 149 Quizzes Indefinite number of one question quiz will be given and 20 of students will be randomly selected to turn in their answers To compensate for university excused absences the lowest quiz score will be dropped At the end of the semester your total quiz score towards the calculation of your grade will be the average of all your graded quiz scores after dropping your lowest quiz score If a student has never been selected during the whole semester full credit will be given There will be no makeup quizzes Homework Homework will typically be posted on Wednesday and will be due the following Wednesday night by 10pm There will be tentatively 12 homework assignments NO late homework will be accepted nor will you be allowed to make up missed homework To compensate for university excused absences the lowest two homework scores will be dropped Grading policy Homework 15 quizzes 5 midterms 20 each final 40 Course grades are assigned by total scores using the following scale 90 score 100 A 80 score 90 B 70 score 80 C 60 score 70 D 0 score 60 F Change Excuse on exams need be approved in advance with official document proving stated reason Exams missed due to emergency reasons need official justification afterwards Non excusable missed exams receive a grade of zero excusable ones will be compensated by placing more weights on the other exams If the final exam is missed but the student has finished other exams and the homework assignment a temporary grade of I Incomplete is given University Excused Absences 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