STAT302 Statistical Methods Sections 501 503 504 Fall 2016 Texas A M University Instructor Dr Liang Hwa Chi Office Blocker 410B M W F 10 15 am 11 15 am 1 40 pm 2 40 pm and by appointment Office hours Phone 979 845 3197 E mail hcliang tamu edu preferred method of communication Course Meeting Times and Places Section 501 503 504 M W F M W F M W F Days and Time 9 10 am 10 00 am 3 00 pm 3 50 pm 12 40 pm 1 30 pm Location BLOC 150 BLOC 150 BLOC 150 Help Session Hours You can get help in Blocker 162 Graduate statistics students at least 4 will be available to help you with your homework and course notes during the help session hours below Monday through Thursday 10 noon 1 3 pm except Thursday is 2 4 pm 5 7 pm Sunday 2 4 pm TA e mail Xiaomeng Yan yanxiaomeng tamu edu TA office hours Tue Thur 10am 11am Blocker 420 Course Material Textbook The Practice of Statistics in the Life Sciences by Brigitte Baldi and David Moore 3rd ed The book is not mandatory but is strongly recommended To save buy the 2nd edition instead since there is no big difference between the two editions The course notes posted periodically on eCampus can be printed out A calculator that has a square root function and can do calculations to at least 5 decimal places The most useful efficient one for this course is the TI 83 84 calculator Top Hat for quiz and response in classroom WebAssign for online homework JMP statistical software is available in campus computer labs You can also download and install it at your own PC Mac for free 3 large grey Scantrons to be used for the 3 major exams Math 141 147 or Math 166 or their equivalent is a prerequisite This course requires students to use elementary mathematics and logical reasoning Page o o 1 Prerequisites Grades 18 10 20 20 32 Homework Quizzes participations Midterm 1 Midterm 2 Final exam A B C D F 90 00 100 80 00 89 99 70 00 79 99 60 00 69 99 0 59 99 There will be a fuzzy area between each letter grade in the grade distribution Thus two students having the same average overall course score may receive different letter grades Whether or not a student receives the higher grade depends on three factors 1 Consistency in submitting homework assignments 2 Level of participation in class activities and 3 An improving performance on examination scores across the semester Homework two lowest scores will be dropped We use WebAssign to do the online homework and there is a fee associated with it The URL is https www webassign net tamu login html Click LOG IN TEXAS A M AT COLLEGE STATION You will be prompted to pay when login the first time You also have a grace period to access it until certain date Most of homework assignments will be due at 11 59 pm on Wednesdays with a few exceptions including the weeks of midterm exams which will be due at 11 59 pm on Monday Quizzes Class Participation four lowest scores will be dropped We use Top Hat to take attendance and do quiz There is a fee associated with it The URL for our course is http app tophat com e 067425 Also the URL for their support is support tophat com There are NO quiz make ups However if it happens that you miss more than 4 quizzes you need to bring excuse letter For excused absences quizzes will NOT have to be made up Rather the zero for the quiz that day will be dropped before the semester quiz grade average is calculated Exam Schedules You have to take exams in your own section Exam I Exam II Final Exam Days and Time Wednesday 10 12 2016 regular class meeting time Wednesday 11 16 2016 regular class meeting time Section 501 Monday 12 12 2016 8 00 am 10 00 am Section 503 Tuesday 12 13 2016 10 30 am 12 30 am Section 504 Monday 12 12 2016 10 30 am 12 30 pm Location BLOC 150 BLOC 150 BLOC 150 BLOC 150 BLOC 150 Page By university regulations you must contact me during work hours within 2 days excluding weekends after the last excused day of an excused absence Please contact me by e mail or see me in class If you do not contact me within 2 days you will receive a 0 for whatever it is you missed Note having to work during an exam is not a university excused absence The exam schedule has been posted since the beginning of the semester and it is your responsibility to schedule your outside work around class times Verification of excused absences All university excused absences refer to website link http studentrules tamu edu rule07 must be verified with a note 2 If you miss exam 1 or exam 2 due to a university excused absence you must take a make up exam during normal school hours within 2 days of returning to school The date you return to school is based on your written university excuse Failure to comply with this will result in a score of 0 on this exam How to do well in this class o The primary emphasis in this course will not be on calculations or memorization To do well in this course students must be able to apply logical thinking and critical analysis to statistical problems o The homework problems and practice exam problems will help you practice these skills It is important to your success in this class that you put serious effort into your homework o It should be emphasized that this course will cover a great deal of material at a RAPID pace I strongly recommend you to preview read the material for each lecture prior to attend class As a rule of thumb you should expect to spend a minimum of two hours for every hour spent in class reviewing material covered in lecture and homework Students who have had difficulty in previous courses or who have not had a quantitative course in several semesters may find that this course requires a considerable amount of preparation and extra study time and should plan accordingly Your responsibilities Attending all lectures Frequently visit the eCampus Class website for posted notes related study materials and discussion forums Practice active learning instead of waiting until the day before an exam to attempt to learn the material Asking for help when you need it and not waiting until the end of the semester Registering the online homework website at WebAssign Completing all homework problems posted in WebAssign Registering the web based Top Hat classroom response system so you can do quiz and participate in class Taking all exams If you miss an exam it is your responsibility to contact me ASAP Descriptive statistics Descriptive statistics are used to summarize numerically and display graphically data At the end of the semester students should be able to 1 summarize …