Math 1105, Section E02: 

Basic Probability and Statistics

Tuesday/Thursday 6:55 – 8:10pm 209 Clark

Instructor:  John J Antognoli            Office:  330 CCB

E-mail:  john@umsl.edu or jja@cs.umsl.edu

(anonymous mail: antognolij@yahoo.com (password: evalss))                             Office Hours:  see umsl.edu/~jja

Phone:  (314) 516-5745 (office)                          

   (314) 397-6944 (cell)

 

Text: Statistics for Business and Economics, Anderson, Sweeney, & Williams, 11th Edition  

            Cengage Now Access Code for the 11th edition    

            (It is okay to not purchase the textbook, because you will have access to an e-book

with the Cengage access code, but your access code MUST be for the 11th edition.)

 

Prerequisites:  You must have:

1.)    Math 1030 (College Algebra) with a grade of C- or better or

2.)    A score of 26 or higher on either the ACT math sub-test or the MMPT

 

Important Dates:

            Mon, Aug 23   Classes begin

            Mon, Sept 6    No Classes

            Fri, Sept 17     Last day to drop without a grade

            Nov 22-26       Thanksgiving Break

            Fri, Nov 26      Last day to withdraw from a course

            Fri, Dec 10      Last class

            Thurs, Dec 16  Final Exam  7:45pm - 9:45 pm

 

Homework:

            Homework for this class will be available online through the website, www.cengage.com/sso.  Homework will not be “collected” because it is automatically graded by the computer.  If you wish to do some of the homework on paper, please show the problem and section number, state the problem and show all the steps necessary to arrive at your answer.  Due dates for each of the sections are available online.  As a general rule, the homework is due before you are quizzed or tested over those sections.  If the due date has passed and you want to retry the homework problems, you may do so for less than full credit.  Once an assignment’s due date has passed, you will lose 20% of the points you earned.  For each additional day that it is late, this percentage increases by 5%.  Cengage is not quite as user-friendly as Coursecompass (for those of you who took Math 1030 or Math 1100 at UMSL), but you do have immediate feedback of “correct” or “incorrect” and you can work the problems as many times as you like until you get it correct.  So everyone has the opportunity of receiving a 100% on the homework for each section, given enough time and effort on your part.

 

NOTE:  Do not submit your assignment until you are either completely finished with it or until just before the due date.  Once you submit the assignment, you cannot get back into it to complete more questions.  You will have to start the entire assignment over again if you want to make any modifications.  Therefore, I recommend you use the “Save and Exit” feature if you would like to continue working on the assignment at a later point in time.  That way, you’ll be able to work on whatever problems you want, and those that were already correctly completed will not need to be reworked.

 

After your homework is completed and submitted for an entire chapter, you have the opportunity to earn 10 points of extra credit (which will be added to your homework total) for completing the online reviews.  These assignments are about 20-30 questions long, and review the major topics covered in the chapter.  You won’t have access to work them if you haven’t done your homework for the entire chapter, so please be sure to do all your homework first!  This extra credit is due before you take your test on that chapter.

 

 

Attendance:

            If absent, you do not need to notify me. It will be your responsibility to get class notes from someone and to make sure that you didn’t miss any hand-outs.  I will not allow you to make up any missed quizzes.  We are dropping our lowest quiz scores (we are keeping 10 of them), and this should account for any absences you might have.  If you must be absent on an exam day, I expect to be notified ahead of time by phone or e-mail.

Grades:

            Your grade will be based on the following:

                        4 exams                                   100 points each

                        10 Quizzes                              10 points each

                        On-Line Homework                50 points

                        In-Class Activities                  25 points

                        Excel Project                           25 points

                        Final Exam                              200 points

 

To compute your grade for the class, add up all your points and divide by 800.

(The online homework grade will be your overall percentage as a decimal multiplied by 50)

In order for you to pass this class, you need to have passed the final exam with a D or better.  Students who fail the final exam will receive a failing grade for the course.

 

The grading scale will be the standard (assuming the final exam was passed):

90-100                          A (at least 720 points)

80-89                              B (at least 640 points)

70-79                              C (at least 560 points)

60-69                              D (at least 480 points)

59 and below  F

 

Policy concerning grades when a student does not complete the course:

If no grades have been recorded at the end of the semester, a Y is given

If one or more grades have been recorded, an F is given

A Delayed Grade is given only in the rare case of a verifiable emergency occurring at the end of the semester.  All coursework prior to that point must be a C or better.  The student must make arrangements with the instructor as to when the course will be finished, and if it is not finished by that date, an F will be given.

An Excused Grade is given only to students who have turned in the necessary paperwork to drop the course.

 

 

Academic Dishonesty:

            When one takes credit for another’s work or uses unauthorized devices (such as graphing calculators) in the course, when they are expressly forbidden, it is cheating. This may occur during in class exams/quizzes or take-home exams/quizzes in this course. The code of student conduct is in the UM-St. Louis Student Handbook.

            According to the University ‘s Collected Rules and Regulations (Chapter 200: Student Conduct), the term Cheating includes but is not limited to: (i) use of any unauthorized assistance in taking quizzes, tests, or examinations; (ii) dependence upon the aid of sources beyond those authorized by the instructor in writing papers, preparing reports, solving problems, or carrying out other assignments; (iii) acquisition or possession without permission of tests or other academic material belonging to a member of the University faculty or staff; or (iv) knowingly providing any unauthorized assistance to another student on quizzes, tests, or examinations.

            When cheating is determined, a zero grade will be given on the specific exam/quiz and the student(s) who is/are involved in the cheating will be reported to the Department of Mathematics and the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs.

 

 

Final Comment:

            If you feel like you are falling behind, please do not hesitate to contact me.  Statistics builds on itself.  So if you get lost at any point, don’t expect to be able to catch up when we begin a new chapter.  Make sure that you understand what is going on everyday!

There is free tutoring available in the Math Lab in 425 SSB during the day, evening, and weekends.  For more information, call 516-5190.  There are also TAs available in the MTLC who may be able to help you with the homework.