Spring 2002 Statistics MS 150 Calendar and Syllabus

MS 150 Statistics Spring 2002 Calendar and Syllabus
College of Micronesia-FSM
Instructor: Dana Lee Ling

Wk	Day	Day Name	Date	Topic	Other
1	1	Wednesday	1/16/02	1.1 Populations and Samples	Last day late reg
1	2	Friday	1/18/02	1.2 Random Samples	LDTAdd, LDNoRec
2	3	Monday	1/21/02	1.3 Graphs
2	4	Wednesday	1/23/02	1.4 Histograms
2	5	Friday	1/25/02	1.4 Relative Frequency	Quiz 1
3	6	Monday	1/28/02	2.1 Mode, Median, Mean
3	7	Wednesday	1/30/02	2.2 Range and Standard Deviations
3	8	Friday	2/01/02	Test One	Test 1
4	9	Monday	2/04/02	Review Test One
4	10	Wednesday	2/06/02	3.1 Intro to paired data
4	11	Friday	2/08/02	3.1 Paired data	Quiz 2, Early warn
5	12	Monday	2/11/02	3.2 Linear regression
5	13	Wednesday	2/13/02	3.3 Linear correlation coef
5	14	Friday	2/15/02	4.1 Probability: Intuition	Quiz 3
6	15	Monday	2/18/02	4.1 Probability: Equally likely outcomes
6	16	Wednesday	2/20/02	4.1 Probability: Independent equally likely relative frequencies
6	17	Friday	2/22/02	Staff Development Day
7	18	Monday	2/25/02	4.2 Probability rules: Dependent events
7	19	Wednesday	2/27/02	5.1 Probability Distributions
7	20	Friday	3/01/02	Midterm exam	Midterm
8	21	Monday	3/04/02	Review Midterm
8	22	Wednesday	3/06/02	5.1 Probability Distributions
8	23	Friday	3/08/02	Penny probabilities	Quiz 4
9	24	Monday	3/11/02	6.1 Normal probability graphs
9	25	Wednesday	3/13/02	6.1 Normal probability graphs
9	26	Friday	3/15/02	6.2 Standardization	Quiz 5
10	27	Monday	3/18//02	6.3 Areas under any normal curve
10	28	Wednesday	3/20/02	6.3 Areas under any normal curve
10	29	Friday	3/22/02	Test 2	Test 2, LTWWW
11	30	Monday	3/25/02	Review test 2
11	31	Wednesday	3/27/02	Holiday: Easter Break
11	32	Friday	3/29/02	Holiday: Good Friday
12	33	Monday	4/01/02	Holiday: Culture Day
12	34	Wednesday	4/03/02	7.1 Sampling Distributions, 7.2 The Central Limit Theorem	Course selection
12	35	Friday	4/05/02	Holiday: Founding Day
13	36	Monday	4/08/02	8.1 Estimating µ with Large Samples
13	37	Wednesday	4/10/02	8.1 Estimating µ with Large Samples
13	38	Friday	4/12/02	8.2 Estimating µ small sample	Quiz 6
14	39	Monday	4/15/02	8.4 Sample size
14	40	Wednesday	4/17/02	9.1 Hypothesis Testing
14	41	Friday	4/19/02	9.1 Hypothesis Testing	Quiz 7
15	42	Monday	4/22/02	9.2 Large sample tests for µ
15	43	Wednesday	4/24/02	9.3 P values for large samples
15	44	Friday	4/26/02	9.4 Small sample test for µ	Quiz 8
16	45	Monday	4/29/02	P values for small samples using Excel
16	46	Wednesday	5/01/02	10.1 Inferences about paired diff
16	47	Friday	5/03/02	10.2 Inferences about two means (large samples)	Quiz 9
17	48	Monday	5/06/02	10.3 Inferences about two means (small samples)
17	49	Wednesday	5/08/02	LastDay
17	50	Friday	5/10/02	Holiday: FSM Constitution Day
18	50	Monday	5/13/02	M10 Final 8:00
18	52	Wednesday	5/15/02	M09 Final 2:15
18	53	Friday	5/17/02	Grades due
19	54	Wednesday	5/22/02	Graduation

Required Textbook: Understanding Basic Statistics 2nd, Brase and Brase.
Quizzes are given every Friday that there is not a test. Quizzes may be moved to Wednesday when Friday is a holiday. Items in grey are optional and are covered on a time available basis.
Statistics office hours: Room F105 2:00 P.M. to 4:00 P.M. MWF or walk-in any time.
Instructor: Dana Lee Ling. Home: 320-2962.
Seven absences results in withdrawal from the course. A late is one third of an absence. Thus any combination of absences and lates that adds to seven will result in withdrawal. For example, twenty-one lates would result in withdrawal.
No betelnut in class nor on campus except in the cultural huts.
No spitting over the balcony!
Grading policy:
Homework is worth 1 to 3 points.
Quizzes are worth on the order of 5 to 10 points each.
Tests are worth on the order of 20 points.
The midterm is worth roughly 40 points.
The final is worth up to roughly 60 points.
The term as a whole will generate some 200 plus points.
Grading is based on the standard College policy: Obtain 90% of the points or more to obtain an A, 80% to 89% for a B, and so forth.

Instructor email address: dleeling@comfsm.fm
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MS 150 Statistics Spring 2002 Calendar and Syllabus College of Micronesia-FSM Instructor: Dana Lee Ling

MS 150 Statistics Spring 2002 Calendar and Syllabus
College of Micronesia-FSM
Instructor: Dana Lee Ling