Teacher: Laura A Stiles
Blue Springs School District
Plan: 1st hr., 7:25-8:13
COLLEGE STATISTICS
School Phone Number:
SYLLABUS – DUAL CREDIT
816.229.3459 EXT 50092
COURSE
Email: [email protected]
MATH 115 – MCC Blue River
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0.5 Credit Hours
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2014-2015
Textbook: Elementary Statistics – A Step by Step Approach, fifth editon. Bluman, Allan G.,
2004, McGraw Hill.
Course Overview:
This course will cover descriptive and inferential statistics, ungrouped and grouped data,
elementary probability, discrete and continuous statistical inference, significance and
distribution measures, and regression and correlation analysis. Students may earn three hours
of college credit through the Metropolitan Community Colleges system if they meet MCC
requirements. One honor point may be earned for successful completion of the course for
college credit at the end of the semester. The MCC fee is required for college credit and must
be paid within the first week of the semester.
Required Materials:
 Pencil and Pen
 Lined Notebook Paper
 Graph Paper - www.printfreegraphpaper.com , optional.
 Graphing Calculator – If you are purchasing a graphing calculator, TI-83 or TI-84 is
preferred. The use of the TI-89 or TI-inspire calculator will not be allowed on tests or
quizzes.
 If a student is unable to purchase one of the mentioned calculators, one will be available
to use in class. At home the student can use the following free downloadable TI-83,
http://academic.cuesta.edu/jpandosh/Math232/Downloading%20the%20Virtual%20Ti.ht
m. If a student cannot download the following calculator have the student talk to me
regarding this issue privately.
Grading Scale: We will follow the BSSD policy for letter grades.
90% - 100%
A
80% - 89%
B
70% - 79%
C
60% - 69%
D
0 % - 59%
F
Grading Weights: Your grade will be weighted based on the following:
 10% - Daily Work
 70% - Unit Tests
 20% - Semester Final
Daily Work - 10%
Assignments will be assigned on a daily basis in order to practice skills learned. Book
assignments will be collected at the beginning of class of any review day and will be awarded
completion credit based on work shown and the completion of all problems. Worksheets will
be due at the beginning of class the next day. Assignments are to be done in pencil on
lined notebook paper for credit to be assigned. If a student is having trouble keeping up
with the assigned work, they will be required to attend Wildcat Hour until they are back on
track.
Unit Tests - 70%
A unit test will be given at the completion of each unit and will be announced at least one week
in advance. A review sheet will be given before the test, and the student will have the entire
hour to ask questions and complete the review. Unit tests will be kept in a portfolio in Mrs.
Stiles’ room and may be checked out by the request of the parent once all students have taken
the test. Students will be allowed to do test corrections on two tests per semester
provided they did 80% of the assigned work. Test corrections will be done during
tutoring times before and after school or during Wildcat hour.
Semester Final - 20%
The final will be scheduled and administered by Blue River Community College, MCC, the
week before the high school finals. Final exam is prepared by BRCC. It is comprised of 50
multiple choice problems. Calculators are allowed. Instructors will not be allowed to see the
final until the students take it.
Enrollment for college:
The first step to enrolling in this course is to apply for admission to MCCBlue River online at www.mcckc.edu/apply.* Also you will need to
complete the enrollment form provided and bring a check written out to
MCC for the amount of $_________ by ___/___/2014 to me or pay
the bill when it is sent to you by MCC. If a financial need exists, please
see me or your counselor.
Withdrawal from the College if you already paid:
A student may drop this class during the first 4 weeks of the semester
and no grade will be assessed nor any notation given on your transcript.
After 4 weeks, a “W” (withdrawal grade) will be given and you will lose
the cost for the class.
Tutoring:
Students are encouraged to come in at any time during tutoring
hours, 7:00—7:20 am and 2:20—2:45 pm. I will be available earlier or stay
later upon request.
I am looking forward to working with your student in my class. Feel free to
contact me anytime during the year either by e-mail or calling the school at
816-229-3459, ext. 50092.
Teacher Expectations:
 Show respect for your teacher, others around you, and yourself.
 Be on time and bring your supplies/materials daily.
 Work on the assignment in pencil during class once it is assigned up to two minutes before the bell.
I dismiss the class not the bell.
 Students are responsible for getting make-up work and scheduling tests, according to district
policy.
 No food, hats/head coverings, head phones, etc.
 All drink containers must have a lid.
 Cell phones must be turned off and not in use during class.
 All district policies and BSHS guidelines in the student handbook will be adhered to.
Student Expectations:
 Each student should expect the teacher to be prepared to teach by the beginning of each class.
 Each student may expect the teacher to facilitate success in the class. This includes lectures that
cover each given topic and an honest and timely response to each student’s questions.
 Each student can expect the teacher to be willing to give as much of her time as is reasonably
necessary—in class or before/after school—to facilitate effective learning.
 Each student can expect the teacher to behave in a professional manner.
Course Units:
 The Nature of Probability and
Statistics
o Nature of Probability
o Summary
 Frequency Distributions and Graphs
o Introduction
o Organizing data
o Histograms, Frequency
Polygons, and Ogives
o Other Types of Graphs
o Summary
 Data
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Description
Introduction
Measures of Central Tendency
Measures of Variation
Measures of Position
Exploratory Data Analysis
Summary
 Probability and Counting Rules
o Introduction
o Sample Spaces and Probability
o The Additions Rules for
Probability
o The Multiplication Rules and
Conditional Probability
o Counting Rules
o Probability and Counting Rules
o Summary
 Discrete Probability Distributions
o Introduction
o Probability Distributions
o Mean, Variance, and
Expectation
o The Binomial Distributions
o Summary
 The Normal Distribution
o Introduction
o Properties of Normal
Distribution
o The Standard Normal
Distribution
o Applications of the Normal
Distribution
o The Central Limit Theorem
o The Normal Approximation to
the Binomial Distribution
o Summary
 Confidence Intervals and Sample
Size
o Introduction
o Confidence Intervals using the
Z-Interval and Sample Size
o Confidence Intervals using the
T-Interval
o Confidence Intervals and
Sample Size for Proportions
o Summary
 Hypothesis Testing
o Introduction
o Steps in Hypothesis Testing
Traditional Method
o Z-Test for Mean
o T-Test for Mean
o Z-Test for Proportion
o Summary
 Testing the Difference between Two
Means, Two Variables, and Two
Proportions
o Introduction
o Testing the Difference
between Two Means: Large
Samples
o Testing the Difference
between Two Variances
o Testing the Difference
between Two Means: Small
Independent Samples
o Testing the Difference
between Two Means; Small
Dependent Samples
o Testing the Difference
between Two Proportions
o Summary
 Correlation and Regression
o Introduction
o Scatter Plots
o Correlation
o Regression
o Summary
 Other Chi Square Tests
o Introduction
o Test for Goodness of Fit
o Test Using Contingency Table
o Summary