Math 3070 - 3   Applied Statistics I   *Syllabus*       May 25, 2011

Place/Time
         MWF 9:40 - 10:30 AM  in  BEH S  114

Instructor:     
         A. Treibergs, JWB 224, 581-8350.  
         E-mail: treiberg@math.utah.edu 
         Web page: http://www.math.utah.edu/~treiberg/M3074.html
         Office Hours: 11:45-12:35 MWF (tent.) & by appt.

Prerequisites:
         "C" or better in MATH 1220 OR MATH 1250 OR MATH 1270 OR AP Calculus 
         BC score of at least 4 

Texts:   
         Jay L. Devore, Probability and Statistics for Engineering and
         the Sciences 8th ed., Brooks/Cole, 2012. 
         ISBN-13: 978-0-538-73352-6
         ISBN-10: 0-538-73352-7

         John Verzani, Using R for Introductory Statistics, 
         Chapman & Hall/CRC, 2005.
         ISBN-13: 978-1-584-88450-7
         ISBN-10: 1-584-88450-9

Grading

     Lab: 
         Students will meet in the computer lab once a week for
         two hours. Students must pass the lab to pass the course.
         Most students manage to easily complete the lab assignments
         during the lab. Or students may access the computer at other
         times from the Mathematics Center.

     Homework:
         You will be asked to write up and hand in homework problems weekly.

     Midterms:
         There will be three full hour midterm exams on Sept. 14, Oct. 19 and
  	 Nov. 16. Questions will be modifications of homework problems.

     Quizzes: 
         There will be four 15 minute quizzes on  Aug. 31, Sept. 28, Nov. 2 and
    	 Nov. 30.  For the quizzes you will be responsible for the material
 	 covered from the day of the previous exam through the class meeting
         preceding the quiz. No makeup quizzes will be given for any reason.

     Final Exam:
         Mon., Dec. 12, 8:00 - 10:00 AM  in BEH 114. Half of the final 
 	 will be devoted to material covered after the third midterm exam. The
 	 other half will be comprehensive. Students must pass the final to pass
 	 the course.

     Course Grade:       
         Based on the best two of three midterm scores 30%, best three
         of four quizzes 15%, final 25%, homework 20% plus lab 10%.

Tutoring Center:        
         Free tutoring is available in the T. Benny Rushing Mathematics
         Center, located between LCB and JWB. Normal hours M-Th 8:00 am -
	 8:00 pm, Fri 8:00 am-4:00 pm.

Withdrawals:    
         Last day to drop a class is Aug. 31. Until Oct. 21 you can withdraw
  	 from the class with no approval at all. After that date you must
 	 petition your dean's office to be allowed to withdraw.

ADA:   
         The Americans with Disability Act requires that reasonable
 	 accommodations be provided for students with cognitive, systemic,
         learning and psychiatric disabilities. Please contact me at the
 	 beginning of the quarter to discuss any such accommodations you may
 	 require for this course.

Course Content: 
         This is the first course in a sequence of two that offers a
 	 comprehensive introduction to the concepts of probability and
 	 statistics. We begin by quickly presenting some ways to organize and
 	 present data used in descriptive statistics (Ch. 1.) How well the 
         population can be described from estimates made from samples drawn 
         from that population depends on notions from probability. We consider
 	 laws of probability, random variables (one- and two-dimensional),
 	 common distributions, sample statistics and the Central limit
 	 Theorem (Ch. 2-5.) Finally we develop the basic techniques of
 	 inferential statistics, point estimates, confidence intervals and
	 hypothesis testing (Ch. 6-9.) Both the theory behind statistical
 	 decision making and its practical application to many different
 	 areas will be examined in this course, so that students may
 	 appreciate the use of statistics in their professional and personal
 	 lives. The course material will be based on Chapters 1-9 of the text
 	 and corresponding material from the lab manual.