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Spring 2004 Pre-Reqisite Fundamentals of Statistics (MATH 215) Classroom Number and Time: Loper 215
Instructor: John A. Dabeet Telephone: Home: (563)263-8145 Office: (563)288-6064 Office E-mail: jdabeet@eicc.edu Home E-mail: ampal@muscanet.com Office Hours: Tuesday 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Room: Gaekle 205 Textbook: Black, Ken, BUSINESS STATISTICS, Contemporary Decision Making, South-Western, 3rd Edition, 2001. Course Contents: We will cover most of chapters one (1) thru twelve (12), fifteen (15), seventeen (17), and chapter eighteen (18). Course Objectives: This course will provide a case study and problem-solving approach to the fundamentals of descriptive and Inferential Statistics. Students will be presented with practical problems that can only be solved by data sampling, data description and data analysis. This course also will expand the tools and techniques of statistical analysis that are applicable to the business environment. Homework: Appropriate problem assignments on current material will be given at the lecture. Ideally, these assignments should be completed before the next lecture. Quizzes: Approximately five (5) ten (10) minute quizzes will be given during the course of the semester. The lowest grade will be dropped. There will be no make-up quizzes. Tests: There will be three (3) in-class tests and one (1) final exam.
Grades: Course grades will be based on a total of 700 points as follows:
Attendance: Constant attendance is essential to keep up in the course. Students are responsible for all work covered in class, including all assignments, even if absent from class. Hour exams must be taken at the announced time; makeup exams will be given only in the case of severe illness.
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