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SURVEY OF PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS

FALL SEMESTER, 2003

FIRST DAY PACKET 

for

AMS 310.01

MONDAY AND WEDNESDAY

5:20 PM to 6:40 PM

Harriman 112

  Nancy R. Mendell, Ph.D.

Professor

Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics

Math Tower 1-111

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AMS 310.01  SCHEDULE /SYLLABUS AND INFORMATION ON PROFESSOR AND TEACHING ASSISTANT

Course  Textbook:

PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS FOR ENGINEERS  by Miller and Freund; sixth edition.

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(I) Schedule for Fall, 2003

* All tests will be administered in room to be announced in the Test Announcement

** Room to be announced during the last week of class.

Homework Assignments, FALL 2003?

AMS310.01 POLICY, FALL 2003 (September 2, 2003)

(I) Americans with Disabilities Act: If you have a physical, psychological, medical or learning disability that may impact your course work, please contact Disability Support Services, ECC (Educational Communications Center) Building, room 128, (631) 632-6748. They will determine with you what accommodations are necessary and appropriate. All information and documentation is confidential.

Students who require assistance during emergency evacuation are encouraged to discuss their needs with their professors and Disability Support Services.

For procedures and information, go to the following web site.
http://www.ehs.sunysb.edu/fire/disabilities.asp

(II) REQUIRED FIRST WEEK ATTENDANCE: As indicated in the Univer­sity Undergraduate  Handbook, attendance is mandatory during  the first  2 DAYS of class. The roster will be distributed and you  are to sign your name beside your name on the roster.  Anyone on  the roster  missing both OF THESE FIRST TWO CLASSES may be  dropped  from this  section of the course if there are others awaiting a  place in the class.

(III) EXTRA CREDIT POINTS:  notes, and attendance can be worth  as much as  12 EXTRA CREDIT percen­tage  points added to your total or equivalently 3 points on your average.

          (EC= Total Extra Credit points)

             Attendance 1 x 4 = 4 Extra Credit Points:  Attendance credit will be given in classes chosen at random by the instructor.

            Class Notes 1 x 4= 4 Extra Credit Points: There will be four opportunities to hand in handwritten copies of lecture notes.  These must be hand written and fill at least 4 loose leaf page sides with normal size writing or print.  I will announce at the beginning of the class that  it is a Class Notes Day.  The notes will be due in the next class.  Notes can be handed in at any point until the last day of class for 1 extra credit point.

            One Annotated Example of Inferential Statistics  4.0  x 1.0 = 4.0 points: This example must involve hypothesis testing and must be taken from a scholarly journal.  The relevant sections of the journal should be highlighted and the annotation should be at least 3 sentences.  The student should interpret the results of the statistical inference in terms of the issues addressed by the article.  This is due on December 3 and must be correctly done for the full 4 points.  Any example handed in before the final and correctly done gets 2 extra credit points.

(IV) Midterm tests: There will be 3 Midterm tests each worth 100 points (T1, T2 and T3)

(V) PRACTICE TESTS:  The practice test consists of a set of problems similar to those that will appear on the test. It is a very useful study aid. The problems will be assigned with the homeworks

(VI) Mastery Exercise Points (M1, M2, M3):  You can earn back 1/3 of the points lost on a test by redoing the question missed and turning the redone questions in on time in class.  This must be done on time.

(VI) There will be 10 HOMEWORK GRADES EACH WORTH a maximum of 5.2 points(the lowest 2 of the 12 homeworks are droped) (52 POINTS) (H = maxium homework total after dropping the 2 lowest scores). Homework turned in at the class on time will be scored based on 5.0 points and will receive an additional 0.2 points. Homeworks turned in 1 class day late will be worth a maximum of 5 points. Homework turned more than 1 class day late but prior to the final exam gets will be worth a maximum of 3.5 points). Solutions will be posted 1 class day after the due date.

(VII) There will be 8 quizzes each worth 6 points (The lowest 4 quizzes will be dropped) (48 points)

(Q = total of the quiz points after dropping the 4 lowest scores)

(VIII) The Final Exam is worth 100 points (F= Final Exam Score).  However, the final exam can only lower your average by 8 points. For example if you have a prefinal average of 99 and do not take the final exam (Final exam =0) then your term average = 91 (A-), i.e., you need to do well to hold your grade where it is). If the final exam score is better than your average then your final exam score becomes your course grade (For example if your Pre-final Average =72 and your Final exam score =90, your Grade=A-). Pre-final averages and minimum course grades (without taking the final) will be posted prior to the final exam date.

(IX)      The AMS310 SEMESTER AVERAGE is computed as follows: 

 ( T1+M1) + (T2+M2) +(T3+M3)  +  (Q+H) +(Final) + EC )

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