Math 3070 - 1   Applied Statistics I   *Syllabus*       January 16, 2008

Place/Time
         MWF 9:40 - 10:30 in LS 101

Instructor:     
         A. Treibergs, JWB 224, 581-8350.  
         E-mail: treiberg@math.utah.edu 
         Web page: http://www.math.utah.edu/~treiberg/M3072.html
         Office Hours: 11:45-12:35 MWF (tent.) & by appt.

Texts:   
         Jay L. Devore, Probability and Statistics for Engineering and
         the Sciences 7th ed., Duxbury, 2008. 

         Rebecca Elliot, Learning SAS in the Computer Lab, 2nd ed., 
         Brooks/Cole Publishing, Pacific Grove, CA, 2000. 

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 Jan. 30, Feb. 27 and
  	April 2. Questions will be modifications of homework problems.

     Quizzes: 
         There will be four 15 minute quizzes on Jan. 16, Feb. 13, Mar. 12 and
    	Apr. 16.  For the quizzes you will be responsible for the material
 	covered from the day of the previous quiz or exam through the class
 	meeting preceding the quiz. No makeup quizzes will be given for any
  	reason.

     Final Exam:
         Wed., Apr. 30, 8:00-10:00 AM  in LS 101. 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-6:00 pm.

Withdrawals:    
         Last day to drop a class is jan. 16. Until Feb. 29 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.) Using sample
 	data to make estimates about a population from which the sample is
 	drawn depends on the notions from probability. We consider basic
 	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.