No prerequisites.
| Instructor: | Prof. Michael Paul | (Office hours: Friday, 10:15am–11:45am, ENVD 207) |
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MWF 2:00pm–2:50pm HUMN 1B80 |
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| Contact: | info1301@colorado.edu |
| Textbook: | Diez, Barr, Çetinkaya-Rundel (2015) OpenIntro Statistics, 3rd Edition. |
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Surveys concepts and techniques for characterizing and quantifying data.
Students will learn to use different types of quantitative data,
to summarize data with descriptive statistics, to measure similarity of
different datasets, to interpret probabilities and statistical significance
and to quantify and predict changes in data.
No prerequisites. |
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To contact the instructor outside of class, send an email to: info1301@colorado.edu.
Students are expected to complete the assigned homework and to read the assigned readings before coming to class. Homework will be periodically graded in class for randomly selected students. You are allowed to miss an assignment once with no penalty. After the first missed assignment, you will receive zero credit for a missing assignment on any day that you are selected for grading.
Grades will be weighted according to the following distribution:
| Midterm Exams | 30% (2 exams, 15% each) |
| Final Exam | 25% |
| Quizzes | 20% (3 quizzes, 6.67% each) |
| Homework | 15% |
| Class Participation | 10% |
If you own a personal laptop computer, please bring it to class. Some activities in class will require laptops to use the MiniTab Express software. Students without laptops can share with others in groups.
If you qualify for accommodations because of a disability, please submit to your professor a letter from Disability Services in a timely manner (for exam accommodations provide your letter at least one week prior to the exam) so that your needs can be addressed. Disability Services determines accommodations based on documented disabilities. Contact Disability Services at 303-492-8671 or by e-mail at dsinfo@colorado.edu. If you have a temporary medical condition or injury, see the Temporary Injuries guidelines under the Quick Links at the Disability Services website and discuss your needs with your professor.
Campus policy regarding religious observances requires that faculty make every effort to deal reasonably and fairly with all students who, because of religious obligations, have conflicts with scheduled exams, assignments, or required attendance. In this class, if you have a conflict due to religious obligations, please notify us at least two weeks in advance of the conflict so that we can arrange accommodations. See the campus policy regarding religious observances for full details.
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