COURSE TITLE:
Introduction to Probability and Statistics I
CALL NUMBER:
04693
WHEN AND WHERE:
M, T, R, F 1:10-2:00, 226 Morton Hall
INSTRUCTOR:
Vardges Melkonian, 543 Morton Hall, vardges@math.ohiou.edu
OFFICE HOURS:
M, T, R, F 2-3 in 543 Morton.
If you need to see me outside my office hours, please send me e-mail for an
appointment.
CLASS WEBSITE:
http://www.math.ohiou.edu/~vardges/math250/
COURSE CONTENT:
Organization of data, central tendency and dispersion, probability, concept of random variables, binomial and normal probability distributions.
TEXTBOOK:
Statistics--Principles and Methods, fifth edition, by R. Johnson, and G. Bhattacharyya; John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
GRADING:
There will be two quizzes worth 10% each, two tests worth 20% each, and a final exam worth 35% of your final mark. The class participation is worth 5%. The quizzes and the tests normally will be at class time. Final grades will be determined from the following scale: 92+ A, 87-92 A-, 82-87 B+, 77-82 B, 72-77 B-, 67-72 C+, 62-67 C, 57-62 C-, 47-57 D.
CHEATING:
Don't. The penalty may be an F for the course.
ATTENDANCE:
Strongly recommended.
HOMEWORK:
The homework assignments will be
posted at http://www.math.ohiou.edu/~vardges/math250/homework.html.
Homework assignments will not be collected and graded, but you will be
responsible for quiz and test items similar to homework problems, and some of
the problems on the tests and quizzes may literally be the homework problems
previously assigned to you.
TEST DATES (tentative):
● Quiz 1: Sept. 17 (R)
● Test 1: Oct. 6 (T)
● Quiz 2: Oct. 22 (R)
● Test 2: Nov. 6 (F)
● Final: Nov. 24 (T), 2:30 pm.