STATISTICS 213 online - FALL 2011
PROBABILITY AND DECISION THEORY
office hours and class schedule deadlines
PREPARATION
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Are you really ready? I very strongly recommend you read this carefully before doing anything else!
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Make sure you are registered in this course.
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If you are enrolled at Purdue University North Central (PNC), use admissions.
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If you are not enrolled at PNC, use Indiana College Network.
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Buy texts: Finite mathematics: an applied approach (3rd Edition, bundled with MathXL) and students solution manual.
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Required texts can be bought from PNC bookstore (1-219-785-5247).
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To repeat: text must be bundled with online package MathXL
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Print STAT 213D syllabus
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Logon to your Blackboard account by the first day of classes.
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Register into MathXL (you need both a Course ID from me and a Student Access Code from text)
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Watch getting started online video:
- ready for online? (1:25 minutes)
- what to do first? (2:21 minutes)
- syllabus (5:20 minutes)
- grading (6:23 minutes)
- email in Blackboard (1:38 minutes)
- introduction to Blackboard (2:28 minutes)
- submitting attendances in MathXL (2:51 minutes)
- submitting homework assignments in MathXL (2:57 minutes)
- quizzes in MathXL (1:24 minutes)
- final exam (4:25 minutes)
- introduction to my web site (1:40 minutes)
It is of utmost importance that you contact the instructor; that's me, Dr. Jonathan Kuhn on the first day of classes.
Let me know you have started the preparations listed here.
Make sure I have replied to any email you send me or that you immediately reply to any email I send you.
If you have not heard from me within 24 hours of sending your email, telephone me.
If you are a local (to PNC) internet student, contact the PNC Student Success Center in the first week of semester. Ask them what the policies are with regard to taking supervised tests at the Student Success Center on the PNC campus.
If you are not enrolled at PNC, it is up to you to coordinate with me when and where your supervised tests will occur.
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Buy A TI-84 Calculator and check out tutorial videos for TI-84+ Calculator
Check out frequently asked questions for online students.
Check previous course material.
WEEK 1.
Chapter 1. Applications of Linear Functions
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Submit answers online to attendance 1 questions.
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Due on or before Tuesday (not Thursday!) of deadlines.
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Attendance 1 assignment available and submitted in MathXL.
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You must achieve at least 80% on attendance 1 before moving onto homework 1. Take advantage of extensive online help given with all questions in attendance 1.
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All questions in online attendance 1 are found in Finite mathematics: an applied approach text.
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Homework 1 assignment available and submitted in MathXL.
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Due on or before Thursday (not Friday!) of deadlines.
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Homework 1 assignment available and submitted using MathXL.
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Once in CourseCompass, click on show all to see both homework 1 and online attendance 1.
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Homework assignment 1 will not be accepted unless you have achieved at least 80% on attendance 1.
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Do not use Blackboard email to send me either your homework assignment
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Submit as many times as you want before deadline, receive highest score of all submissions.
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All questions in homework 1 are found in Finite mathematics: an applied approach (3rd edition) text.
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Homework assignment scores available in Blackboard Friday of deadlines.
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Use ID number I gave you in class to identify your current total score and grade.
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class lecture notes 1 optional, for your information, not handed in
TI84-lab1 document gives list of all TI-84+ instructions used this week. It is for your information; it is not handed in.
WEEK 2.
Chapter 2. Systems of Linear Equations
attendance 2 online questions due on or before Tuesday of deadlines
Do quiz 1 online in MathXL on or before midnight Thursday deadlines.
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One 20 minute timed submission is allowed; each student does quiz by themselves with no help from others.
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Quiz 1 scores available in Blackboard after 9 pm late Friday night.
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Use ID number to locate your current total score and grade.
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class lecture notes 2 not handed in
TI84-lab2 not handed in.
WEEK 3.
Chapter 3. Matrix Algebra
attendance 3 online questions due on or before Tuesday of deadlines
Submit homework 2 online on or before midnight Thursday of deadlines.
class lecture notes 3 not handed in
TI84-lab3 not handed in
WEEK 4.
Chapter 4. Linear Programming: A Graphical Approach
attendance 4 online questions due on or before Tuesday of deadlines
Do quiz 2 online in MathXL on or before midnight Thursday deadlines
Check out previous course material to prepare for quiz 2
class lecture notes 4 not handed in
TI84-lab4 not handed in
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WEEK 5.
Chapter 5. Linear Programming: The Simplex Method: 5.1, 5.2
attendance 5 online questions due on or before Tuesday of deadlines
Submit homework 3 online on or before midnight Thursday of deadlines.
class lecture notes 5 not handed in; associated Excel data set 5-8
TI84-lab5 not handed in
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WEEK 6.
Chapter 5. Linear Programming: The Simplex Method: 5.3, 5.4
WEEK 7.
Chapter 6. Mathematics of Finance
attendance 7 online questions due on or before Tuesday of deadlines
Submit homework 4 online
class lecture notes 7 not handed in
TI84-lab7 not handed in
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WEEK 8.
Chapter 7. Logic, Sets and Counting Techniques: 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4
attendance 8 online questions due on or before Tuesday of deadlines
Do supervised quiz 4 online;
Check out previous course material to prepare for quiz 3
Supervised in Student Success Center. Arrange quiz 3 time two weeks in advance. Bring ONE piece of PICTURE identification
class lecture notes 8 not handed in
TI84-lab8 not handed in
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WEEK 9.
Chapter 7. Logic, Sets and Counting Techniques: 7.5, 7.6, 7.7
attendance 9 online questions due on or before Tuesday of deadlines
Submit homework 5 online
class lecture notes 9 not handed in
TI84-lab9 not handed in
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WEEK 10.
Chapter 8. Basic Concepts of Probability
attendance 10 online questions due on or before Tuesday of deadlines
Do quiz 5 online; try previous course material to prepare for quiz 5
class lecture notes 10 not handed in
TI84-lab10 not handed in
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WEEK 11.
Chapter 9. Additional Topics in Probability: 9.1, 9.2, 9.3
attendance 11 online questions due on or before Tuesday of deadlines
Submit homework 6 online
class lecture notes 11 not handed in
TI84-lab11 not handed in
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WEEK 12.
Chapter 9. Additional Topics in Probability: 9.4, 9.5
attendance 12 online questions due on or before Tuesday of deadlines
Do quiz 6 online; try previous course material to prepare for quiz 6.
class lecture notes 12 not handed in
TI84-lab12 not handed in
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WEEK 13.
Chapter 10. Statistics: 10.1, 10.2, 10.3
attendance 13 online questions due on or before Tuesday of deadlines
Submit homework 7 online
class lecture notes 13 not handed in
TI84-lab13 not handed in
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WEEK 14.
Chapter 10. Statistics: 10.4
attendance 14 online questions due on or before Tuesday of deadlines
Do quiz 7 online; try previous course material to prepare for quiz 7
class lecture notes 14 not handed in
TI84-lab14 not handed in
WEEK 15.
Review
Check out the previous final exams to help you prepare for your supervised final exam in the Student Success Center.
Bring TWO pieces of PICTURE identification!
WEEK 16.
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The final exam is to be done in SSC on or before THURSDAY of exam week.
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