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Welcome to Mathematics 115 Probability and Statistics Thank you for your interest in Probability and Statistics. Here is some information about the class to help you understand the course expectations and requirements. This letter is not in place of the course Syllabus. Please read the course Syllabus for detailed information about the course content, schedule, and expectations.
Access, Attendance, and Participation This course is offered as an online course. There are no classroom meetings. Exams, however, are mandatory in-person appearances on our Kentfield campus, or if you reside outside the area, at a proctored facility near you. There will be a total of three examinations. The schedule of examinations is shown below: Date February 23 2016 March 22 2016 May 18 2016
Kentfield Campus Location 2:00-5:00 pm, SMN 229 2:00-5:00 pm, SMN 229 11:10-2:00 pm, SMN 225
Mid-term Examination 1 Mid-term Examination 2 Final Examination
If an examination date is in conflict with your schedule (such as with another class), you must notify me and make arrangements with the Testing Center on the Kentfield campus to schedule an alternate testing date. If you plan to have the examination proctored in your local area, a Proctor Application Form will be available to download from Moodle the first week of the class. Logging into the course on a daily basis is recommended to download lecture notes, video links, homework assignments, to participate in forums and to keep abreast of notifications, activities and schedule changes.
Course Materials The textbook (Elementary Statistics: A Step by Step Approach by Allan Bluman) is necessary, but you need not have the current edition of the textbook. The current edition is available in the campus bookstore, but use of the earlier 8th edition is perfectly acceptable. You will need a computer, laptop or notebook with Adobe Reader and Excel (or equivalent), with an internet connection. A printer, or access to a printer, is recommended. In addition to the textbook, a modest calculator can be very helpful. You will need a scanner, smart phone with camera, or digital camera to submit your written homework assignments.
Registration, Waitlist, and Add Codes Requirements for initial login: All registered students must login to the class via their Moodle account on January 19th (midnight to midnight). Consequences for not logging in: Registered students will be dropped from the course for failing to login during this 24 hour period and may lose their spot to a student on the waitlist.
First Day of Class The first day of the course will be during the week of January 16. At that time you will be able to log into Moodle and download files you will need: The course Syllabus will be available (although that will be emailed to you well in advance of the start of the semester), first weeks’ assignments, lecture notes and streaming video links. When you download the homework assignment files for each week, you will receive in that file further instructions regarding the requirements for that week. Example:
Watch: Video “Introduction to Data” Download Lecture Notes: “Introduction Data” Read: Bluman, Sections 1-1, 1-2. Do: Questions 1.1-1.25.
This advisory means: use the link on the course site to connect to the streaming video to watch, download and study the lecture notes for that video, read the indicated sections of the textbook, and do the homework exercises shown in the homework file.
Homework Homework in mathematics is done with paper and pencil, showing your reasoning as you work through the problem, with equations, formulae, sketches, graphs, tables and diagrams as needed. When you complete an assignment, print out the assignment page, filling in your name. Scan or photograph each page. You will submit your homework assignments electronically via Moodle. The syllabus will help you to know which homework assignments are to be uploaded on which dates.
Forums There will be a set of forums with specific questions and problems in statistics that all students will be encouraged and expected to participate in, contributing questions, answers, ideas, solutions, debating and defending your ideas, working toward the goal of creatively solving the stated problem using the statistical tools you will be learning. You are encouraged to check into the forums to actively participate. Engaging in the forums is mandatory and counts toward your final grade. In addition there will be weekly general discussion forums that you are invited to check into.
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CU in Janaury! Sincerely, Prof. George Rothbart Mathematics Department
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