Fond du Lac Tribal & Community College 2101 14th Street Cloquet, Minnesota 55720 Office: W217 Phone: 218-879-0840 Email: ted@fdltcc.edu Fall 2024 Class Schedule: 9:00 -10:20am M_W__ Office Hours W217 10:30 -11:45am M_W__ College Algebra 228 12:30 - 1:45pm M_W__ Statistics 228 2:00 - 2:50pm M_W__ Statistics Prep 228Introductory Statistics Online:Creative Commons Local PDF Local HTML
You should not print out the textbook. It will not disappear. You can download the PDF for viewing on your own machine if this is handy for you. You will probably read some sections more carefully than others. Sections are referenced in the tentative scheule as needed.
Statistics textbooks vary in details; you will note differences if you look through other texts and references. We will use the conventions in this textbook. One weakness of this textbook is that the tables are difficult to use and, notably, difficult to print out in readable form. Here are some common tables in better form:
Standard Normal, Binomial, and T Tables
You may have a calculator already, but make sure that it is a scientific calculator which has the needed statistical functions. The TI graphing 83+, 84, 85, and 86 models are capable.
If you need to buy a calculator, I recommend the calculator TI-30XS Multiview. This does what you need for under $20. Fancier calculators may be more difficult to use. The bookstore sells the TI-30XS Multiview for under $20 .
Keep your calculator handy! You must have it for homework, exams, and in-class work.
However, here are some online calculators you may find helpful:
Basic Statistics and Standard Normal Distribution Calculators
Show your work on assignments! That is what I'm looking for, not just lists of answers--though, of course, correct answers are important. This is the easy way to complete assignments, no extra work copying things over.
30 assignments 30x10 = 300
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300 total
90-100% A
80-90% B
70-80% C
60-70% D
0-60% F
You should attend class everyday! This is the easy way to do well in any course, and this is especially true for math classes. Your grade is based on completing and turning in class assignments, almost automatically done by attending class then, perhaps, with a little flourish, say using D2L to post a completed assignment or emailing a completed assignment as an attachment. Let me know if there are accommodations you need for the class.
A feature of statistics study is that one does not have to make up applications out of the blue. Applications abound!
Mon aug26 1 1.1-3
Wed aug28 2 2.1-2 mean
Mon sep02 H Holiday
Wed sep04 3 2.3 variance
Mon sep09 4 2.4 relative position
Wed sep11 5 2.5 STD DEV and Chebyshev's rule
Mon sep16 6 sample test 1
Wed sep18 7 T1
Mon sep23 8 3.1 sample spaces
Wed sep25 9 3.2 set theory; counting, permutations, combinations
Mon sep30 10 3.3 conditional probability
Wed oct02 11 4.1 discrete random variables; 4.2 prob. distributions
Mon oct07 12 4.3 binomial theorem
Wed oct09 13 sample test 2
Mon oct14 14 T2
Wed oct16 15 5.1 continuous random variables
Mon oct21 16 5.2 standard normal distribution; 5.3 computation
Wed oct23 17 5.4 tails of distributions
Mon oct29 18 test 3 review
Wed oct30 19 T3
Mon nov04 20 6.1-2 sample mean
Wed nov06 21 7.1 large sample confidence intervals
Mon nov11 H
Mon nov13 22 7.2 small sample confidence intervals
Mon nov18 23 7.3 sample proportions
Wed nov20 24 7.4 sample size considerations
Mon nov25 25 sample test 4
Wed nov27 NC No Classes
Mon dec02 26 T4
Wed dec04 27 8.1 hypothesis testing
Mon dec09 28 8.2 large sample test
Wed dec11 29 8.3 significance of a test
Mon dec16 30 final exam review
Tue dec17 T1
Wed dec18 T2 (math1030 11-12:50 room 228)
Thu dec19 T3
Fri dec20 T4 (math1010 10-11:50 room 228), math0025 12-1:50 room 228