STA 2023: Introduction to Statistics I

Fall 2008

Syllabus

To Do: Monday, Sept. 1^st to Friday, Sept. 5^th

· Complete Lab 1:Activity 4. This lab runs Tuesday through the following Monday.

· Watch Lecture for Wednesday and Friday.

o The live lecture will be held 9th period MWF in NPB 1001.

o You may also attending the taping during 7th period in Norman G520 (Seating in Norman G520 is limited to the first 25 students; however, there is available seating most days.)

o OR watch the online lecture. Monday’s lecture will be available after 5pm today.

· Take Quiz 1. Quiz 1 runs from Monday, Sept. 1^st until Thursday, Sept. 4^th 11:59pm. Quiz 1 covers material from lectures on Wednesday, August 27^th and Friday, August 29^th. This will be Chapter 1 Section 1 through Chapter 2 Section 2.

· Remember: EC Quiz 1 ends on Monday, Sept. 1^st at 11:59pm.

To Do This Week: Monday, August 25^th to Friday August 29^th

· Go to Lab. In lab, you will meet your TA and learn how the labs will work for the rest of the semester.

· Watch Lecture Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

o The live lecture will be held 9th period MWF in NPB 1001.

o You may also attending the taping during 7th period in Norman G520 (Seating in Norman G520 is limited to the first 25 students; however, there is available seating most days.)

o OR watch the online lecture. Monday’s lecture will be available after 5pm today.

· Login to E-Learning at lss.at.ufl.edu. Check you the links on the homepage and read the syllabus. Notice the calendar link.

· Take the EC Quiz 1 in E-Learning. It is on the syllabus and worth 2 points of extra credit. The extra credit quiz will run until Mon. Sept. 1^st 11:59pm. You have three attempts. The highest attempt counts.

How the course is structured:

Each STA 2023 section has two main parts: a lecture and a lab component.

Lab: Each student must attend each lab in person at their scheduled time. This is the one period section listed on the course catalog. You will be required to attend this section.

Lecture: There are two ways to watch the lecture: live or on streaming video. You may do either regardless of the section for which you are registered.

• The live lecture will be held 9th period MWF in NPB 1001. You may also attending the taping during 7th period in Norman G520 (Seating in Norman G520 is limited to the first 25 students; however, there is available seating most days.)

• The online lecture will be posted on this webpage for the first couple of weeks of the semester. Please check back here on the first day of classes. The lecture will appear here at the end of the day.

Materials:

· Lab Workbook for Statistics: The Art and Science of Learning from Data (ISBN: 0136037356) by Megan Mocko and Maria Ripol, 2nd edition. Pearson.

o copies of the lecture notes

o worksheets for the Lab portion of the course

· Statistics: The Art and Science of Learning from Data (ISBN: 0135131995) by Alan Agresti and Christine Franklin 2nd edition, Pearson, copyright 2007,2009.

The textbook and the lab workbook can be bundled to get a lower price. This ISBN is 0321533372.

· Scientific Calculator that has some basic statistical functions: mean and standard deviation. Many inexpensive calculators (around $10 to $15) have these functions; check the manual or look for the following symbols: x-bar and either s or sn-1. All of the more expensive graphing calculator have them as well, but it is not necessary to buy one of them for this class.