Phone: Email:

392-5592 mugnor1@southernct.edu

Class Time: Monday and Wednesday 4:50 – 6:40

Location: Engleman D – 125 (?)

Office Hours: Monday and Wednesday 3:15 – 4:30, Tuesday and Thursday 2 –3:15, or by appointment

Web Site: http://home.southernct.edu/~mugnor1/fall04/fa04index.html

Text: Statistics, By James T. McClave and Terry Sincich, Prentice Hall, New Jersey, 2000 Ninth Edition

Exams: 3 unit tests, 1 Final test and 1 project.

Attendance: Is mandatory! You are responsible for work you miss. Please be on time.

Class: During class time I will lecture and assign problems to do in class.

Homework: Will be given every week! It will not be collected.

Quizzes: Will be given regularly and can be given without advanced notice!

Quizzes will be 1 or 2 questions based on the homework. Quiz grades will be combined to count as 30% of your final grade. Missed quizzes can not be made up! Your two lowest quiz grades will be dropped.

Grading: Exam average 50% + Quiz Average 30% + Project 20%

Project: Will be given towards the end of the semester and will be a 2-3 page report.

Notes: If you have a disability, which may impact your ability to carry out assigned course work, please come see me and Contact Disabilities Resource Center at 392-6828, Engleman B-222

In accordance with Math Dept. policy, no late with drawls will be granted.

You should always bring your text and a calculator to class.

The focus of this class is solving problems. This means you must THINK!

You will need access to a computer with a web connection, email and spreadsheet, like Excel.

Mathematics is a skill, so it must be practiced.

Topics: The Science of Statistics, Descriptive Statistics, Probability, Discrete, Random Variables, Continuous Random Variables, Sampling Distributions Confidence Intervals Hypothesis Testing, Linear Regression

Homework: Send me an email. In the subject line include you name and MAT 221.03

Please include your phone number. Also make sure you can get to the class website and tell me what you think of it.