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Math 584: Advanced Applied Statistics Course Syllabus Spring 2006 |
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Instructor: William Hooper Office: Science Center 371 Phone: 6415 Email: hooperw@clarkson.edu Class Meeting Times: Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 8:00am - 8:50am in SC 386 Office Hours: By appointment and
Office Hours subject to change. | ||||||||
| Textbook: Applied Statistics for Engineers and Scientists by Jay Devore and Nicholas Farnum. | ||||||||
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Objectives: To prepare students of engineering and science to 1. use statistical methods as applied to practical problems, and 2. learn new methods. | ||||||||
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Outcomes: At the end of the course the students should be able to 1. understand and be able to use multiple regression techniques, 2. be familiar with computer-intensive and nonparametric estimation techniques, 3. understand sampling theory and be familiar with various sampling plans, and 4. be familiar with quality control techniques. | ||||||||
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Academic Integrity: "The Clarkson student will not present, as his
or her own, the work of another, or any work that has not been honestly
performed, will not take any examination by improper means, and will not
aid and abet another in any dishonesty." (Clarkson Regulations)
Any student violating this standard will receive an F in the course and
will not be allowed to submit any further work. You are welcome, and sometimes expected, to work with other students on homework and projects. However, what you turn in should represent your own understanding of the assignment. | ||||||||
| Equipment: You are expected to have a calculator for exams. A simple scientific calculator will suffice. Spreadsheet programs may be used for homework but not exams. In addition we will be using the program Minitab for some of the homework assignments. | ||||||||
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Exams: There will be 4 in-class exams in addition to the final
exam. The material to be covered on exams will be outlined two classes
before the exam. The Final Exam will be comprehensive, covering the
whole course. The dates for the in-class exams will be
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| Homework: Each week there will be an online homework assignment in Blackboard. These assignments will collectively be worth 20% of your final grades. For those students taking MA584 there will be additional assignments which will collectively be worth an additional 10% of your final grade. | ||||||||
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Grading: MA384: The four in-class exams will count 12.5% each, while the final exam will count 30%. Your cumalative homework grade will count 20%. MA584: The four in-class exams will count 10% each, while the final exam will count 30%. Your cumalative homework grade will count 30%. | ||||||||
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General Comments: We will cover as much of the textbook as time allows.
Typically, Applied Statistics 1 covers chapters one through five and begins
chapters seven and eight, with the remaining chapters covered in this course.
We may, however, skip some sections or include additional material.
The topics covered in the text are:
Chapter One: Data and Distributions | ||||||||
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