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STAT 02-261-1

Days: T & R Time: 0930-1045

Classroom: Robinson 312

(CRN: 20490)

STAT 02-261-3

Days: T & R Time: 1530-1645

Classroom: Robinson 325

(CRN: 20493)

STAT 02-261-4

Days: T & R Time: 1700-1815

Classroom: James 2113

(CRN: 20494)

Professor B. Gummo

Office Location: 2nd Floor, Robinson HALL (Math department)- RM 228G

Office Phone: (856) 256-4500 EXT. 3849 (email is best form of contact)

E-mail: gummo@rowan.edu

Office HOURS: Tuesday/Thursday: 1:30pm – 2:30pm; Wednesday: 12:15pm-1:15pm; Also additional Hours by Appointment. (Send an email with advance notice to request an appointment

and you will get confirmation of that time/day for the appointment, then it is expected that you show up for that

appointment, if you cannot, email to cancel it with as much notice as possible).

Prerequisites: Statistics I (STAT 02-260 with C- or better)

Course Materials: "Business Statistics for Contemporary Decision Making" by Ken Black, ROWAN

CUSTOM EDITION (2017, 9th edition). ISBN: 978-1-119440178

Also available is the FULL EDITION (not required, but wanted to mention as fyi only)

LOOSELEAF FULL EDITION: ISBN 978-1-119330158 (you can use any format: ebook, custom or full hardcopy of this

exact textbook, it is your call what type of textbook, but must be correct EDITION is the key element.) We use textbook for HW assignments.

Required Calculator: TI-83/84 (Plus or Silver etc.) Note: Using TI-89 or N-Spire is acceptable, but

more ownership will be on the student to learn the appropriate location of the functions outside of

class since the TI-83/84 will be the only one demonstrated in class. Come to my office hours for

more help, if needed. We will also be using “JMP 13.1” (not version 12) software for this course you

need to install on a machine in order to use it outside of class time (Homework etc.)

Download site: https://confluence.rowan.edu/display/IRT/JMP NOTE: JMP Pro 13.X has now been

installed in the public computer lab located in Mimosa Hall. This lab is open 24/7.

Course Description: This course is a continuation of Statistics I. Confidence intervals and hypothesis

tests are studied in more detail, beginning with two sample inference for means and proportions. The

inferences in simple linear regression and multiple regression are presented. Analysis of variance is

introduced. Other topics include chi-square tests for goodness-of-fit and independence, and the

principles of nonparametric tests. Other than calculator, there is also need of statistical software such

as JMP (access by downloading it to your computer/above URL or its on computers in Mimosa Hall).

Attendance: Attendance is taken at every meeting! Refer to Rowan Attendance Policy for what may

be excused absence, but still requires COPY of documentation provided to the instructor in order to

be noted as “excused”. This documentation copy is due upon the student’s return to the class (the

next one they attend). Failure to provide the appropriate supporting documentation will mean the

absence will be recorded as unexcused. If the student will be missing class for a funeral or otherwise

known appointment, they are required to turn in Homework or other graded work ONTIME (by

scanning in and emailing or dropping off at my office, but it will have to be by the due date and time

(before start of the class) and cannot be turned in late. Instructor reserves the right to give a NEW

Homework assignment, if the student failed to meet the original deadline and the graded HW was

already returned to the class, but that is only an option if there was a true emergency with a timely

documentation that backs up the students inability to email in their HW (rare cases).

Note: Mathematical science based class builds layer upon layer; therefore, missing a class or multiple

classes may adversely affect one’s performance in this course. If a student misses a class, it is his/her

responsibility to obtain the notes(from another student) and to be prepared for the next class on time. If you know in advance you will miss a class, I expect you to speak to me directly, or call me, or e-mail

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me(if you do not get a response, I did not get the email) , yes email me PRIOR TO MISSING THE CLASS

and getting approval for any graded makeup assignment/quiz or missed test PRIOR TO

MISSING. In any of the above cases, you must state the reason for your absence and when you are

available to makeup the missed graded Quiz or Exam (during my next scheduled office hours?) [if

instructor agrees the reason for missing fits the requirements and the student is prepared/able/does give a

copy of the appropriate documentation]. You are always better to contact me prior to missing to facilitate

this process. BUT Note: Student must comply to the Homework deadlines, so drop it off to my office or

scan it in and email it prior/by the class start time or it is not on time and thus would not be accepted if

past the due date, so use technology to meet the deadline PRIOR to start of the class time it is due!

If you miss more than four classes by end of the course, the student will lower your overall grade by 4% for every absence over four total absences (excused OR unexcused) allowed. [For example: if a student has three excused and three unexcused absences = 6 absences so overall grade is dropped by 8%]. Students are responsible to keep track of their total number of absences and they are tracked from the first day of class, not just the first class you are able to attend. The instructor also keeps a record (and uses Rowan Success Network to document absences), so you can verify with me, if want to confirm your count (you tell me what absences you have recorded, I double check against my record).. Be consistently late will count as an absence (five lates = 1 absence), so be on time! Correspondence: E-MAIL BETWEEN STUDENT AND INSTRUCTOR SHOULD BE PROFESSIONALLY, CLEARLY, AND CONCISELY WRITTEN, ESPECIALLY NO IM OR TEXTING SLANG. YOU MUST USE YOUR ROWAN COLLEGE STUDENT E-MAIL ACCOUNT; I Do NOT routinely OPEN E-MAILS FROM OTHER SOURCES. ANY E-MAIL NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE ABOVE CRITERIA MAY NOT RECEIVE A REPLY. If you do not use your Rowan email, start now and check your Rowan email DAILY, all handouts and other materials are supplied by EMAIL not in Blackboard. Testing: Use the restroom before the test begins. No one leaves the room unless he/she has

completed and returned the test. Bring a TI approved calculator, minimum of two pencils, and an eraser. Cell phones are not permitted—if a cell phone is out during a test the student will receive an F for the test and reported to appropriate Rowan department for further review of consequences. ALL TESTS/Quizzes MUST BE COMPLETED USING A PENCIL. IF NOT, THE HW, Quiz or TEST WILL BE SUBJECT TO A 10 POINT deduction. The instructor may allow a handwritten formula sheet for tests (usually index card for quizzes) when appropriate, and if a statistics table is required, it will be provided by the instructor.

Attire: No baseball caps (or any hat with brim, so turn it around always) or hoods are to be worn

in the classroom, so please remove/adjust them prior to class starting. Class will not begin until the offender complies or leaves. If a student does not wish to comply with this request, then I would recommend that the student register for another section of this course. I need to see your face and eyes, and I cannot do so, when you are wearing hat/hood.

Evaluation: Regular Exams (tent. 2 exams) = 30% Homework (approx. Seven? HWs) = 25% Quizzes (announced or unannounced) = 20% 1 Cumulative (COMPREHENSIVE) Final Exam = 25%__ TOTAL = 100%

The comprehensive final exam will be administered per Final Exam schedule found on Section Tally.

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Homework will be assigned regularly throughout the semester and collected each time for confirmation of the supporting math/work shown for each HW problem… if work not provided, HW grade will be lowered substantially – since grade is based on accuracy and completeness of answers. Tutoring: Visit Tutoring Center (x4460, Savitz Hall) or the statistics tutors who are available in the Mathematics Learning Center. Use ROWAN success Network to see statistics tutors availability Grades are assigned as follows:

A 93 – 100 A‐ 90 – 92 B+ 87 – 89 B 83 – 86 B‐ 80 – 82 C+ 77 – 79 C 73 – 76 C‐ 70 – 72 D+ 67 – 69 D 63 – 66 D‐ 60 – 62 F Below 60%

Special Note for Students with Disabilities: You are encouraged to speak with me as early in the

semester as possible about your needs for special accommodations. If you have not already

done so, you should also speak with the office of Disability Resources in the Academic

Success Center, Savitz Hall 302 (x4234).

See also http://www.rowan.edu/studentaffairs/asc/disabilityresources.

If you are failing the course and do not wish to have an F appear on your transcript, the best option is to withdraw before the withdrawal deadlines (Late Withdrawal deadline is 4/9) and take the class again at a later date. Regular withdrawal deadline is March 7th. Academic Dishonesty: Read the Attendance Policy-Faculty Students Responsibilities document available at the Office of the Provost/Policies and Procedures/Academic Integrity page. Cheating and Plagiarism: Students who cheat or plagiarize will be subject to immediate disciplinary action. This will result in an automatic grade of F for that assignment and/or may also be an "F" for the course, and that student will be reported to the PROVST office. Using any electronic device other than your calculator for quizzes and exams is also considered "cheating" because of it is using unauthorized material.

Cell Phones and Laptops and Electronics: ALL electronics/ laptops /tablets/ CELL PHONES MUST BE TURNED OFF OR “Silent”(if cell phone SET TO SILENT MODE WHILE IN THE CLASSROOM)! During most class times, no distracting electronics should be used other than calculator (no cell phones, ipod, tablets, and laptops etc.) since most students find they are distracted from the class discussion and fail to listen closely to the material presented. If a laptop is allowed, it will be announced prior to that class (may be rare occasions and student NEEDS PERMISSION to use computer in class). If you desire to use your tablet or laptop to take notes, please see the instructor PRIOR to the class starting, to understand what guidelines are required. Any unauthorized use of computer/cell phone during class time will result in a POP quiz & grade reduction to student with the infraction (see next paragraphs).

Immediate penalty: IF A CELL PHONE RINGS DURING OUR MEETING TIME, OR A STUDENT IS TEXT

MESSAGING/or in any way using their PHONE or unauthorized use of Computers, THERE WILL BE AN IMMEDIATE penalty.

1st offense by the student) Penalty 1: must put their cell phone on the instructor’s desk. 2nd offense) Penalty 2: The offending student’s final overall course average will be reduced by 2.0% for each infraction

of the cell phone rule during the semester for every offense over the first offense. Students are given warning when class starts to put cell phone AWAY, so you get no further warnings beyond those.

ACCOMMODATION: You must give a copy of any ROWAN accommodation documentation to instructor within the first week (or within a week of dated letter whichever is later), if you have been approved for additional time or can only take tests in a separate approved area and you are not going

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to take exams in the classroom. If you have that documentation and would like your Quizzes to be given extra time as well, you will need to make an appointment with the instructor, with a two-weekdays notice, and note: that student will be taking the quiz at the instructor’s office instead. It is the student’s responsibility to give appropriate notice to the instructor.

Course Activities: The classroom activities will include formal & informal lectures where statistical concepts & statistical problems

will be explained. Students will have the opportunity to contribute to the discussion and to ask questions about the

material. The TI-83/84 calculator and JMP software is an integral part of the class. When Homework is returned

upon occasion the instructor will review key errors found within the graded homework, but time will not allow full

solutions to be done in class. If need more insight than what is provided, please come to my office during office

hours or schedule an appointment (via phone or email). If not enough feedback is provided on your returned

Graded Homework, then please make sure to come to my office hours for further explanation.

SPECIAL NOTE: If you are attentive in class and need something repeated, ask immediately, do not wait until

that material has been completed and the class has moved to new topic to ask your question. It is important that

students stay attentive to what is being presented and not be distracted by talking to fellow students during class

time (that is disruptive). Sometimes, class time is too short to go over all the material more than once, so if that is

the case, see me during office hours or schedule an appointment with me, to get additional help and understanding.

If you have not yet done so, read the Academic Integrity Policy on the Office of the Provost/Policies and

Procedures/Academic Integrity page. Start at http://www.rowan.edu/provost/policies/.

OBJECTIVES: The objectives of this course are to further students' knowledge of statistics and

its applications in decision making. Decision making in all areas of applications are discussed

with an emphasis on management and business. Statistics I is a prerequisite for this course.

COURSE CONTENT: (covering Chpt 9-14 and 16-17) - It may or may not be done in this exact

order (Non Parametric Tests and Regression can be done in either order).

1. The role of statistics in decision making / Review of 1 sample Hyp. Testing

2. Classical two-sample inference

3. Chi-square tests of goodness-of-fit and independence

4. One Way Analysis of Variance (& multiple comparisons testing)

5. Introduction to Non-parametric Methods

6. Simple Linear Regression and Correlation & Introduction to Multiple Regression What is Rowan Success Network?

The Rowan Success Network powered by Starfish® is designed to make it easier for you to connect with the resources you need to be successful at Rowan. Throughout the term, you may receive email from the Rowan Success Network team (Starfish®) regarding your academic performance. Please pay attention to these emails and consider taking the recommended actions. Utilize the scheduling tools available through RSN to make appointments (tutoring, advising, even your professor may have some times where office hours are available, but some are only by appointment) at your convenience. Additional information about RSN may be found at www.rowan.edu/rsn<http://www.rowan.edu/rsn . TIMELINE IS ON NEXT PAGE.

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Date Day Class No Items to be covered Text Reference

1/16/2018 T 1 1 sample T-Test (review), using Ti-83/84 Sec 9.3

1/18/2018 R 2 Quiz & Type I/II errors & 1 sample

Proportion Test (review using TI-83/84) Sec 9.4

1/23/2018 T 3 Quiz & Paired Data T-Test Sec 10.3

1/25/2018 R 4 Paired - Conf. Interval & 2 Independent

Samples Hyp. Test Sec 10.3/10.2

1/30/2018 T 5 2 Independent Samples Confidence Interval

& 2sample difference in Proportions HT Sec 10.2 / 10.4

2/1/2018 R 6 2 sample Proportion Confidence Interval &

JMP Introduction Sec 10.4

2/6/2018 T 7 JMP (con't) & Pvalue for Z(ts) using

Normalcdf

2/8/2018 R 8 Checking Normality: Quantile Plot &

Shapiro's Wilk Hyp. Test Handout

2/13/2018 T 9 One Way ANOVA - Hyp. Test Sec 11.1

2/15/2018 R 10 Multiple Comparison Testing (Tukey-Kramer) Sec 11.2

2/20/2018 T 11 Categorical Data - Test of Independence Sec 16.2

2/22/2018 R 12 Quiz & Review for Exam 1 (if students are

prepared)

2/27/2018 T 13 Exam 1 (all topics since start of course )

3/1/2018 R 14 (Flipped Lesson) Categorical Data - Goodness

of Fit Test Sec 16.1

3/6/2018 T 15 Non Parametric Test: Signed Rank Test Sec 17.3

3/8/2018 R 16 Non Parametric Test: Rank Sum Test / Mann

Whitney Test Sec 17.2

3/13/2018 T No classes Spring Break

3/15/2018 R No classes Spring Break

3/20/2018 T 17 In class graded Assignment #1

3/22/2018 R 18 Simple Linear Regression: Correlation Sec 12.1

3/27/2018 T 19 Simple Linear Regression: Model &

Assumptions Sec 12.2 - 12.4

3/29/2018 R 20 Simple Linear Regression: CIs & PIs Sec 12.7

4/3/2018 T 21 Multiple Regression (MR): Basic Linear

Model Sec 13.1 & 13.3

4/5/2018 R 22 Multiple Regression : Global F Test & Partial

F Test Sec 13.2 /Handout

4/10/2018 T 23 Quiz(tbd) & MR : Indicator Variables

(Dummy Variables) Sec 14.2

4/12/2018 R 24 Multiple Regression: Interaction Terms Sec 14.1

4/17/2018 T 25 Polynomial Regression Sec 14.1

4/19/2018 R 26 Exam 2 Topics TBD

4/24/2018 T 27 In class graded Assignment #2 (Non Linear &

Inter. Terms etc.) Sec 14.1

4/26/2018 R 28 optional topic: CRBD (Compl. Randomized

Block Design) Sec 11.3

Wk of: Apr30 - May 5th

Comprehensive Final Exam as Scheduled by Registrar emailed to you midway in

semester: see Section Tally as well when posted