Syllabus: Stat 202 Fall 2015 - Revision history

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 '''Prerequisite:''' MATH-15x or higher, or permission of department.  No prior knowledge of statistics is assumed.
-'''Text:''' You will not need the text for the first week of class.  If you have not yet purchased the materials for the class, it is OK to wait a little longer.
+'''Text:''' The textbook is available from the publisher, Macmillan, through an online package called LaunchPad.  We will also be using this online package for homework.  Check your email for more information.
 '''Software:''' StatCrunch (web-based software), use this link:  http://statcrunch.american.edu/.

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 * August 31 (Monday): First day of class
 * September 7 (Monday): Labor Day, no class
-* October 1 (Thursday): Midterm 1 (during class time in SPA/WARD ST-01)
+* October 1 (Thursday): Midterm Exam 1 (during class time in SPA/WARD ST-01)
 * October 19 & 21 (Monday & Wednesday): Substitute instructor; Dr. Carver attends the Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience
 * Late October: Project
-* November 9 (Monday): Midterm 2 (during class time in SPA/WARD ST-01)
+* November 9 (Monday): Midterm Exam 2 (during class time in SPA/WARD ST-01)
 * November 23 (Monday): Optional Class
 * November 25 & 26 (Wednesday & Thursday): Thanksgiving Holiday (no class)
 * December 3 (Thursday): Last Class
-* December 7 (Monday), 11:45 AM - 02:15 PM: Final; In SPA/WARD ST-01
+* December 7 (Monday): Final Exam (11:45 AM - 02:15 PM in SPA/WARD ST-01)
 '''Project:'''  Last fall students in several Stat 202 and 203 sections took part in an exit poll project designed to discover whether voter ID laws were preventing people from voting.  Though some were initially reluctant, nearly all of the participants enjoyed the chance to take part in a real-world application of what they were learning in statistics.  This fall there is no important election taking place, but we have an opportunity to address a related question:  how many people do not even go to the polls because they have no IDs?  And, in fact, how many are not aware of the voter ID laws?  The sample design last year was worked out by the students in Stat 510 (now Stat 405/605) Survey Sampling.  The sample was stratified according to income and race of the precincts [we will learn what that means]; the exit poll was conducted at the selected precincts on election day.  This year we need to find a way to sample the potential voters.  Tentatively we plan to survey at selected grocery stores or drug stores, supplemented by sites to find particular voters such as young people, older people, disadvantaged or disabled people, using GIS to select the locations.  The survey will be done only in nearby northern Virginia, since that is where voter ID laws were shown to have an effect last year; it need not be done on a specific day, but we would want to select a week, probably in late October for the survey.  We also will select sites accessible by public transportation.

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 '''Important Dates:'''
-* August 31: First day of class
+* August 31 (Monday): First day of class
-* September 7: Labor Day, no class
+* September 7 (Monday): Labor Day, no class
-* ?? : Midterm 1 (in class); date for Midterm 1 will be determined by availability of Anderson Computing Lab
+* October 1 (Thursday): Midterm 1 (during class time in SPA/WARD ST-01)
-* October 19 & 21: Substitute instructor; Dr. Carver attends the Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience
+* October 19 & 21 (Monday & Wednesday): Substitute instructor; Dr. Carver attends the Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience
 * Late October: Project
-* ?? : Midterm 2 (in class); date for Midterm 2 will be determined by availability of Anderson Computing Lab
+* November 9 (Monday): Midterm 2 (during class time in SPA/WARD ST-01)
-* November 23: Optional Class
+* November 23 (Monday): Optional Class
-* November 25 & 26: Thanksgiving Holiday (no class)
+* November 25 & 26 (Wednesday & Thursday): Thanksgiving Holiday (no class)
-* December 3: Last Class
+* December 3 (Thursday): Last Class
-* December 7, 11:45 AM - 02:15 PM: Final; location to be confirmed
+* December 7 (Monday), 11:45 AM - 02:15 PM: Final; In SPA/WARD ST-01
 '''Project:'''  Last fall students in several Stat 202 and 203 sections took part in an exit poll project designed to discover whether voter ID laws were preventing people from voting.  Though some were initially reluctant, nearly all of the participants enjoyed the chance to take part in a real-world application of what they were learning in statistics.  This fall there is no important election taking place, but we have an opportunity to address a related question:  how many people do not even go to the polls because they have no IDs?  And, in fact, how many are not aware of the voter ID laws?  The sample design last year was worked out by the students in Stat 510 (now Stat 405/605) Survey Sampling.  The sample was stratified according to income and race of the precincts [we will learn what that means]; the exit poll was conducted at the selected precincts on election day.  This year we need to find a way to sample the potential voters.  Tentatively we plan to survey at selected grocery stores or drug stores, supplemented by sites to find particular voters such as young people, older people, disadvantaged or disabled people, using GIS to select the locations.  The survey will be done only in nearby northern Virginia, since that is where voter ID laws were shown to have an effect last year; it need not be done on a specific day, but we would want to select a week, probably in late October for the survey.  We also will select sites accessible by public transportation.

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 * November 23: Optional Class
 * November 25 & 26: Thanksgiving Holiday (no class)
 * December 7, 11:45 AM - 02:15 PM: Final; location to be confirmed

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 <big> '''Basic Statistics (Stat 202) Section 010''' </big>
-'''Materials:''' [[Lectures:_Stat_202_Fall_2015|[Lectures]]][[Lectures:_Stat_202_Summer_2015|[Summer 2015 Lectures]]] [[Lectures:_Stat_202_Spring_2015|[Spring 2015 Lectures]]] [[Homework:_Stat_202_Summer_2015|[Problems/Homework/Exercises]]][[Data:_Stat_202|[Data]]] [[Links:_Stat_202_Fall_2015|[Links and Other Materials]]]
+'''Materials:''' [[Lectures:_Stat_202_Fall_2015|[Lectures]]][[Lectures:_Stat_202_Summer_2015|[Summer 2015 Lectures]]] [[Lectures:_Stat_202_Spring_2015|[Spring 2015 Lectures]]] [[Homework:_Stat_202_Fall_2015|[Problems/Homework/Exercises]]][[Data:_Stat_202|[Data]]] [[Links:_Stat_202_Fall_2015|[Links and Other Materials]]]
 '''Instructor:''' <big> Sean Carver, Ph.D., </big> Professorial Lecturer, American University.

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	'''Materials:''' [[Lectures:_Stat_202_Fall_2015\|[Lectures]]][[Lectures:_Stat_202_Summer_2015\|[Summer 2015 Lectures]]] [[Lectures:_Stat_202_Spring_2015\|[Spring 2015 Lectures]]] [[Homework:_Stat_202_Summer_2015\|[Problems/Homework/Exercises]]][[Data:_Stat_202\|[Data]]] [[Links:_Stat_202_Fall_2015\|[Links and Other Materials]]]		'''Materials:''' [[Lectures:_Stat_202_Fall_2015\|[Lectures]]][[Lectures:_Stat_202_Summer_2015\|[Summer 2015 Lectures]]] [[Lectures:_Stat_202_Spring_2015\|[Spring 2015 Lectures]]] [[Homework:_Stat_202_Summer_2015\|[Problems/Homework/Exercises]]][[Data:_Stat_202\|[Data]]] [[Links:_Stat_202_Fall_2015\|[Links and Other Materials]]]

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 '''Academic Integrity:'''  ''Cheating is not acceptable and will not be tolerated.''  Consider this:  in subtle ways, cheating to get a better grade on an exam can result in ''lowering'' the grades of some of your classmates.  Certainly this is true when a specific curve is used to assign grades.  Even when I don't use curves explicitly, they can be implicit in decisions about writing and grading exams.  As required by the policy of American University, I will report '''all''' suspected cases of cheating to the Dean's office who will proceed to investigate and adjudicate the issues.   Cheating is giving or receiving unauthorized assistance on exams, from other students or other people, from notes, from books, or from the web.  When inappropriate copying between students is caught, both parties may be culpable.
-'''Homework, Attendance and Participation Policy:'''  Usually I award a maximum of 10 points for each homework set, due one week after it is assigned.  Additionally I award 5 points per day for class attendance.  I like to give the solutions to homework problems at the same time I assign the problems.  Conscientious students, who wrestle with problems before looking at the answers, benefit from having instant feedback about their solutions, right, wrong, or incomplete.  Less conscientious students who use the answers to easily complete the assignments often do poorly on exams.  The responsibility for your education rests in your own hands.  Don't be one of the outliers who use shortcuts to avoid preparing for the exams.    Concerning homework, you are encouraged to work with your classmates, if you find that helpful.  In fact, you are encouraged to do whatever you find most helpful with the homework, but by turning in a solution to a problem, you pledge that you understand the solution, or that you talked to me in office hours or during or after class and made a good faith effort to understand how to do the problem.   If it looks like you got the full benefit from the assignment, I will award you a perfect 10 points.  I may mark you down if it seems that you have copied the answers without including any of the required calculations.  You must include your work.  One more thing about homework: you can turn in your homework by showing me your solutions during office hours or during active-learning periods of class, or after class.  Some students prefer to turn in their work this way because they prefer not to tear pages from their notebooks.
+'''Homework, Attendance and Participation Policy:'''  I am evaluating StatsPortal and an alternative called LauchPad for doing homework online.  I also have paper Problems/Homeworks/Exercises on the link above, which may be used as homework or just in class exercises.  I expect to have a firmer homework policy by the second week of class.  Check back on this website or wait for an announcement in class.
 '''Public Service Announcement:'''  A representative of AU's Students Against Sexual Violence (SASV) approached me and asked me to include on my syllabi a list of resources available for survivors of sexual assault and their friends.  While sexual violence is by no means the only challenge faced by students, I agree that this issue merits particular attention, so I am honoring her request by attaching the list she gave me:

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-'''Class Etiquette:''' Please give the class your full attention and refrain from texting, surfing the web, and similar distractions.  Please participate in class by asking question when you do not understand something.  Invariably other students benefit from these questions.
+'''Class Etiquette:''' Please give the class your full attention and refrain from texting, surfing the web, and similar distractions.  Please participate in class by asking questions when you do not understand something.  Invariably other students benefit from these questions.
 '''Academic Integrity:'''  ''Cheating is not acceptable and will not be tolerated.''  Consider this:  in subtle ways, cheating to get a better grade on an exam can result in ''lowering'' the grades of some of your classmates.  Certainly this is true when a specific curve is used to assign grades.  Even when I don't use curves explicitly, they can be implicit in decisions about writing and grading exams.  As required by the policy of American University, I will report '''all''' suspected cases of cheating to the Dean's office who will proceed to investigate and adjudicate the issues.   Cheating is giving or receiving unauthorized assistance on exams, from other students or other people, from notes, from books, or from the web.  When inappropriate copying between students is caught, both parties may be culpable.