AMS 5 STATISTICS SUMMER 2007

Course Location and Time: 1-3:30pm M,W,F in Baskin Engineering 165

 

Instructor:

Angela Pignotti

TA:

Juancarlos Laguardia

 

 

 

email: pignotti @ ams.ucsc.edu

 

email: jlaguard @ ams.ucsc.edu

 

 

 

office: Baskin 137  9-1308

 

office: Baskin 142  9-1413

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Announcements:

v   Final Review Session: Tuesday, August 28, 2007, 5-7pm

suggested Problem Review Sheet

v   8/31/07 – Comprehensive Final Exam will take the full class period.  All necessary formulas will be provided. 

v   Office Hours for last week: Mon 8/27 3:30-4:30 cancelled Thr 8/30 4-5pm cancelled   

rescheduled:

Mon.8/27

 Noon-1pm

(Jack’s Lounge)

Wed 8/29

noon-1pm 

(Jack’s Lounge)

Wed 8/29

3:30-4:40

 (Jack’s Lounge) 

Thr 8/30 

1-2pm

 (Jack’s Lounge)                                   

Fri 8/31

11-noon

 (BE142)

v   Exam1 Histogram v   Exam 2 Histogram v   Exam 3 Histogram v   Exam 4 Histogram


v     Textbook: (required)

v     Statistics (new! fourth edition). D. Freedman, R. Pisani and R. Purves. Norton & Company

v     Syllabus

v     Exams

o      There will be four short exams that are tentatively scheduled on 08/3/07, 08/10/07, 08/17/07, 08/24/07. Each of these will be approximately 45 minutes long, and test the material covered since the previoius exam. The comprehensive final will be in class on friday, 8/31/07 and will take the entire class time.

o      There will be no make-up exams..

o      Grading: Each short exam is worth 25 points, and the final exam is worth 100 points. The sum of your four short exam scores will be compared to your final exam score. The higher of the two will count for 65% of your course grade and the lower of the two will count for 35% of your course grade.

v     Homework

o      There will be regular homework assignments, which will mostly consist of exercises from the textbook. Homework will not be collected. The problems in the exams will be very similar to homework problems. The solutions to the homework can be discussed in office hours.


A.G.P.
08/26/07