MATH171 - Honors Statistical Decision Making

Spring 2010

Class Pace and Assignments

Date and Time of Last Update to This Page: 04/12/10 12:20 PM


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 This page will be updated as we progress through the semester so please check regularly for updates.  This link will take you to the class textbook page that has solutions to the in-class activities.  Solutions for practice homework activities are on reserve at the library.

 

Assignments (in reverse chronological order)

 
Week & Date of Class Assignment(s) Due/Quiz or Test Scheduled

Material Covered in Class

Homework

Week 15

T 4/27

Comprehensive Final Exam

8:00-10:30 a.m.

Week 14

F 4/23

 

 

Review for Final

 

Week 14

W 4/21

- Honors Poster Session, 3:00 - 5:00 p.m.

   

Week 14

M 4/19

- Joint Class Meeting in Chichester Science Center 210

- Mock poster session

 

Week 13

F 4/16

- Final Draft of Poster Presentation Due

   

Week 13

W 4/14

Group Hand-In Homework 6 DUE: Activities 19-12, 19-19, 20-8, 22-12, 22-17

- More from Topic 21

Finish Activities in Topic 21 not finished in class.

Week 13

M 4/12

 

- Questions about Topic 22 and Homework Due on Wednesday

- Topic 21 - Activities 21-1 through 21-5 in class

Finish activity 21-1

 

Week 12

F 4/9

- Second Draft of Poster Presentation Due by 5:00 p.m.

- More on Topic 22 - Application to Poster

- Activities 22-1, 22-2 in class

- Teams will reflect on feedback from Drs. Lunsford and Fink before preparing the final draft of their poster presentation.

Finish Activities not done in class at home.

Week 12

W 4/7

Take Quiz 3 before 5:00 p.m. Thursday, 4/8

- Questions on Topic 20 concepts

- Topic 22

Add to Group Hand-In Homework 6:  22-12, 22-17

Week 12

M 4/5

- Joint Class Meeting in Chichester Science Center 210

- First Draft of Poster Presentation Due

- Quiz 3 ready by 5:00 p.m. today.  It covers Topics16, 17, 18, 19, and 20

- Work Topics 20-1, 20-3, and 20-4

- Share and discuss first draft of posters.

- Teams will reflect on the class discussion and feedback before preparing the second draft of their poster presentation.

Week 11

F 4/2

 

- Questions from Topic 19

- Topic 20

Add to Group Hand-In Homework 6:  20-8

Week 11

W 3/31

Finish Topic 19 - Activity 19-1 before class.

- Finish Topic 19 (see my email to you regarding this)

Group Hand-In Homework 6:  19-12, 19-19

Week 11

M 3/29

- Project Homework 3 Due (Critique of poster)

Group Hand-In Homework 5 DUE:  Activities 14-7, 14-9, 16-19, 16-21, 17-11, 17-24

Work Activities 18-1 through 18-4 from Topic 18 before class.

- Start Topic 19

- Start working on first draft of poster presentation.

Week 10

F 3/26

 

- Questions from Topic 17.

 

Week 10

W 3/24

 

- More on Topic 17. 

 

Week 10

M 3/22

- Joint Class Meeting in Ruffner G56

- Project Homework Due:  Create the time series graph we learned about it lab on M 3/15.  Bring a hard copy of the graph to turn in for grading.  Also send me an e-copy of the graph. 

- Analysis and interpretation of your experimental data.

- Project Homework 3:  Research teams will critique a pair of posters from a previous interdisciplinary Honors project.  Teams will access the first and final drafts in Bb and prepare a written comments about progress between the first and final draft and a critique of the final poster.  This written work should be submitted to Drs. Lunsford and Fink via email.

Week 9

F 3/19

 

- Review Topic 16

- Topic 17: Activities 17-1 through 17-4

- Add to Group Hand-In Homework 5:  Activities 17-11, 17-24

Week 9

W 3/17

 

- Topic 16:  Activities 16-1 and 16-2 together, 16-3, 16-4, 16-5 in groups.  

- Add to Group Hand-In Homework 5:  Activities 16-19, 16-21

Week 9

M 3/15

- Joint Class Meeting in Ruffner G56

- Go over statistical analyses to be used.

Start analysis and interpretation of your experimental data.

Spring Break

M 3/8 - F 5/8

SPRING BREAK!

Week 8

F 3/5

- Project Homework 2 Due (Compiled data entered into an Excel spreadsheet and the original hard copies of completed data collection sheets.  Each research team will prepare the Excel sheet and submit it to Drs. Lunsford and Fink via email.  The hard copies of the data sheets should be submitted to Dr. Lunsford.)

Mid-Term Exam (in class), Covers Topics Topics 1 - 5, 7 -10, 12 -14  

Week 8

W 3/3

Work Activities 15-1 through 15-3 before class

- Finish Topic 15

- Review for Midterm

 

Week 8

M 3/1

Group Hand-In Homework 4 Due Beginning of Class:   Activities 12-7, 12-8, 12-15, Activities 13-9 (use the Reese Pieces applet as suggested), 13-12, 13-14, 13-17

- Review of Homework 3

- Review of Topic 14 concepts

Topic 15: Central Limit Theorem

Activities 15-1 through 15-3

 

 

Week 7

F 2/26

 

- Review of Major concepts from Topic 13

- Topic 14: Sampling Distributions: Means

- Activities 14-1, 14-2, 14-3 in class.

- Group Hand-In Homework 5:  Activities 14-7,  14-9

Week 7

W 2/24

In Class Quiz 2 - Covers Topics 4, 5, 7 -10, 12    

Week 7

M 2/22

 

-  Topic 13:  Sampling Distributions: Proportions

- Add to Group Hand-In Homework 4:  Activities 13-9 (use the Reese Pieces applet as suggested), 13-12, 13-14, 13-17

Week 6

F 2/19

Group Hand-In Homework 3 Due Beginning of Class: Activities 7-9, 7-17, 7-20, 8-11, 8-23, 9 - 10, 9 - 20 (Draw both dot and box plots for 9 -20), 10-12, 10-20

- Please work Activities 12-1 through 12-3 before class today

Group Hand-In Homework 4: Activities 12-7, 12-8, 12-15 (plus more to be assigned).  For all of the probabilities (proportions) found for Chapter 12 homework, please draw a graph of the normal distribution and shade the area that corresponds to the probability.

Week 6

W 2/17

 

- Review of Homework 3

 

Week 6

M 2/15

- Joint Class Meeting in Chichester Science Center 210

- Honors open house for prospective Honors students.  Be ready to discuss your team’s research project with these potential LU students.

 

Week 5

F 2/12

 

- Finish Displaying and Describing Quantitative Data (Histograms, Measures of Center and Spread, IQR and Boxplots), Topics 7 - 10

- Work Activities 9-4 and 9-5

Group Hand-In Homework 3: Activities 7-9, 7-17, 7-20, 8-11, 8-23, 9 -10, 9 - 20 (Draw both dot and box plots for 9 -20) 10-12, 10-20

Week 5

W 2/10

 

- More on Displaying and Describing Quantitative Data (Histograms, Measures of Center and Spread, IQR and Boxplots), Topics 7 - 10

 

Week 5

M 2/8

- Joint Class Meeting in Chichester Science Center 210

- Set up experiments.

 

Week 4

F 2/5

Hand-In Homework 2 Due Beginning of Class

(3-17, 3-20, 4-7, 4-8, 5-12, 5-13)

- Displaying and Describing Quantitative Data (Histograms, Measures of Center and Spread, IQR and Boxplots), Topics 7 - 10

 

Week 4

W 2/3

 

Power Point Slides Used in Class

 

- Displaying and Describing Quantitative Data (Histograms, Measures of Center and Spread, IQR and Boxplots), Topics 7 - 10

 

Week 4

M 2/1

- Project Homework 1 Due by 5:00 pm (Write-up of experimental design and data collection sheet)

- Work Activity 5-1 before class

- Activities 5-2, 5-3 in class

- Add to Hand-In Homework 2:  5-12, 5-13

Week 3

 F 1/29

  - Be sure to bring your calculator to class today.

- Continue with Topic 4, Activities 4-2, 4-3, 4-4

- Add to Hand-In Homework 2:  4-7, 4-8

Week 3

W 1/27

- Quiz 1 available after class today.  Must be completed by beginning of class on Friday.  It covers Topics 1 through 3.

- More on design of experiments.

 

Week 3

M 1/25

- Joint Class Meeting in Chichester Science Center 210

 

- Design experiments.

- Project Homework 1:  Write up experimental design and create data collection sheet.  Data collection sheet should include a column for recording the observer.  Each research team will prepare these documents and submit them to Drs. Lunsford and Fink via email.

Week 2

F 1/22

- Hand-In Homework 1 Due by 5:00 p.m. today.  Activities 1-12, 1-13, 2-17, 2-18,  2-19

- Review of Activities 3-1 through 3-3

- Start Topic 4 Random Sampling: Activity 4-1

- Hand-In Homework 2:  3-17, 3-20

Week 2

W 1/20

 

- Review of Topics 1 and 2

- Topic 3 Drawing Conclusions from Studies:  Activities 3-1 through 3-3

 

Week 2

M 1/18

MLK Holiday!  - NO CLASS

   

Week 1

F 1/15

Easy Quiz 1 (Due by 12:30 on Tuesday 1/19)

- Start Topic 2:  Data and Distributions and the Graphing Calculator: Activities 2-1, 2-2, 2-3 (up to part e), 2-4, 2-5

- Download programs and data sets into your TI calculator

- Add to Hand-In Homework 1:  Activities 2-17, 2-18,  2-19

Week 1

W 1/13

 

- Review of Syllabus/Website

- Start Topic 1:  Data and Variables, Activities 1-1 through 1-5

Easy Quiz 1 (Due by 12:30 on Tuesday 1/19)

- Finish Activities 1-1 through 1-6

- Answer the Preliminaries 1-7 on pages 14, 15

- Hand-In Homework 1:  Activity 1-12, Activity 1-13


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