SYLLABUS


MA 243 Statistics


Summer 2004



Professor: Dr. Marie Schwab Miller

Office: C326

Telephone:457 (Off campus dial 229-8457.)

E-mail Address: dr_msmiller@hotmail.com

Course Number: MA 243

Credits: 3

Classroom: Internet Course

Catalog Description: An introductory course in statistical methods used in research dealing with descriptive and inferential statistics. The course includes measures of central tendency, measures of variability, graphing, z-scores and t-tests, frequency distributions, and correlation.

Goal: To prepare students to read and understand research which reports and interprets findings using statistical methods and to prepare students who will attend graduate school for advanced study of statistics.

Objectives: To understand and apply knowledge in the following areas:
Instructional Techniques:
Assessment/Grading and Assignments:
  1. Tests are to be taken just as they would be in a classroom, that is, without the use of your book (other than tables in the appendix, which will be needed for some exams) or notes. You are not to collaborate with or seek help from another student as you test. This course is on the honor system.

  2. Tests will be taken over each lesson. Students who are dissatisfied with their learning may choose to retest. Points from this work will be totaled and assigned a grade based on the following scale:

    90 - 100% = A
    80 - 89% = B
    70 - 79% = C
    60 - 69% = D
    0 - 59% = F
  3. No extra-credit work of any kind will be assigned.

Textbook: Basic Statistics for the Social and Behavioral Sciences Diekhoff

Outline of Topics: