Statistics

Text: Moore, David S. (2001). Statistics: Concepts and Controversies. 5th Edition.

Group A Meets 8:30 - 10 am Lib 2126

Group B Meets 10 - 11:30 am Lib 2126

General Requirement: Each student will keep a portfolio of her/his work to be turned in at the end of the quarter. The purpose of the portfolio is to demonstrate your effort and understanding of the material. Some things that the portfolio might contain:

• Visual organizer for each chapter
• Worked out examples with problem statements
• Reflections
• Lesson plans and handouts from presentations
• Notes taken during class
• Anything else you feel helps me to assess your understanding of the material presented in the class.

Weekly Schedule

• Week 2
• Bring at least one complete quantitative journal aritcle to class.
• Assignment
  • Read Chapter 1
  • Bring in an organizer for chapter 1 (notes, outline, mindmap)
  • Think about the question: Is there anything in this chapter to help me analyze research articles?
• Activities:
  • Preassessment
  • Create a list of terms to be investigated.
  • Create a set of goals
  • Decide on a tentative format for the course
  • Share organizers
• Week 3
  • Read Chapters 2 and 3
  • Bring a visual organizer for each chapter
  • Activities:
• Week 4
  • Read Chapter 4 and 5
  • Bring a visual organizer for each chapter
  • Turn in at least one worked out problem for each of chapters 2 and 3. Include a fairly complete problems statement.
  • Activities
• Week 5
  • Read Chapters 6 and 7
  • Bring in a visual organizer for each chapter
  • Turn in at least one worked out problrm for each of chapters 4 and 5. Include enough of a problem statement so that I can make sense of your answer without looking it up in the book.
• Week 6
  • Read Chapters 8 and 9
  • Bring in a visual organizer for each chapter
  • Turn in at least one worked out problem for each of chapters 6 and 7. Include enough of a problem statement so that I can make sense of your answer without looking it up in the book.
  • Activities - (Tentative) Class will create posters clarifying the main ideas for chapters 8 and 9.
• Week 7
  • Read Chapters 10 and 11
  • Chapter 10 is about misleading graphs. Bring in a misleading graph you find in a newspaper or magazine or online. Write a paragraph to be turned in about how good or bad the graph is. Be prepared to discuss the graph in terms of the material in chapter 10.
  • For Chapter 11 you will be divided in groups and will prepare a problem at the end of chapter 11 for presentation.