MATH 217 008  Probability and Statistics

Spring 2013

MWF 2:30 – 3:20  Stright 340

http://www.math.iup.edu/~hedonley/math217/

Instructor: Dr. H. Edward Donley

Office: Stright 215

Phone: 724-357-3792

Email: hedonley@iup.edu

Office Hours

Monday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
9:00 – 10:00	8:00 – 9:00 1:15 – 2:15	1:15 – 2:15	9:00 – 10:00

Text

Sullivan, Michael, Statistics: Informed Decisions Using Data, Third Edition, Prentice-Hall, 2010.

http://www.mystatlab.com

      Course ID: donley86644,   Course Name: MATH 217 Probability and Statistics

Chapters Covered

Chapters 1 – 12

Technology

      Microsoft Excel

Grading

Tests (March 1, April 4 (evening), May 3)                                                   55%

Quizzes (Feb 8, 15, 22; Mar 8, 15, 29; Apr 12, 19, 26; May 10) 10%

Excel Homework (Four Assignments)                                         10%

Final Exam (May 13, 2:45 – 4:45)                                               25%

The lowest two quiz grades will be dropped.

Extra Credit: At the beginning of each class period, list up to three of the previous day’s homework problems on the board that you could not get.  You can put the solution to another student’s problem on the board and explain it to the rest of the class for one test point extra credit.

Grading Scale

        90-100           A

        80-89             B

        65-79             C

        55-64             D

        Below 55       F

Attendance

The instructor will not take attendance; however, students are expected to attend each class.  If a student wishes to make up a test, quiz, or turn in a late homework assignment because of illness or a personal emergency, the student must receive approval from the instructor before the regularly scheduled test or quiz or due date.  Otherwise, late homework assignments will not be accepted.