Lakeside Statistics: Course Information and Assignments
Instructor: Karl Erickson
Text: Bock, Velleman, Deveaux. Stats: Modeling the World. 2nd edition; Boston: Peason/Addison Wesley, 2007.
Course Description:
Statistics is a year-long introductory course designed to introduce students to the major concepts and tools for collecting, analyzing, and drawing conclusions from data. The goal of the course is to teach the student to think critically about the numerical data you see and hear in your life, and to be able to interpret this data into something meaningful.
This course will cover all topics in the AP Statistics syllabus, and students will have the opportunity to sit for the AP Statistics exam. Success on the AP exam can give a student university credit, advanced standing, or fulfill a college distribution requirement. You should check with your intended college(s) to see if they accept AP Stats for credit. For more information regarding AP Statistics, see the AP Course Description link at the College Board website. Students are not required to take the AP exam.
The course can be thought of as having five main parts: Exploring and Understanding Data (chapters 1-5), Exploring Relationships between Variables (ch. 7-10), Collecting Data (ch. 12-13), Randomness and Probability (ch. 11, 14-18), and Inference (ch. 19-27).
After the AP exam in May, you will work on an extensive project making use of all of the statistics techniques you have learned throughout the year.
Technology:
Students are expected to have a graphing calculator with statistics capabilities. A TI83+ or TI84+ would be ideal. Other calculators may be acceptable, but your instructor (having limited experience with other models) may not be able to assist you if you have any difficulties.
Grading:
Grades will be based primarily on a point total from tests, quizzes, and project work. You will be given homework almost daily. Do the homework! The tests and quizzes are based on material covered in the book work.
Other info:
If you need any additional assistance, please see me when any difficulties arise. Your success is dependent on both our efforts.
Don’t get behind. Stats is a cumulative subject, and you need to keep up. If you know you will be absent, see me before you leave; otherwise check in as soon as you return.
Be here, be on time, and be ready. If you can pay close attention when the material is first presented, it will make much more sense when you are working by yourself later.
Be respectful of your fellow learners. You will be working cooperatively quite often in this class.
In math class, we work on math. Please turn off all personal electronics before entering the class.
We will study and analyze some extremely interesting problems, with topics from science, politics, psychology, medicine, and economics. Enjoy.
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________hapters Assignments:
Chapters 1-4
Thursday, 9/4: Greedy Pig Strategy; Ch. 2: 1,7,11,19 (Due Tuesday)
Tuesday, 9/8: Displaying Categorical Data, Ch 3: 1-4 (choose 1), 5,10,13,17,24,30,39; Displaying Quantative Data, Ch 4: 3,6,14,19,22,30,31,32,38bc
Thursday, 9/11: Work day: catch up on assignments, begin review (Practice Test)
Friday, 9/12: Review, AP problems, More Review Problems
Tuesday, 9/16: Continued Review.
Thursday, 9/18: Test on chapters 1-4; Start Chapter 5.
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Chapters 5-6
Friday, 9/19: 5-number Summary, Standard Deviation Worksheet; p90+: 3,5,8,11,15
Tuesday, 9/23: Boxplots and Histograms on the TI Worksheet; p90+ : 19,27,31,38,41; AP Questions
Thursday, 9/25: Summation of Ch 5; Begin Ch 6 Standard Scores and the Normal Curve; p123+ : 1,5,7,11,17,18,21
Friday, 9/26: More Normal Curve; IB Problems Worksheet; p123+: 23,33,35,39,42,49
Tuesday, 9/29: Even more normal curve problems. AP questions.
Thursday, 10/2: Is it Normal? Project.
Friday, 10/3: Review for Test Review Problems for Ch 5 and 6
Tuesday, 10/7: Test on ch 5 and 6