Exams and grading

There will be three in-class exams and one final.  The exams will be at appropriate breaks in the material as shown in the above schedule.  The date and time for the final exam is Wednesday, December 12, 2007 at 10:10am and it cannot be changed.

Your grade for the course will be based on your performance on exams, homework, and work done in class:

Please note: No makeup exams will be given.

The grading scale is as follows:

 

Quizzes

We will have quizzes almost every week in class.  Some will be announced and some will not, so please attend class regularly.  You can drop your lowest quiz score for the semester.  A missed quiz cannot be made up unless arrangements are made in advance of the quiz. 

Homework & Excel Labs

Homework will consist of problems out of the book, and any extra problems that are assigned.  In general, homework will not be collected, but we will go over any troubles or questions you have in class.  Another very important note: No late homework will be accepted. 

Homework should approached as if you were explaining the problem to a fellow student.  Note that at times this will require prose, as well as numerical work.  Statistics is about communication.

Most of the computations used in statistics can easily be done with Excel.  Excel labs will be assigned in class.

In Class Work

We will sometimes do practice problems together in class that will be turned in and graded. The work done in class could range from work done in groups to a quick quiz.  A certain percentage of this work will be dropped, and so no make up work is given.  Not all these class activities will be announced in advance, so on any given day you should be prepared and relatively on top of the material.  Only documented emergency circumstances are acceptable reasons to be allowed to make-up missed work.  The wisest course of action is to regularly attend class.

Academic Integrity

Unless you are asked to work on a group project, I expect that the work you hand in represents your efforts exclusively, or proper citations/credits are provided. If you use something from the internet (even indirectly or paraphrased), please include a link reference.  If it is from a text, including the course text, please cite the title, author and page reference somewhere in your work.  Working with others to gain understanding is highly encouraged, but blind copying of someone else's lab or homework is a serious violation of university policy and has dire consequences for your academic career and life in general.  Please don't fall in this trap.  If things get really out of control in your life and you're totally freaking out about some assignment, then come talk to me before it's due.  We'll work something out.  I promise.

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