welcome to intro stats

Introduction to Statistics 1

Welcome to Intro Stats

Teacher: Ms. Patricia Horvath

Room: 55

School Year: 2010-2011

(Stats Textbooks)


Supplies

Calculator TI-83 Plus, TI-84, TI-84 Silver Addition

NOT TI-85 or 86. These are not

designed for Statistics work.

NOT TI-89--too advanced & uses different Commands

BUY: Extra AAA batteriesCalculator Cost: About $85-$100

Sources: Office Depot, Office Max, Ebay.com, Amazon.com


Supplies Continued

Protractor Should be small, if possible.

Uses:

Ruler--Small Compact and always

accessible

Angle Measure Guide--essential

for pie charts


Supplies Continued

CompassWe're drawing pie charts (1st part of the

course)

as well as bar charts and you MUST

be accurate. Graphs count for a lot

in Intro Stats.


Supplies Continued

Graph Paper Only graph paper is

acceptable for your work on paper.

Get a thick pad of it. You will need it.

You will have xeroxed problems,

for Classwork & Homework.

Anytime you need an extra piece of

paper it MUST be graph paper.

No graph paper, no credit.


Necessary Supplies Continued

Section/Pockets in your binder devoted to Statistics

with 4 separate tabs:

1. Class Notes

2. Classwork

3. Homework

4. Graph Paper


OPTIONAL Supplies

Other Items which are OPTIONAL but helpful:

1. A personal 3-hole punch used for archiving classwork and homework in your binder

2. A small personal stapler for attaching homework to accompanying graphs


Textbook

• Statistics Through Applications– It is reference material– It should be left at home– Materials will be presented in class that cover

topics in the book, but your text will not be necessary.


Getting Started

Your first assignment is to prove

you're prepared. Get your supplies now.

I'll be checking that you're prepared person to person

on Tuesday.

Get started NOW with your purchases.


Note—TA Search

Ms. Horvath is looking for a TA.

If you know one of my former students who is strong in mathematics and would like to become a TA,

tell her/him to come by to talk about the possibility of becoming a TA for me.

Thanks.


The Course—Intro Stats

• Not as challenging as college-level statistics, but covers many of the same topics.

• Providing a good foundation for all later work in college-level statistics

• Taking notes and keeping up with vocabulary every day

• Understanding concepts. Apply them statistically through classwork & homework


The Course—Intro Stats—Semester 1

• Construct and interpret graphs– Bar Chart, Pie Chart, Dotplot, Stemplot, Boxplot,

Histogram, Scatterplot

• Summarize single & dual variable data– Std Deviation, Normal Distribution,

Correlation, Regression

• Understand surveys & experimental data– Simple Random Sampling methods


The Course—Intro Stats—Semester 2

• Probability & Probability theory

Simple, Compound, Independence, Exclusivity, Conditional, 2-Way Tables, Applied Probability

• Binomial Distribution—Yes or No Questions• Advanced Normal Distribution


The Rules

• Be respectful of teacher and fellow students• No foul language of any kind—watch out for

words that are on my ‘do not say’ list. I’ll tell you; don’t use them again.

• Be safe; be on time• Be in your seat when the tardy bell rings• Don’t talk out of turn• Raise you hand to speak


More Rules

• No personal grooming; grooming belongs in the bathroom in a classroom

• No gum. Get rid of it before I get upset• No electronic equipment of any kind, including

cell phones & ipods, except for your calculator• No name calling physical contact or making fun

of anyone in class• No bathroom breaks; you have 6 min between

classes for that• Obey all normal rules outlined in the WHS

Student Handbook


Tardy Policy

• On the 3rd tardy to class during a semester, I will give warning

• On the 4th tardy to class, I will deduct 2 points from your next test score

• For all tardies after the 4th, I will continue to deduct 2 points from your next test score.


End of Introduction

• QED

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