welcome to intro stats

Introduction to Statistics 1

Welcome to Intro Stats

Teacher: Ms. Patricia Horvath

Room: 55

School Year: 2011-2012

(Stats Textbooks)

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SuppliesCalculator 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

Save and give to me the back sheet (with the POINTS on it). I can use them to buy TI supplies for the classroom


Supplies ContinuedProtractor Should be small, if possible.

Uses:

Ruler--Small Compact and always

accessible

Angle Measure Guide--essential

for pie charts (beginning of our course)

Several #2 pencils or better yet, a good (0.7 lead) mechanical pencil. You’ll be doing lots of writing. And while you are there, get lead for the pencils.

Pencil


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 pencil, no credit.


Necessary Supplies Continued

Pockets in your regular binder devoted to Statistics

with 4 separate labeled 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


What are your supplies worth?

20 Points for all your supplies

(Your first grade of the semester)

1. TI 83+/84 Calculator 10 points

2. Graph Paper 2 points

3. Protractor 2 points

4. Compass 2 points

5. (Mechanical) Pencil & Lead 2 points

6. Tabs/Pockets in your Binder 2 points

Total 20 points

Check date: Thursday, Sept 8 in class.

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Who Should Take Intro Stats?• You actually like math• Algebra/Analysis is not your thing, but applied

math might be.• The real world as it applies to math is something

worth learning about• You like graphing and thinking about numbers in

context• You want those A-G credits on your transcript for

college• You don’t mind doing math homework• You don’t mind taking notes everyday


Who Should NOT Take Intro Stats?• You want math, but you don’t want to work• You want to ‘goof off’• You don’t want to do homework• You hate graphing• You want an easy Senior/Junior year• You think this is a push-over class• You like to talk and socialize in class• You hate taking notes

For any of these reasons, DROP this course immediately. You will NOT be happy here. Take something else.



Textbook

• Statistics Through Applications– It is reference material– It should be left at home– Materials necessary for classwork and

homework 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 Wednesday.

Get started NOW with your purchases.


What are your supplies worth?

20 Classwork Points for all your supplies

(Your first grade of the semester)

1. TI 83+/84 Calculator 10 points

2. Graph Paper 2 points

3. Protractor 2 points

4. Compass 2 points

5. (Mechanical) Pencil & Lead 2 points

6. Tabs/Pockets in your Binder 2 points

Total 20 points

Check date: Thursday Sept 8. Start shopping now.


Note—TA Search

Ms. Horvath is looking for a TA.

If you know any of my former students or other students who are 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.

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The Course—Intro Stats

• Not as challenging as college-level statistics, but covers some 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 immediately & statistically through classwork & homework


The Course—Intro Stats—Semester 1

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

Histogram, Scatterplot

• Summarize single & bivariate data– Std Deviation, Normal Distribution,

Correlation, Regression

• Understand surveys & experimental data– Random Sampling


The Course—Intro Stats—Semester 2

• Probability & Probability theorySimple, Compound, Independence, Exclusivity, Applied Probability

• Binomial Distribution—Yes or No Questions

• Two Way Tables & Conditional Probability

The Green Sheets—the Syllabus10 Classwork Points

• You are about to receive the green sheets or syllabus for this class. The green sheets tell most everything you need to know about this course.

• The 3rd page of the Green Sheets must be signed by you and your parent and returned to my homework box.

• This is worth 10 classwork points. The Green Sheet return is due on the day of the supply check, Thursday September 8 to the HW box.

• Mark your calendars/Husky Planners.Introduction to Statistics 21


The Rules


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 not 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. I see you touch a phone in class, you will hand it over to me.

• 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. The option to send you to the SRC after the 3rd tardy also exists.


End of Introduction

• Some things to remember:Get your supplies

Get the green sheets signed

• Have everything for me on Thursday Sept 8

• QED

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