## Fall 2015

• Instructor: Albert Y. Kim
• Email: aykim@middlebury.edu. Don’t be this person.
• Office: Warner 310
• Times:
• Lectures:
• Section A: MWF 9:05-9:55 - Warner 506
• Section B: MWF 10:10-11:00 - Warner 507
• Labs:
• Lab Y: Th 9:30-10:45 - Sunderland 202
• Lab Z: Th 11:00-12:15 - Sunderland 202
• Office Hours:
• M 2:00-3:30
• W 12:30-2:00
• or by appointment

## Course Description

This is an introductory probability and statistics class where a conceptual understanding of the material will be stressed. Goals of this course include:

• Expose students to statistical concepts, including sampling, data visualizations, confidence intervals, hypothesis tests, and regression.
• Give students experience manipulating and analyzing data using the R statistical software package.
• Introduce the theory underlying statistics, including probability, distributions, the central limit theorem, etc.
• Develop statistical literacy.
• Tie in the curriculum to current events, demonstrating the importance statistics plays in society.

## Course Schedule

All problem sets and solutions will be posted on the course Moodle page.

## Materials

• Textbook: OpenIntro Statistics 3rd Edition by Diez, Barr, and Cetinkaya-Rundel. This textbook is available
• Software: We will be using the R statistical software package via the RStudio Server interface, which you can access via your web browser at https://rstudio.middlebury.edu (note the https and not http). Note if you are off-campus you must first log into the Middlebury VPN.

## Evaluation

Item Weight Notes
Quizzes 5% Lowest score dropped. Relevant reading/video posted on Moodle the week prior with quiz taken at the beginning of lab.
Homeworks 35% Lowest score dropped. Lab HW assigned/due on Thursdays, written HW assigned/due on Wednesdays.
2 Midterms 30% In class.
Final 30% TBA

#### Policies

• Quizzes:
• There will be no makeup quizzes.
• Homeworks:
• Homeworks are due at the beginning of lecture/lab.
• Unstapled homeworks and homeworks without names/section numbers will be penalized 25%.
• Please do not email submissions; ask a classmate to print it for you.
• Late (defined as after lecture ending) submissions will be accepted up to 2 days after the due date at a 25% penalty per day. If you submit late, your graded homeworks might be returned late as well.
• You need to show all work to receive full credit.
• Midterms and Final Exam:
• There will be no make-up exams nor rescheduled exams, except in the following cases:
• serious illness or death in the family only if documentation is provided.
• athletic commitments or religious obligations only if documentation is provided and prior notice is given. In such cases, rescheduled exams must be taken before the rest of the class.
• All midterms/exams will require a scientific calculator. Smartphone calculators will not be accepted.
• Absences:
• There is no need to inform me of absences for lecture/lab. Please consult Moodle and your peers for what you missed.