MATH-1342 Elementary Statistics

Kristopher Marcus

Credit Fall 2023

Section(s)

MATH-1342-051 (69352)
LEC MW 7:00pm - 8:20pm DIL DLS DIL

Course Requirements

A first course in statistics for students in business; nursing; allied health; or the social, physical, or behavioral sciences; or for any student requiring knowledge of the fundamental procedures for data organization and analysis. Topics include frequency distributions, graphing, measures of location and variation, the binomial and normal distributions, z-scores, t-test, chi-square test, F-test, hypothesis testing, analysis of variance, regression, and correlation. Skills: S Prerequisites: A satisfactory score on the ACC Mathematics Assessment Test. A second option is completion of any TSI-mandated mathematics remediation. As this course is paired with MATD 0342, please see MATD 0342 requirements listed under the paired instructor.

Readings

This is a First Day™ class. The cost of required course materials, including an online version of the textbook and software access, has been added to your tuition and fees bill.    

  1. Textbook: Statistics: Unlocking the Power of Data, 3rd Edition by Lock, Lock, Lock Morgan, Lock, Lock. Wiley (WileyPlus software) ISBN: 9781119682288
  2. Access to videos: of examples and explanations
  3. Access to Statistical Applets: for students to explore the concepts
  4. Required Technology:
  • Scientific calculator
  • Internet access to use the statistical software StatKey, the Visualize applets, and the material in WileyPlus.
  • Access to a webcam and microphone are required for this course. Eligible students can check out required technology at https://www.austincc.edu/students/student-technology-services

Course Subjects

This course will cover basic sampling methods, descriptive statistics, regression, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, Chi-square test, ANOVA, combinatorics, and probability. 

Student Learning Outcomes/Learning Objectives

Students will learn to

  1. Determine the aspects of a question, if any, for which statistics can provide relevant information.
  2. Analyze statistical studies, particularly regarding appropriate sampling and experimental design.
  3. Select and use appropriate statistical analyses to get useful information from data.
  4. Communicate knowledge using standard statistical language and also interpret it in non-technical language.

This course meets the Core Curriculum requirement in mathematics.  It meets the requirement for an introductory statistics course for students in many majors such as business, health sciences, and social sciences.

Office Hours

M T W Th 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM Online or On Campus

NOTE MW (Online via Zoom) 5:00 - 5:30pm, 8:20 - 8:35pm TTh (On Campus RRC2308.3) 9:45 - 10:30AM, 3:55 - 5:25PM

Office Hours

M T W Th 5:00 PM - 5:00 PM Online or On Campus

NOTE MW (Online via Zoom) 5:00 - 5:30pm, 8:20 - 8:35pm TTh (On Campus RRC2308.3) 9:45 - 10:30AM, 3:55 - 5:25PM

Published: 08/21/2023 09:12:31