MAT 3201 (LUOA), MATH 201 (LUO): Introduction to Probability and Statistics

11/10/2019 to 04/18/2020 • Modified 10/29/2026

Course Description

Introduction to descriptive statistics and probability, probability distributions, estimation, tests of hypotheses, chi-square tests, regression analysis, and correlation with applications in business and science. (Crosslisted with BUSI 230)

Rationale

As members of a society increasingly devoted to the use and misuse of numbers, the student must learn to correctly interpret and construct statistical presentations in all areas of public discourse, especially in his/her major fields. This course emphasizes the major applications of statistical knowledge rather than its theory. The course seeks to educate the student who will make important contributions to his/her workplaces and communities, follow his/her chosen vocations as callings to glorify God, and fulfill the Great Commission.

Course Assignment

After reading the Course Syllabus and Student Expectations, the student will complete the related checklist found in the Course Overview.

Each module, the student will complete several sets of exercises that will correlate with the assigned Learn material. These exercises will be completed using ALEKS. Three attempts are allowed per problem, after which the student may reattempt the assignment to get a new version of the problem. (CLO: A, B, C, D, E, F; TSQR 1, 2)

This is a culminating project that is split into 5 assignments. This project will apply statistics to real-life data collection and analysis. In Quiz: Project: Data Collection, the student will answer demographic questions that the instructor will compile into an Excel spreadsheet, containing the collected data from all course participants. The student will then use the Excel spreadsheet in each subsequent Project Assignment to calculate and analyze claims before submitting a final report by answering questions in Quiz: Project: Final Report of Results. Each assignment is listed below:

• Quiz: Project: Data Collection
• Project: Descriptive Statistics Assignment
• Project: Confidence Intervals Assignment
• Project: Hypothesis Tests Assignment
• Quiz: Project: Final Report of Results

(CLO: A, B, E; TSQR 1, 2, 4)

The Review Assignment must be completed with a grade of at least 70% before the related Exam Assignment can be taken. Each question on all the Review Assignments can be worked as many times as needed to get full credit. All the Review Assignments can be found in ALEKS. (CLO: A, B, C, D, E, F; TSQR 1, 2)

Each Exam Assignment will be timed and open-book/open-notes. The Exam Assignments will be taken in ALEKS. For each Exam Assignment, the student must complete the related Review Assignment with a score of at least 70%. The Exam Assignment will remain inaccessible until this minimum score is reached. Each Exam Assignment allows 1 attempt. The student must use a provided Excel file to track all written work for the Exam Assignment questions and submit the completed file to the corresponding Exam Written Work Submission Assignment in the same assigned module. Exam Assignments submitted without the accompanying work will not be accepted. The student will be unable to view the Exam Assignment after time runs out, so it is imperative that the student write their work while completing the assignment to be able to submit it in the Exam Written Work Submission Assignment. (CLO: A, B, C, D, E, F; TSQR 1, 2)

Written work for each exam must be submitted to the corresponding Exam Written Work Submission Assignment page. Exam Assignments submitted without the accompanying work will not be accepted. The student must use a provided Excel file to track all written work for the Exam Assignment questions and submit the completed file. Evidence of work will be provided either through Excel calculations, which should be visible in each cell, or by typing in all steps used to achieve the result in a TI 84 calculator. A picture of the TI 84 calculator screen may also be embedded in the Excel tab for each problem. 

Each quiz will cover the textbook readings and Homework Assignments. Quizzes will be taken in ALEKS and can be taken twice, with the highest score counting toward the grade. Both attempts must be completed by the due date. No written work is required for these quizzes. The 12 quizzes in ALEKS do not count Quiz: Project: Data Collection and Quiz: Project: Final Report of Results, which are part of the Project Assignments. (CLO: A, B, C, D, E, F; TSQR 1, 2)