Textbook

General Statistics (fourth edition)
Author: Warren Chase and Fred Bown
ISBN: 047128310X
(Available at Wheelock Books)

Scheduled Lectures

Giulio Genovese

MWF 1:45pm - 2:50pm (x-hour) Th 1pm - 1:50pm

006 Kemeny Hall

Instructor

Giulio Genovese

Office: 241 Kemeny Hall

Office Hours: Monday and Wednesday 4pm - 6pm and on request

Phone: 646 - 9817 or BlitzMail

Exams

There will be two "midterm examinations" and a final project to be presented in a poster session.

Midterm 1	Monday April 21, 2008	6pm-8pm Carpenter 013
Midterm 2	Monday May 12, 2008	6pm-8pm Carpenter 013
Final Project	Friday May 30, 2008	3pm-6pm Kemeny 006

There is going to be no final exam in addition to the final project. Although, you are required both to make a poster showing the results of your experiment and to submit a short paper of the same experiment. Some templates will be given later during the course. You can work in groups for this, up to a maximum of three people.

Homework Policy

• Homework will be assigned daily and will be usually due one week after the class meeting. Check the website for the assignments.
• Most of the assignment will be Webwork assignments and therefore they will be posted online. They will be open for you to complete for about a week.
• You are encouraged to go to tutorials to find help with your homeworks.
• Unexcused late and missing papers will not count in the final grade, unless proper explanation is provided.

Grades

The course grade will be based upon the scores on the midterm exams, the homeworks, the quizzes, and the final project as follows:

Homeworks and quizzes	30%
Midterm Exam 1	20%
Midterm Exam 2	20%
Final Project	30%

The Honor Principle

On Exams: No help given or received

On Homework: Each person in the class has the potential to receive a homework assignment distinct from anyone elses, but all cut from the same mold. For example if the problem were to find the minimum of ax^2 + bx + c, each student would receive their own values of a, b, and c.

Collaboration on homework is permitted and encouraged, but obviously it is a violation of the honor code for someone to provide the answers for you.

Tutorials

Tutorial assistance for this course, that is, help with your homework, will be available in 108 Kemeny, Wednesday and Sundays evenings 7pm - 9pm. Tutorials will begin on Sunday, March 30.

Disabilities

Students with disabilities who will be taking this course and may need disability-related classroom accommodations are encouraged to make an appointment to see their instructor as soon as possible. Also, they should stop by the Academic Skills Center in Collis Center to register for support services.

Giulio Genovese
Last updated June 24, 2010 10:49:47 EDT