Stat 130 Introduction to Statistics for the Life Sciences

Instructor: Dale Embers

Office: SEO 309

Email: dembers@uic.edu

Phone: 3-2143

Office Hours: M 12-2, W 12-1

Class Meeting: M, W, F 10:00-10:50

Location: LC C1

TA: Zhe Meng   email: zmeng3@uic.edu

Help Resources: Starting from the 2^nd week, Math Learning Center in 430 SEO will start operating, usually Monday through Friday, 8:00a.m to 6 p.m. You can go to anyone in the center for help. For schedule, visit http://www.math.uic.edu/mslc/

Text: The Practice of Statistics in the Life Sciences (3^rd Edition) by Baldi and Moore.  You only need the online version that comes with the purchase of Launchpad.

How to enroll in Launchpad: 

Go to http://www.macmillanhighered.com/launchpad/psls3e/7240045

Enroll in this course using one of the following options:

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Attendance: It is your responsibility to attend all lectures and lab sessions and sign the attendance sheets. We will use only the attendance sheets as proof that you have attended.

Attendance recording starts from Week 3 after the add/drops.

Absences will be recorded on Blackboard on a regular basis.

If you have a dispute about your attendance, you must bring it to the attention of your instructor (for lectures) or your TA (for labs) by the end of the following week.

Homework:  Homework will be assigned for each section covered.  The homework will be worth 50 points.  Homework will be done through launch pad, you can do it anywhere you have access to a computer (your own laptop, computer labs, library, etc.) before the due date. Watch for the due time. Do your homework before the due date, the website may not work on the night the homework is due! The lowest 3 homework scores will be dropped. There is no limit on the number of try on homework. Only the best score will be saved. Note: During the semester, your homework scores are based on how many problems you completed correctly, this is not your final homework score which is scaled to 50 maximum.

Quizzes: Quizzes are also assigned through LaunchPad, during lab time. The quizzes will be worth 40 points.There are time limit to the duration of the quizzes and you are allowed two tries. The lowest 3 quiz scores will be dropped from your average. There will be no make-up quizzes, so attend the labs. If for any reason you miss a quiz, you use one of the three lowest drop chances.

Projects and Lab:  There will be two Excel based projects during the course based on methods learned in Lab.  The projects will be worth 10 points. 

Policy:

• All students are responsible for the full work of the course. This includes knowing the material, taking tests, doing the homework, knowing the dates when tests are held and any announcement that may be made in class.
• Calculators are allowed on exams, including those capable of symbolic algebra. However, most problems require you to "show each step"--and thus NO credit will be given unless you show all work by hand.
• Students should bring and display their UIC ID cards during exams. (Academic dishonesty: Cheating on exams typically results in disciplinary procedures, up to expulsion from the university).
• You are encouraged to discuss and work out homework problems with your fellow students.
• If you have a valid excuse for missing a midterm let me know in advance. In case you are ill on the day of a midterm, give a written evidence/explanation of your absence (e.g. doctor's notes) to me upon returning to class. There will be no make-up exams and/or quizzes. If your excuse is valid with written document, the missing exam will be replaced by the final (percentage wise). Otherwise it counts as zero.
• There will be no make-up for the final exam. Exceptions will be made only for emergencies e.g. hospitalization, or conflict in final schedule.
  

Histograms
Bar Charts, Pie Charts
Boxplots, Stemplots
Mean, Median, Quartiles
Sample Standard Deviation,  Interquartile range
Correlation
Regression
Two-Way Tables
Sampling, Observational Studies, Surveys
Designing Experiments
Probability
Rules of Probability
Bayes’ Theorem
Normal Distribution
Binomial Distribution, Normal Approximation  of Binomial Distribution
Sampling Distributions
t-Distributions
Inference about Population Mean, Confidence Intervals, Hypothesis Tests
Inference about Two Population Means, Confidence Intervals, Hypothesis Tests
Inference about Population Proportion, Confidence Intervals, Hypothesis Tests
Inference about Two Population Proportions, Confidence Intervals, Hypothesis Tests
Chi-Square Distribution, Goodness of Fit Test