This course introduces the students to both descriptive and inferential statistics. Emphasis is placed on the practical use of statistics in the collecting, organizing, analyzing and interpreting of data. Students will learn standard topics such as sampling, bias, organization of data, measures of central tendency and dispersion, correlation and regression, probability, normal and standard normal distributions, confidence intervals and hypothesis testing.
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
Each week has homework assignments aligned with the content modules. These will be completed in Brightspace.
Each week, you will participate in discussions in which you will apply statistics skills and respond to your peers.
There is a course project that is broken up into 3 parts. Part 1 is due in Module 6 (Week 2), Part 2 is due in Module 12 (Week 5) and Part 3 is due in Module 16 (Week 6). You must complete each part of the project in order (ie: you will not be able to access Part 2 materials until Part 1 has been submitted).
Your grade in this course will be determined by the following criteria:
Assignment | Points | Percentage of Grade |
---|---|---|
Weekly Discussions (6 discussions, 30 points each) | 180 | 15% |
Week 6 Reflection Discussion | 40 | 4% |
Homework Assignments (15 modules, 32 points each) | 480 | 48% |
Statistics Project (3 parts, 100 points each) | 300 | 30% |
Total | 1000 | 100% |
Grade | Points Grade | Point Average (GPA) |
A | 94 – 100% | 4.00 |
A- | 90 – 93% | 3.75 |
B+ | 87 – 89% | 3.50 |
B | 84 – 86% | 3.00 |
B- | 80 – 83% | 2.75 |
C+ | 77 – 79% | 2.50 |
C | 74 – 76% | 2.00 |
C- | 70 – 73% | 1.75 |
D | 64 – 69% | 1.00 |
F | 00 – 63% | 0.00 |
Week 1: May 20 – May 26
Week 2: May 27 – Jun 2
Week 3: Jun 3 – Jun 9
Week 4: Jun 10 – Jun 16
Week 5: Jun 17 – Jun 23
Week 6: Short Week Jun 24 – Jun 28
All assignments are due weekly by 11:59 PM ET at the designated times and days recorded below.
Week | Modules/Assignments | Due Dates |
1 |
Modules 1, 2, and 3 Week 1 Discussions:
Homework: Modules 1, 2, and 3 Select topic for Statistics Project |
Discussion (Initial Post) – Friday, 11:59 PM EST Discussions (Response Posts) – Sunday, 11:59 PM EST Homework – Sunday, 11:59 PM EST |
2 |
Modules 4, 5, and 6 Week 2 Discussion:
Homework: Modules 4, 5, and 6 Statistics Project Part 1 due |
Discussion (Initial Post) – Friday, 11:59 PM EST EST Discussion (Response Posts) – Sunday, 11:59 PM EST Homework – Sunday, 11:59 PM EST Statistics Project Part 1 – Sunday, 11:59 PM EST |
3 |
Modules 7, 8, and 9 Week 3 Discussion:
Homework: Modules 7, 8, 9 |
Discussion (Initial Post) – Friday, 11:59 PM EST Discussion (Response Posts) – Sunday, 11:59 PM EST Homework – Sunday, 11:59 PM EST |
4 |
Modules 10 and 11 Week 4 Discussion:
Homework: Modules 10 and 11 Begin working on Statistics Project Part 2 |
Discussion (Initial Post) – Friday, 11:59 PM EST Discussion (Response Posts) – Sunday, 11:59 PM EST Homework – Sunday, 11:59 PM EST |
5 |
Modules 12, 13 and 14 Week 5 Discussion:
Homework: Modules 12, 13, 14 Statistics Project Part 2 due on FRIDAY |
Discussion (Initial Post) – Friday, 11:59 PM EST Discussion (Response Posts) – Sunday, 11:59 PM EST Statistics Project Part 2 – Friday, 11:59 PM EST Homework – Sunday, 11:59 PM EST
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6 |
Modules 15 and 16 Week 6 Discussion:
Homework: Modules 15 and 16 Statistics Project Part 3 due |
Discussion (Initial Post) – Wednesday, 11:59 PM EST Discussion (Response Posts) – FRIDAY, 11:59 PM EST Homework – FRIDAY, 11:59 PM EST Statistics Project Part 3 – FRIDAY, 11:59 PM EST |
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