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This document outlines the details of the MTH 305 Probability and Statistics course offered in the summer of 2016. It provides information on the class times and location, credits, instructor, textbook, prerequisites, grading structure, topics to be covered over the semester, policies on attendance, withdrawals, cheating and plagiarism. The course aims to introduce students to concepts of probability, random variables, probability distributions, sampling, estimation, hypothesis testing and linear regression through 40 hours of lectures over 15 topics. Student performance will be evaluated through tests, a final exam and participation.

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Course Number and Name Class Time and Location

This document outlines the details of the MTH 305 Probability and Statistics course offered in the summer of 2016. It provides information on the class times and location, credits, instructor, textbook, prerequisites, grading structure, topics to be covered over the semester, policies on attendance, withdrawals, cheating and plagiarism. The course aims to introduce students to concepts of probability, random variables, probability distributions, sampling, estimation, hypothesis testing and linear regression through 40 hours of lectures over 15 topics. Student performance will be evaluated through tests, a final exam and participation.

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Course Number and Name MTH 305 Probability and statistics

Class Time and Location M-F BB1004 7:30-8:30,


M-F BB1003 8:45-9:45 MTH 305
Credits and Contact Hours 3
Semester Summer 2016

INSTRUCTOR
Name: Samer Abi Ghanem
Email: [email protected]
Office: Orme Gray 409
Office Hours: M T TH 10:00 – 11:00

CURRENT CATALOG DESCRIPTION


This course covers essentially the distribution theory, estimation and tests of statistical
hypotheses. More specifically, the topics of this course include: Random variables, conditional
probability, independence, expectation, standard discrete and continuous distributions, regression
and correlation, point and interval estimation. Also included are illustrations from various fields.

COURSE PREREQUISITE/CO-REQUISTE
Prerequisite: MTH 201 - Calculus III.

TEXTBOOK AND REFERENCES


Probability and Statistics for Engineers and Scientists (Nineth edition), by Walpole, Myers, Myers
and Ye.

COURSE TYPE
Required

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

CLO1- Introduction to counting principles and probability space.


CLO2- Introduction to random variables and probability distributions.
CLO3- Introduction to fundamental sampling distributions.
CLO4- Introduction to statistics including sample estimation problems, sample tests of
hypotheses, and simple regression and correlation.

STUDENT OUTCOMES ADDRESSED IN THIS COURSE


1. Students will be able to use various counting principles to calculate simple probabilities.
2. Students will be able to identify and use probability distributions of (discrete and continuous)
random variables.
3. Students will be able to use different statistics techniques including sampling distributions,
sample estimation problems, sample tests of hypotheses, and simple linear regression and
correlation.

COURSE GRADING AND PERFORMANCE CRITERIA


Test 1 & Test2: 60%
Final Exam: 35%
Participation + Quizzes: 5%
TOPICS COVERED IN THE COURSE

TOPIC DURATION
1. Probability: Sample Space and Events, Counting Sample Points, Probability of an 8 hours
Events and Additive Rules, Conditional Probability and Bayes’s Rule.
2. Random Variables: Discrete and Continuous Random Variables, Discrete and 7 hours
Continuous Probability Distributions, Joint Probability Distributions.
3. Mathematical Expectation: Mean of Random Variable, Variance and Covariance, 6 hours
Means and Variances of Linear Combinations of Random Variables, Chebyshev’s
Theorem.
4. Some Discrete Probability Distributions: Uniform, Binomial, Hypergeometric etc. 4 hours
5. Some continuous Probability Distributions: Normal, Gamma, Exponential, etc. 5 hours
6. Fundamental Sampling Distributions and Data Descriptions: Random Sampling, 4 hours
Some Important Statistics, Sampling Distributions, Sampling Distributions of
2
Means and of S , T-distribution and F-distribution.
7. Sample Estimation Problems: Classical Methods of Estimation, Single Sample
2 hours
(Estimating the Mean, Estimating a Proportion and Estimating the Variance).
8. Sample Tests of Hypotheses: Statistical Hypotheses, Single Sample (Tests
2 hours
Concerning a Single Mean, Tests on a Single Proportion and Tests concerning
Variances).
9. Simple Linear Regression and Correlations: Introduction to Linear Regression,
2 hours
Simple Linear Regression, Least Squares and the Fitted Model, Properties of the
Least Squares Estimators, Inferences Concerning the Regression Coefficients,
Prediction, Correlation.

Total 40 hours

ASSESSMENT PLAN FOR THE COURSE


End of semester self-assessment using an embedded assessment exam.

POLICY ON CHEATING AND PLAGIARISM


Students caught cheating on an exam receive a grade of zero on the exam in their first cheating
attempt and receive a warning. Students caught cheating for the second time will receive a grade
of “F” in the course and another warning. Plagiarism on assignments and project work is a
serious offense. If plagiarism is detected, a student will be subject to penalty, similar to the
cheating case, which ranges from receiving a zero on the assignment concerned to an “F” in the
course in addition to a warning.

ATTENDANCE POLICY

1. Students are expected to attend all classes.


2. For valid reasons, students may miss classes for a maximum that is equivalent to two
regular weeks.
3. When exceeding the maximum number of absences, it is the instructor’s prerogative to
ask the concerned student to stop attending and drop the course. In this case, it is the
student’s responsibility to drop the course; otherwise a grade of "F” or “NP" will be given.
4. In exceptional justified cases (long illness, etc…), where absences exceed the maximum,
the student has to petition to the department Chair to be allowed to stay in the course.
5. Students are held responsible for all the material presented in the classroom, even during
their absence

WITHDRAWAL POLICY
“Students wishing to withdraw from one or more courses must follow the withdrawal procedure
provided by the Registrar’s Office. Students withdrawing from courses after the late registration
period and before the withdrawal deadline will receive Ws for all the courses in progress.”

New Withdrawal Policy


1. A student who withdraws after the Drop/Add period and by the end of the 5th week of
classes (10th day of classes for Summer Modules) will obtain a “WI” on that particular
course. The student may process such request directly through the Registrar’s Office.
The deadline for WI is June 15, 2016

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2. 2. A student who withdraws from a course between the 6th week and the end of the 10th
week of classes (18th day of classes for Summer Modules) will receive either a “WP” or a
“WF”. “WP” or “WF” will be determined by the instructor based on the achieved academic
performance in that course till the time of withdrawal.
3. 3. The “WI” and the “WP” will not count as a Repeat; whereas the “WF” will count as a
Repeat.
“WI”, “WP” and “WF” will not count towards the GPA calculation.
WI is equivalent to Early Withdrawal
WP is equivalent to Withdrawal/Pass
WF is equivalent to Withdrawal/Fail
The deadline for WP/WF is July 4, 2016.

COURSE EVALUATION
Completion of the online course evaluations is required. Students will not be able to
access their course grades until they have completed the course evaluations.

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