Math 1307 – 001

MWF 12:00 – 12:50

Room 133 Fondren Science

Instructor:Mrs. Judy Newell Office:208 A Clements Hall

Phone: 214-768-3243e-mail:

Office Hours: MWF: 10:00-12:00 website: smu.edu/math, then click people, my name and 1307

TTh: 9:30-11:30 TA: JohnsonTruong,217 Clements

Or by appointment

Help Session: MTWTh 4:30-7:30, 225 Clements Hall

Textbook: For All Practical Purposes (Mathematical Literacy in Today’s World);8th Ed. COMAP; Freeman.

Calculator: You will need a calculator for this course. I will be using a TI 83 graphing calculator in class.

Grading:1. Attendance (5%)

2. Quizzes (10%): These “take-home” exercises can be printed from the course web page.

  1. Tests (60%): You must take each of the four tests in class on the scheduled date.
  2. Final Exam (25%): This exam is comprehensive and must be taken at the assigned time.

Class Policies:1. You are expected to be in class each day (and on time). Absences and tardies

are unacceptable. Please remain in class until you are dismissed.

  1. Please stay focused on this course—do not read other material, sleep, or talk

while class is in session.

  1. The academic work in this course will be subject to the guidelines of the

SMU Honor Code.

  1. There will be no makeup of quizzes or tests. All work must be turned in on time—no late work! Final Exams must be taken at the scheduled time.

Disability Accommodations: Students needing academic accommodations for a disability must first contact Disability Accommodations & Success Strategies (DASS) at 214-768-1470 or to verify the disability and to establish eligibility for accommodations. They should then schedule an appointment with the professor to make appropriate arrangements.

Religious Observance: Religiously observant students wishing to be absent on holidays that require missing class should notify their professors in writing at the beginning of the semester, and should discuss with them, in advance, acceptable ways of making up any work missed because of the absence.

Excused Absences for University Extracurricular Activities: Students participating in an officially sanctioned, scheduled University extracurricular activity will be given the opportunity to make up class assignments or other graded assignments missed as a result of their participation. It is the responsibility of the student to make arrangements for make- up work with the instructor prior to any missed class.

Important Dates:

Jan 17: University Holiday – MLK Day Test #1: Feb. 11

Mar. 13-20: Spring Break Test #2: Mar. 4

Apr. 6: Last day to drop a class Test #3: Apr. 1

Apr. 22: University Holiday – Good Friday Test #4: Apr. 29

Final Exam: Fri. May6, 1130-2:30

**Note: There is no make up for any quiz, test, or final exam. You must take each of these at the time scheduled.

Goals:

  • Students will be able to demonstrate the ability to understand, critique, and draw conclusions from numerical arguments and data. (GEC outcome)
  • Students will be able to compute mean, median and standard deviation of data.
  • Students will be able to apply the Central Limit Theorem.
  • Students will be able to analyze simple two-person, total-conflict games using pure and mixed strategies.
  • Students will be able to compute simple and compound interest.
  • Students will be able to compute the present value and future value of annuities.
  • Students will be able to compare various voting methods.

Unit I: Statistics: The Science of Data

Displaying Distributions: Histograms

Interpreting Histograms

Displaying Distributions: Stemplots

Describing Center: Mean and Median

Describing Spread: The Quartiles

The Five-Number Summary and Boxplots

Describing Spread: The Standard Deviation

Normal Distribution

The 68-95-99.7 Rule

Unit II: Probability: The Mathematics of Chance

Probability Models and Rules

Discrete Probability Models

Equally Likely Outcomes

Continuous Probability Models

The Mean and Standard Deviation of a Probability Model

The Central Limit Theorem

Unit III: Voting and Social Choice

Majority Rule and Condorcet’s Method (and how these can be manipulated)

Other Voting Systems for Three or More Candidates (and how these can be manipulated)

Insurmountable Difficulties: Arrow’s Impossibility Theorem

A Better Approach? Approval Voting

The Chair’s Paradox

Spatial Models for Multicandidate Elections

Winnowing the Field; What Drives Candidates Out?

The Electoral College

Is There a Better Way to Elect a President?

Unit IV: Your Money and Resources

Simple Interest

Compound and Continuous Compound Interest

Future Value of an Annuity; Sinking Funds

Present Value of an Annuity; Amortization

Real Growth and Valuing Investments