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OFFICE:400C Fletcher Hall
TELEPHONE:4254410
Text:Statistics for Business and Economics, by Anderson, Sweeney and Williams (South-WesternCollege Publishing), Tenth Edition.
Workbook:Workbook to accompany Statistics for Business and Economics, by Mohammad Ahmadi (South-Western College Publishing), Tenth Edition.
Other Material:Lecture notes, multiple choice questions, and solutions to all the textbook problems are available at my web site. You can download them from Please download, print, and bring to class my lecture notes for the chapters that we will be covering.
Blackboard:I will also be communicating with you through “Blackboard.” Go to to log into the Blackboard. To enhance student services, the University will use your UTC email address () for communications. (See for your exact address.) Please check your UTC email on a regular basis. If you have problems with accessing your email account, contact the Help Desk at 423/425-4000.
COURSE OBJECTIVES AND CONDUCT
This course is designed too introduce the student to the concepts and applications of descriptive and inferential statistics. The course will be conducted primarily in a lecture-discussion manner. Chapters 1 through 9 of the textbook will be covered in the first course (BMGT 211) and the remaining chapters will be covered in the second course (BMGT 212). In order to enroll in BMGT 212, you must earn a grade of C or better in BMGT 211.
EXAMINATIONS AND COURSE CONTENTS
There will be three major examinations. If a student misses an examination without prior approval of the instructor, no makeup exam will be given and a grade of zero will be recorded. In case of a legitimate excuse and prior approval of the instructor, the makeup will be anobjective comprehensive examination (covering the entire course), given at the end of the semester. Homework will be required. In-class quizzes may or may not be announced. There will be no make-up for the daily quizzes. Thus, missed quizzes will receive a grade of zero. Two small - scale computer cases will be assigned during the term. These cases can be undertaken by individuals, or by groups of students (not to exceed 4 members per group).
The organization of the course materials and the associated points for each part of the course requirements will be as follows:
Chapters and SectionsPoints
1,2, 3 (Omit section 3.3), 4Examination 1100
5, 6Examination 2100
7, 8, 9Examination 3100
Computer Cases 30
Daily Quizzes and Homework 20
Total350
GRADING SCALE
The grading scale will be no higher than:
315 – 350A
280 – 314B
245 – 279C
210 – 244D
Below 210F
COMPUTER USAGE
We will be using Excel for solving selected problems. It is assumed that you are familiar with and know how to use Excel.
COMPUTER CASES AND DUE DATES
Case 1“National Healthcare Association” Page 124 of your textbook. Due after the completion of Chapter 3.
Case 2“Bock Investment Services” Page 315 of your textbook. Due on or before the last class meeting.
OTHER COMMENTS
1.If you are a student with a disability and think that you might need special assistance or a special accommodation in this class or any other class, call the Office for Students with Disabilities/College Access Program at 425-4006 or go by the office, 110 Frist Hall. Examples of disabilities might include blindness/low vision, communication disorders, deafness/hearing impairments, emotional/psychological disabilities, learning disabilities, and other health impairments. This list is not exhaustive.
2.During the semester, numerous handouts will be distributed or e-mailed to you via Blackboard. If you miss a class or cannot down load a file, you are responsible for obtaining handouts, assignments and other information from your classmates.
3.Upon registration, all UTC students become subject to the rules and regulations of the Honor Code (see the Student Handbook page 41). The Honor Code is fully enforced in my classes.
The Honor Code is based upon the assumption that the student recognizes the fundamental importance of honesty in all dealings within the University community and that education is a cooperative enterprise between student and teacher and between student and student. Any act of dishonesty violates and weakens this relationship and lessens the value of the education that the student is pursuing.
4.Feel free to come and talk to me about anything you wish to talk about.
I wish you a very prosperous semester.
Please turn off your cell phones when you come to class.
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