Stat240Fall 2017

Intro to Biometry

Syllabus

Instructor:Bruce Lord – 421CThomas Bldg. (865-5212)

Office Hours: by appointment, 11:00am-2:00pm, Mon, WedThu

Please use Canvas for all course email. I check Canvas at the beginning and end of each business day. I cannot guarantee a timely response to email sent otherwise.

Text(required): LarsonFarber. Elementary Statistics. 6th edition

Equipment:(required): Scientific Calculator

Software:(optional): Minitab 17

Stat 240 is an introductory course on statistical analysis, sampling, and experimentation in the agricultural sciences; data collection, descriptive statistics, statistical inference, regression, one factor AOV, probability.

Evaluations:

Exams and Lab Quizzes will be open book (no separate notes). Homework will be assigned at various times throughout the semester. Homework is due at the beginning of class and late submissions will not be accepted. An honest attempt at the homework will receive a full grade. Wednesday labs will be graded based upon participation.

Grading:

Homework: 10%

Lab participation: 5%

Mid-term I:15%

Mid-term II:15%

Mid-term III:15%

Week 15 quiz: 5%

Final exam: 35%

Class meeting times:

Lecture:2:30-3:20Monday and Friday – 106 FRB

Lab:2:30-3:20 Wednesday – 64 Willard

Grading:

93-100% / A / 77-79% / C+
90-92% / A- / 70-76% / C
87-89% / B+ / 60-69% / D
83-86% / B / 0-59% / F
80-82% / B-

TA office hours: Shared Office Hours by all Stat 100, 200, 240 and 250 TAs will be held in Room 220D Boucke Bldg. You may go at any time and do not have to visit exclusively with your section's TA. The schedule can be found on Canvas.

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