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Welcome to Intro Stats
Teacher: Ms. Patricia Horvath
Room: 55
School Year: 2010-2011
(Stats Textbooks)
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Supplies
Calculator
TI-83 Plus, TI-84, TI-84 Silver Addition
NOT TI-85 or 86. These are not
designed for Statistics work.
NOT TI-89--too advanced & uses
different Commands
BUY: Extra AAA batteries
Calculator Cost: About $85-$100
Sources: Office Depot, Office Max,
Ebay.com, Amazon.com
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Supplies Continued
Protractor
Should be small, if possible.
Uses:
Ruler--Small Compact and always
accessible
Angle Measure Guide--essential
for pie charts
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Supplies Continued
Compass
We're drawing pie charts (1st part of the
course)
as well as bar charts and you MUST
be accurate. Graphs count for a lot
in Intro Stats.
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Supplies Continued
Graph Paper
Only graph paper is
acceptable for your work on paper.
Get a thick pad of it. You will need it.
You will have xeroxed problems,
for Classwork & Homework.
Anytime you need an extra piece of
paper it MUST be graph paper.
No graph paper, no credit.
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Necessary Supplies Continued
Section/Pockets in your binder devoted to Statistics
with 4 separate tabs:
1. Class Notes
2. Classwork
3. Homework
4. Graph Paper
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OPTIONAL Supplies
Other Items which are OPTIONAL but
helpful:
1. A personal 3-hole punch used for
archiving classwork and homework in your
binder
2. A small personal stapler for
attaching homework to accompanying
graphs
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Textbook
• Statistics Through Applications
– It is reference material
– It should be left at home
– Materials will be presented in class that cover
topics in the book, but your text will not be
necessary.
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Getting Started
Your first assignment is to prove
you're prepared. Get your supplies now.
I'll be checking that you're prepared person to
person
on Tuesday.
Get started NOW with your purchases.
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Note—TA Search
Ms. Horvath is looking for a TA.
If you know one of my former students who is strong in
mathematics and would like to become a TA,
tell her/him to come by to talk about the possibility of
becoming a TA for me.
Thanks.
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The Course—Intro Stats
• Not as challenging as college-level statistics, but
covers many of the same topics.
• Providing a good foundation for all later work in
college-level statistics
• Taking notes and keeping up with vocabulary
every day
• Understanding concepts. Apply them
statistically through classwork & homework
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The Course—Intro Stats—Semester 1
• Construct and interpret graphs
– Bar Chart, Pie Chart, Dotplot, Stemplot, Boxplot,
Histogram, Scatterplot
• Summarize single & dual variable data
– Std Deviation, Normal Distribution,
Correlation, Regression
• Understand surveys & experimental data
– Simple Random Sampling methods
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The Course—Intro Stats—Semester 2
• Probability & Probability theory
Simple, Compound, Independence, Exclusivity,
Conditional, 2-Way Tables, Applied Probability
• Binomial Distribution—Yes or No Questions
• Advanced Normal Distribution
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The Rules
• Be respectful of teacher and fellow students
• No foul language of any kind—watch out for
words that are on my ‘do not say’ list. I’ll tell you;
don’t use them again.
• Be safe; be on time
• Be in your seat when the tardy bell rings
• Don’t talk out of turn
• Raise you hand to speak
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More Rules
• No personal grooming; grooming belongs in the
bathroom in a classroom
• No gum. Get rid of it before I get upset
• No electronic equipment of any kind, including
cell phones & ipods, except for your calculator
• No name calling physical contact or making fun
of anyone in class
• No bathroom breaks; you have 6 min between
classes for that
• Obey all normal rules outlined in the WHS
Student Handbook
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Tardy Policy
• On the 3rd tardy to class during a
semester, I will give warning
• On the 4th tardy to class, I will deduct 2
points from your next test score
• For all tardies after the 4th, I will continue
to deduct 2 points from your next test
score.
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End of Introduction
• QED
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