Stat 230 Course Outline

Instructor: Dina Dawoud Office: M3 3126 Lectures: MWF 9:30-10:20, M3 1006 Course Notes:

Spring 2012
Email: ddawoud@uwaterloo.ca Tutorials: W 3:30-4:20, M3 1006

Probability: Stat 220/230 Notes (2011-2012 edition), by Chris Springer (revised by Jerry Lawless and Don Mcleish), available at Campus Copy. No other textbook is required. The course notes will not be availed online.

Course Website on D2L: http://uwace.uwaterloo.ca (Check often for course related announcements!) Grading Scheme:

40% Tests + 5% Online Quizzes + 55% Final Exam

Tests & Online Quizzes:
1. Four tests, each 50 minutes long, written on the weeks indicated in the table below (Two will be held during the Lecture time on Wednesday and two will be written during the pre-scheduled Test Slots). Pre-seating plan will be used for all tests. Each test will have three questions, with two of them taken directly and sometimes modified slightly from the end-of-chapter problems in the Course Notes. The best three of the four test marks will be used to calculate the final test mark. 2. Six online quizzes, which must be completed between 4:30pm and 11:30pm on the dates indicated below (All on Wednesdays). Each online quiz, once started, needs to be completed within 30 minutes. Each quiz will receive one mark if you have achieved 60% on the quiz and zero mark otherwise. The best five of the six quiz marks will be used. 3. If you write all four tests, with a minimum of 50% on three tests, and if your final exam mark is higher than the test average, the weight on tests will be shifted to the final exam. 4. Materials are cumulative, with milestones indicated below (subject to change).

Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4

Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 Week 10

Week 11 Week 12

May 1-4 May7-11 May 14-18 May 21-25 May 21 May 22 May 28-June 1 June 4-8 June 11-15 June 18-22 June 25-29 July 2-6 July 2 July 4 July 9-13 July 16-25

Chapters 1& 2 Chapter 3 Section 4.4 Section 5.2

Section 5.5 Section 5.12 Section 7.2 Chapter 7 Section 8.2 Chapter 8

Section 9.3 Chapter 9

(No tutorial) Online Quiz 1; Regular tutorial Test 1 (May 16th, 9:30 to 10:20) Online Quiz 2; Regular tutorial Holiday: Victoria Day Monday Timetable Test 2 (May 31st, 4:30 to 5:20) Online Quiz 3; Regular tutorial Test 3 (June 13th, 9:30 to 10:20) Online Quiz 4; Regular tutorial Online Quiz 5; Regular tutorial Test 4 (July 5th, 4:30 to 5:20) Holiday: Canada Day Monday Timetable Online Quiz 6; Regular titorial

Additional Information
1. Last lecture: Wednesday July 25th. 2. TAs will be available in the Statistics and Actuarial Science Tutorial Rooms) according to a schedule to be announced on D2L. Extra help may also be available from course instructor Mondays and Wednesdays 10:30 to 11:45 in M3 3126. 3. There are no hand-in assignments, but you are expected to try most of the end-ofsection and the end-of-chapter problems. Short solutions to most of these problems are provided at the end of the course notes. 4. Only approved scientific calculators will be permitted at tests and exam. For details on this policy, please check http://www.math.uwaterloo.ca/navigation/Current/calculatorpolicy.shtml . Items such as bags, purses, knapsacks, etc. are to be closed and placed under the desk during tests and exams. Furthermore, wireless or electronic devices must be turned off before the test commences. 5. If there is evidence to suggest that you cheated during tests or exams, the course instructor will take disciplinary action. Students are expected to know what constitutes academic integrity, to avoid committing academic offenses, and to take responsibility for their actions. Students who are unsure whether an action constitutes an offense, or who need help in learning how to avoid offenses (e.g., plagiarism, cheating) or about ``rules" for group work / collaboration should seek guidance from the course instructor, TA, academic advisor, or the Undergraduate Associate Dean. For information on categories of offenses and types of penalties, students should refer to Policy #71, Student Academic Discipline, http://www.adm.uwaterloo.ca/infosec/Policies/policy71.html . Students who believe that they have been wrongfully or unjustly penalized have the right to grieve; refer to Policy #70, Student Grievance, http://www.adm.uwaterloo.ca/infosec/Policies/policy70.html .

6. The Office for Persons with Disabilities (OPD), located in Needles Hall, Room 1132, collaborates with all academic departments to arrange appropriate accommodations for students with disabilities without compromising the academic integrity of the curriculum. If you require academic accommodations to lessen the impact of your disability, please register with the OPD at the beginning of each academic term.