STAT5021 (Spring 2008) Syllabus

Instructor: Jonghoon Joo

Office hour: M, W, F, 1:20pm - 2:10pm at 352 Ford Hall
Email: joo@stat.umn.edu
Office: 484 Ford Hall, Phone: 612-626-0664

Lectures

Text Book: Introduction to the Practice of Statistics, 5th edition by Moore and McCabe
Lecture time: 06:20 P.M. - 08:00 P.M., M and 06:20 P.M. - 07:10 P.M., W (01/22 - 05/09)
Classroom: McNH 395, STPAUL
I will follow the textbook reasonably close. Methods and examples outside the textbook would be presented in class and used in the exams. You are encouraged to attend all lectures and ask questions at any time. You can check the weekly schedule.
Email Communication: Students will receive emails from the instructor/TA regarding homework, exams (hints suggestions etc) and announcements.
We will post homework solutions, lecture handouts, sample exams and solutions etc. on the class web. Please check the course webpage regularly at http://www.stat.umn.edu/~joo/courses/stat5021/ .

TA: Xin Chen

Office: 482 Ford Hall phone: 612-625-5852
TA office hours: 2:30pm--4:30pm Wednesday at 352 Ford Hall
Email: xchen@stat.umn.edu

Lab sections

005 LAB, 07:25 P.M. - 08:15 P.M., W, McNH 395, STPAUL

Homework

Weekly assignments due every Wednesday in class. You may also put assignments in the TA's mailbox at any time before that. The mailbox is outside 313 Ford Hall. In case you are not able to attend the lecture, you can fax your homework at (612)-624-8868 before the due time. Please put your name, TA's name (Xin Chen) and the course title (STAT5021) on the cover sheet.
Homework assignments will involve computing. We will use the R package for computing. R is widely used within statistics and available for free. It may be downloaded at http://cran.us.r-project.org/. It is assumed that you know nothing about R.
Late homework policy: Late homework will NOT be accepted for ANY reason .
All coursework must be readable and submitted on 8.5 x 11 paper, with your name printed on the first page. Submitted homework should be stapled (No folded corners, paper clips, etc.) . No email submission will be accepted.
Students are permitted to discuss the homework problems with each other. But each student must do his or her own write-up of the solutions. Refer to the Office for Student Academic Integrity's web site for more information: http://www.osai.umn.edu/gopher.html
Homework will be graded by the TA and will be returned in the lab section. Students should talk to the TA for any homework-grading related questions. We post the HW solution on the course webpage.

Exams

Two in-class midterms (closed book)

1st midterm March 12 (Wednesday) 50 minutes
2nd midterm April 16 (Wednesday) 50 minutes

Final Exam (closed book): in the classroom; 06:20 P.M. - 08:00 P.M., Monday, May 12.

You are permitted to bring one sheet of paper (size 8.5'' x 11'') with formulae or other notes on both sides to the in-class midterm exam. You are also permitted to bring a calculator to the exam. But your sheets and calculator must not be shared by other students during an exam.
University policy is that midterm and final exams can be made up for legitimate absences, such as verified illness, participation in other University-sponsored activities, jury duty, military service, religious observances. If you must miss an exam, please talk to the instructor to make arrangements in advance. Otherwise, if you miss the final, you will receive a zero for the exam. Note that social/vacation plans are not legitimate reasons for missing an exam.
All work on examinations must be entirely your own. According to U of M grading policy, "Academic dishonesty in any portion of the academic work for a course shall be grounds for awarding a grade of F or N for the entire course.

Grading Polices

Your final scores will be determined by a weighted average of homework and exams scores: homework 20%, midterms 20%+20% and final 40%.

Grade cutoffs will be no higher than 90% for an A, 80% for a B, 70% for a C and 60% for a D, and the rest will result in an F. Cutoffs will include plus/minus and maybe adjusted per class performance. If you registered S/N, you will need a C- or higher to get a grade of S. CLA grading policies are found at http://www.class.umn.edu/cgep/.

U of M grading policy: " I- (Incomplete) assigned at the discretion of the instructor when, due to extraordinary circumstances, e.g., hospitalization, a student is prevented from completing the work of the course on time. Requires a written agreement between instructor and student." Poor performance in the course is not grounds for an incomplete.

Academic dishonesty in any portion of the academic work for a course shall be grounds for awarding a grade of F or N for the entire course."

Accommodations for Students with Disabilities

"Any student with a documented disability condition (e.g. physical, learning, psychiatric, systemic, vision, hearing, etc.) who needs to arrange reasonable accommodations should contact the instructor and Disability Services at the beginning of the semester.''