Mathematics Courses Fall 2007 Math 1530 - Tentative Course Schedule
Date Assignment Due Reading In Class Notices Aug. 28
Syllabus
Chapter 1 (#8,12,38)
Section 2.1 (#6)
Aug. 30
Section 1.1: 1, 2, 7, 9, 15
Section 1.2: 27, 31, 32, 37
Section 2.1: 1, 5, 7
1.1, 1.2, 2.1
- Section 2.2
- Migraine Example
- Section 2.3
- Dot Plot Example
- Section 2.4
- Distribution Shapes
- Dice Examples
- Section 2.5
- Misleading Graphs
- Analyzing Car graph
- Casino Data
Sept. 4
Section 2.2: 19, 25 30
Section 2.3: 53, 59, 69, 71
Section 2.4: 91, 95, 99
Section 2.5: 117, 121
2.2 - 2.5
- Section 3.1 - Measures of Center
- Dot Plot Example
Section 3.2 - Measures of Variation
Calculating St. Deviation
Sept. 6
Chapter 2 Review: 13, 14, 17, 21
Section 3.1: 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 24, 31
Section 3.2: 47, 49a, 51a,b
3.1, 3.2 Boxplots - Longest Rivers
Excell File (Rivers)
Ex 3.102, page 133
Sept. 11
Section 3.3: 85, 87, 93, 95, 103 3.3 Standardized Scores
Sept. 13
Section 3.4: 118, 121, 123, 131, 139
Chapter 3 Review: 5, 6, 7, 11, 15, 16, 17.
3.4 Review for Test 1
Chapters 1,2 & 3.
Sept. 18
Test 1 You can bring your book to use the formula card. I will porvide copies of the the first page. Sept. 20
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Sept. 25
5.1: 7, 13, 19, 20
5.2: 31, 33, 37, 45, 47
5.1 & 5.2 Exam Data
More Probability
Discrete Random Variable
Expected Value
Sept. 27
5.3: 55, 61, 65, 69
- 5.4: 79, 81
5.5: 99a, 101
Chapter 5 Review: 10, 11, 12, 28, 29ab
5.3, 5.4 & 5.5 Expected Value
Normal Distribution
Standard Normal Curve
Free tutoring is available for Math 1530 - Morgan Univ. Center, Room 114 Oct. 2
6.1: 1, 11, 13, 15
6.2: 29, 31, 37, 39, 41, 45, 48, 51, 55, 59
6.1 & 6.2 Normally Distributed Variables Oct. 4
6.3: 67, 69, 71
Chapter 6 Review: 7, 17, 19, 21
Normal Probability Plots Oct. 9
6.4: 93, 95 7.1 Sampling Distributions
Central Limit Theorem
Oct. 11
7.1: 1, 3, 6
7.2: 21, 23, 25, 31
7.3: 47, 49, 51, 53ab, 55ab
Chapter 7 Review: 5, 7, 15
7.2 & 7.3 Review for Test 2 - Below are suggested problems to review.
Chapter 5: p. 262 #28e-h, #29a,b,d; p. 228 #65; p. 211 #19, #20; Box of Ping Pong balls with different numbers and colors - find probabilities.
Chapter 6: p. 302 #18, #19; p. 303 #21; IQ scores example from class.
Chapter 7: p. 319 #30; p. 332 #13
Oct. 16
No Class - Fall Break Oct. 18
Test 2 - Bring your HOMEWORK to turn in! You can bring your book to use the formula card. I will provide copies of the the first page and the standard normal table. Bring your HOMEWORK to turn in! Oct. 23
Go over Exam 2 "Stand and Deliver" will be showing at 11 a.m., Monday, Oct. 22 in the Morgan University Center, Room 308. The film will be shown again at 4 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 23 in the same location. Oct. 25
Sections 8.1 & 8.2
Jaime Escalante will speak at 1 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 24 in the Concert Hall of the Music/Mass Communication building. Oct. 30
8.1: 3, 5, 7
8.2: 13, 25, 32, 42
8.1, 8.2 Sections 8.3 & 8.4 For 5 points extra credit, you can either view the film or attend the speech and write a couple of paragraphs about what effect the movie or speech has had on your thoughts about learning math. Due Oct. 30. Nov. 1
8.3: 52, 59, 63, 65
8.4: 73, 74, 79, 85, 93, 94
Chapter 8 Review: 7, 9, 13, 17, 18
8.3, 8.4 Sections 9.1 & 9.2
Nov. 6
9.1: 5, 7
9.2: 21, 23, 24, 31, 33
9.1, 9.2 Sections 9.3 & 9.4 Last Day for a "W" with instructor approval is Nov. 8, 2007. Nov. 8
9.3: 47, 49, 53, 57, 61, 63
9.4: 80, 83, 89, 92, 97, 99
9.3, 9.4 Section 9.5 Nov. 13
9.5: 123, 126, 127
Chapter 9 Review: 13, 15, 16
9.5 Sections 4.1 & 4.2
With changes and Answers
Nov. 15
4.1: 3, 5, 7, 13, 15
4.2: 51, 53, 57
4.1, 4.2 Section 11.1
Nov. 20
11.1: 11, 13, 18, 23 11.1 Section 11.2 Nov. 22
Thanksgiving - No Class Nov. 27
11.2: 50, 55, 59 11.2 Review for Test 3 Nov. 29
Test 3 - Bring your HOMEWORK to turn in! Test 3 Dec. 4
Review for Final Bonus HW: p. 31: 3,5; p. 86: 11, 15, 16a, 18 (Construct Histogram with 5 classes instead of dotplot); p. 149: 9, 18, 19, 21ab; p. 260: 13, 21, 27; p. 301: 16, 18, 23; & p. 330: 13, 14. Dec. 12
10:30-12:30
Final Exam - Bring your HOMEWORK to turn in for Bonus Credit of 10 pts. Final Exam TR class which meets at 12:45 The Academic Support Center will offer the following review sessions for Math 1530 in Marks 110:
Dec. 6 , 12:30 - 2:30
Dec. 7, 8-10; 10:30-12:30; 1:30-3:30
Dec. 10, 8-10; 10:30-12:30, 1:30-3:30