FALL 2002

SU DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE

SYLLABUS (Tentative)

MATH 503: Data Analysis

Intended for: Teachers of elementary, middle, or high school or those desiring to teach school

Objectives: To strengthen the background of teachers in data analysis and basic inferential statistics. This course is aligned with the NCTM standards for quantitative literacy.

Technology: Statistical software such as MINITAB will be used throughout the course.

Topics Weeks

Statistical Thinking .5

Describing Data; Exploratory Data Analysis 2.5

Exploring Probability 1.0

Random Variables and Probability Distributions 3.0

(Activities and Simulations)

Sampling, Sampling Distributions, and the Central Limit Theorem 1.0

(Activities and Simulations)

Statistical Inference:

Estimation & Tests of Hypotheses for a single population 3.0

Estimation & Tests of Hypotheses comparing two populations 2.0

Project Reports and Presentations 1.0

14.0

EVALUATION

Class participation, Group work 1/3

Homework, computer activities/assignments 1/3

Final group project, Portfolio, 1/3

This course complies with the University Policy on Writing Across the Curriculum. It is very important to be able to communicate mathematics effectively both orally and in writing. Students must write a revised lesson plan and keep a journal or portfolio. In addition, all assignments in this course require clearly written interpretations of results of the data analyses performed.

BAW/lsa 3/2002