SALISBURY STATE UNIVERSITY

DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICAL AND COMPUTER SCIENCES

MATH 414/514 MATHEMATICAL STATISTICS II

Spring 2019

This course is the second course in a two semester sequence.  All students must have successfully completed Math 413 prior to taking this course.   In this course we will investigate the theoretical aspects and properties of inferential statistics; both estimation and hypothesis testing.  Both classical procedures and Bayesian procedures will be studied. 

INSTRUCTOR: Dr. Barbara Wainwright

OFFICE:  Henson Science Hall, room 118

PHONE: (410) 543-6477
 

OFFICE HOURS:      12 :00 - 1:00    W

                                    1:00 - 2:00       MWRF 

                                     3:30 - 4:00       MW

Other hours by appointment

ATTENDANCE POLICY: You are expected to attend all class meetings; however, your attendance will not be used in the computation of your grade. If you cannot be in class, it is your responsibility to get the class notes and assignments from a classmate, not from me via e-mail.  After obtaining and reading these notes, you may come see me with any questions.

REQUIREMENTS:

*Homework and quizzes count for 15% of the final grade in the course.  The 3 lowest grades will be dropped before calculating the homework/quiz average.  All assignments turned in for a grade should be done independently.  Cases of academic dishonesty will be reported to the Office of Student Affairs and will remain on file.

**Grading of boardwork:

 Five problems should be done at the board will account 10% of your grade.  Please be aware that boardwork will make a difference of one letter grade in your final grade.  You should not do more than 2 problems per chapter of the text.

Test Dates (tentative):

      Fri. Feb. 22

Fri. March 29

Wed.  April 26

Final Exam:   Thursday May 16     10:45 - 1:15

Inclement Weather Policy
 

GRADING SCALE:

OTHER INFORMATION:

1. There will be no make-up quizzes.

2. Homework will not be accepted late.

3. There will be no make-ups on the tests except in extreme cases. If you miss a test because of an emergency, you need to see the instructor immediately. If a make-up exam is allowed, it will be at the time of the final exam.  Documentation may be required.

4.  All cell phones must be turned OFF during class time.  NO TEXT MESSAGING!!!!!  Cell phones are not to be used as calculators.

5.  All students should have a calculator.  Sharing of calculators during quizzes and tests is not allowed.