August 17 - August 25 Descriptive statistics August 27 or August 29 EXAM 1A (1.25 hours) August 30 - September 7 Probability September 10 - September 12 EXAM 1B (1.25 hours) September 8 - September 15 Discrete Probability distributions September 16 - September 24 Normal Probability distribution September 24 or September 26 EXAM 2 (2 hours) September 27 - September 29 Sampling Distributions October 4 - October 8 Confidence Intervals October 8 or October 10 EXAM 3 (2 hours) October 15 OPTIONAL FINAL (3 hours)
EXAMS AND GRADING
A student's overall exam grade will be calculated as the weighted
average:
(a) (exam average) = 17.5%(Exam 1A) + 17.5%(Exam 1B) + 35%(Exam 2) + 30%(Exam 3)
or, if the student wants to take the comprehensive final
(b) (exam average) = 8.75%(Exam 1A) + 8.75%(Exam 1B) + 17.5%(Exam 2) + 15%(Exam 3) + 50%(Final)
Taking the final will not hurt a student's grade.
Homework is optional and graded on effort.
If beneficial to a student's grade, written homework will be weighted 10% towards the course grade.
The grading scheme for written homework is designed to help those students who would otherwise be just below a grade-break.
A student's overall COURSE grade will be calculated as the better of the following two weighted averages:
(a) (course score) = 90%(exam average) + 10%(homework average); or
(b) (course score) = 100%(exam average)
EXAMS: Students are allowed to use one 8.5x11
page of hand-written material (front and/or back).
These pages must be handed in with the exam, and they will not be returned to you.
So if you wish to keep a copy make a photocopy before the exam.
Obtaining help from
someone-else during an exam (ie. cheating) is not permitted. The
penalty for cheating will be anywhere from a reduced grade to
suspension from UAB.
Students taking make-up exams (early or late) without approval
will automatically lose 10% of the score for that exam.