August 18 - September 3 Descriptive statistics September 4 or September 6 EXAM 1A (1.25 hours) September 7 - September 24 Probability October 2 or October 4 EXAM 1B (1.25 hours) September 25 - October 9 Discrete Probability distributions October 12 - October 29 Normal Probability distribution October 30 or November 1 EXAM 2 (2 hours) November 2 - November 10 Sampling Distributions November 11 - November 19 Confidence Intervals November 20 or November 22 EXAM 3 (2 hours) December 4 or December 6 OPTIONAL FINAL (3 hours)
EXAMS AND GRADING
A student's overall exam grade will be calculated as the weighted
average:
(a) 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) 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.
EXAMS: Students are allowed to use one 8.5x11
page of hand-written material (front and/or back). Nevertheless, 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.