Syllabus, Spring 1998 |
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| Instructor: | Julio L.
Peixoto (Ph.D. in Statistics, Iowa State University,
1982) office: 260-B Melcher Hall; phone: (713)-743-4714; fax: (713)-743-4940 e-mail: JLPeixoto@uh.edu; WWW: http://www.cba.uh.edu/~peixoto |
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| Office hours: | Mondays: 1 to
1:30 p.m., 7 to 7:30 p.m. (may stay longer if needed but
will leave if no students show up); Tuesdays: 2:30-4:00 p.m. Other times may be arranged by appointment. Please request appointments by e-mail to JLPeixoto@uh.edu. |
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| Text: | Business Statistics, Decision Making with Data, by Johnson and Wichern. | ||
| Course Material | Course Material
/ Julio L. Peixoto / DISC 3332 Required. Must be purchased from the Copy Center in the UC. Additional course material and instructions will be posted on the web page (http://www.cba.uh.edu/~peixoto), which you should check regularly. |
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| Prerequisites: | MATH 1313, MATH 1314, DISC 2373, and DISC 3331. Read footnotes on the Class Schedule for other warnings and requirements. Students that enroll in this class without the appropriate classification and prerequisites will be dropped and will not receive a tuition refund. | ||
| Grading: | Percentage |
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| Exams | 90% |
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| Computer Assignments | 10% |
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| Total | 100% |
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| Drop Policy: | The important
dates are: Date 1: Monday, February 16; Date 2: Monday, April 6. Anyone may drop for any reason up until Date 2. A student that drops before Date 1 will not receive a grade. A student that drops between Date 1 and Date 2 will receive a grade of W/P. Anyone remaining in this course after Date 2 will receive a grade of A, A, B, B, B, C, C, C, D, D, D, or F. NO DROPS WILL BE ALLOWED AFTER DATE 2! |
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| Disabilities: | The Center for Students with Disabilities provides a wide variety of academic support services to all currently-enrolled UH students who have any type of mental or physical disability of either a temporary or permanent nature. These services include assistance with course accommodations, adaptive equipment, individualized exam administration, taped textbooks, wheelchair repair, library needs, registration, handicapped parking, accessible housing and transportation, as well as many other needs. If you feel that you may need assistance of this nature, you may wish to call the Center at 3-5400. In addition, you should let [your professor] know about any special needs as soon as possible. | ||
| Student Evaluations: | The CBA has a policy that requires all of its instructors to be evaluated by their students. The results of these evaluations are important to provide feedback to instructors on how their performance can be improved. In addition, these evaluations are carefully considered in promotion, salary adjustment, and other important decisions. We openly encourage students to provide feedback to the instructors and to the CBA through the evaluation process. | ||
Syllabus, Spring 1998
General instructions for turning in computer
assignments
Some notes for Computer Assignment 1
Some notes for Computer Assignment 2
Download data sets
Deadlines, exam dates, other important dates
Class picture: Fall '97, evening section
(thanks to Kevin Winkle)
Class picture: Fall '97, morning section
E-mail: JLPeixoto@uh.edu