MATH 117

MATH 117 Course Information

Mercy College

Instructor: Rafael Gonzalez

Email: rgonzalezcastillo@mercy.edu

Zoom

Available Hours: By Appointment

Website: www.RafaelGonzalez.Dev

Official Course Description. A survey of statistical concepts and reasoning. This course will focus on

the role that statistics plays in the real-world and in our lives. Instead of mathematical rigor, students will

learn how to collect data through sampling and experimentation, read graphical and numerical

summaries, understand change phenomena, and to interpret statistical inferences made by confidence

intervals and hypothesis tests. Will include reading articles that are statistically oriented.

Text and Materials. All students are required to purchase access to Pearson's MyLab. A price

of roughly $130. This price includes access to an e-textbook, help videos, content resources, and

an online assignment/quiz/test system. Instructions on how to log into the MyLab system are

available on our class Blackboard site.

Students will also need access to MS Excel. More details are posted to our class Blackboard site.

Course Format. This is a fully online 3-hour undergraduate mathematics course that satis es math

requirement for graduation. Most weeks, you are expected to watch content videos and complete

assignments using the MyLab software. There will be quizzes/exams roughly every other week.

Communication. Communication is essential to succeeding in this course { this cannot be stressed

enough. After identifying topics that may be giving you trouble, please communicate this information to me. It is my goal to create a comfortable environment best conducive for learning.

Getting Help. There are two places that you can (and should) go to for help:

1. Me. I can and will make myself available for video conferencing by appointment. I check my

email regularly and I welcome discussions/questions.

2. Your Classmates. Your classmates are a valuable resource to ask questions to and exchange

information with.

Your Final Grade. Provided that you complete your work on time, your final course grade will

be calculated as follows:

Assignments 20%

Quizzes 20%

Mid Term Exam 25%

Final Exam 35%

Assignments. You will be expected to complete an assignment on MyLab nearly every week.

On some weeks, there will be also be short Algebra Review assignment. You will not have an

assignment for Lesson 7 and Lesson 14; these are the weeks of your Mid Term Exam and Final

Exam respectively. You should watch the posted lesson videos before attempting the assignments.

The videos have been created to help you complete the assignments.

You may attempt assignments as many times as you like. While you are expected to complete

assignments as indicated on the course calendar, there are no hard deadlines except that all assignments must be done by the last day of class. You do not have to complete an assignment in one

sitting; you may start an assignment, save your work, and return to it later.

Quizzes. There will be 4 quizzes given on MyLab during the course of the term. Quiz due dates are

indicated on the course calendar. You will be given one full week to take a quiz. Once you start,

however, you must  finish in one sitting. There will be no late quiz submissions allowed. You will be

allowed 2 attempts for each of your quizzes. If you are unhappy with your  first score, then you may

retake the quiz for a better score.

Exams. There will be a Midterm Exam and a Final Exam. The 2 Exams will be given on MyLab the

due dates are listed on our course calendar. You will be given one full week to take an exam. Once you

start, however, you must  finish in one sitting. There will be no late exam submissions allowed. You

will be allowed 2 attempts for your exams. If you are unhappy with your first score, then you may

retake the exam for a better score.

Topic Outline. We will cover the following topics in the given order:

. Presentation of Single-Variable Data

. Descriptive Analysis of Single-Variable Data

. Bivariate Data

. Probability Basics

. Inferences Involving One Population

. Inferences Involving Two Populations

I look forward to a great semester.

Please feel free to contact me with any questions/concerns.