Statistical Methods for the Life and Social Sciences
    STA 1993 (Ten week term, Summer 1999)

Instructor:     Dr. Ming-Ying Leung
                Office: SB 4.01.22, Phone: 458-5535, Fax: 458-4439
                Email: leung@sphere.math.utsa.edu
                Internet: http://www.math.utsa.edu/~leung/

Office Hours:   TR 9:30 - 11:00 am or by appointment
                        
Text:           "Elementary Statistics, 7th Edition" by Mario F. Triola

Prerequisite:   Any one of STA 1053, 1063, or 1073.

Course Objective: To acquire the skills and knowledge for problem-solving in 
life and social sciences using statistical methods with objective reasoning 
and logical presentation.

Course Description: Point estimator properties, inference about the means 
and variances of two or more populations, categorical data analysis, linear 
regression, analysis of variance, and nonparametric tests.

Syllabus:       Chapters 6, 7   Basic concepts of statistical inferences (Review)
                Chapter 8       Inferences from Two Samples
                Chapter 11      Analysis of Variance
                Chapter 9       Correlation and Regression
                Chapter 10      Multinomial Experiments and Contingency Tables
                Chapter 13      Nonparametric Statistics 
                        
Calculator:     Texas Instrument TI-83.

Software:       MINITAB, Student Edition.

Grading:        Homework:               24%     (Due in class every Thursday except on exam dates)
                Class exercises:        16%     (group work in class)
                Exam 1:                 30%     (In class Thursday, 6/24)
                Exam 2:                 30%     (In class Thursday, 7/29)
                (Note: There will be no final exam for this course)

NO MAKEUP EXAM will be given except for emergency or medical reasons. In such
cases, the student should submit a written request accompanied by official 
documents to arrange for a makeup test. Overdue assignments will only be 
accepted for a good reason. However, the instructor reserves the right to 
discount part or all of the credit for any late homework.

LAST DAY TO DROP an individual course is 7/13/99. 

Goals of UTSA Core Curriculum:
Enable Students:        
To assess the perspectives and accomplishments of the past
        To move to the future with an informed and flexible outlook
Promote:        
Intellectual adaptability
        Ethical awareness
        Transfer among diverse modes of thought
Cultivate:      
        Verbal, numerical, and visual skills that are necessary to analyze and synthesize information
Identify and solve problems
Foster: 
Understanding of the intellectual and cultural pluralism of modern society as it is reflected in each of the 
following:
        - Natural Science and Mathematics
        - Behavioral, Cultural, and Social Sciences
        - Language, Literature, and Artistic Expression
Develop:        
Critical awareness of the continuities and discontinuities of human thought, history, and culture to help 
prepare students to meet the demands of change
Rhetoric Objectives:    
        Students must demonstrate:
        - Competency in writing English
        - Critical proficiency in oral and graphic communication
        - Competency in constructing valid arguments and criticizing arguments
- Critical proficiency in using diverse theoretical perspective to identity and formulate problems and         
draw conclusions

Domain I: Science, Technology, and Mathematics Objectives
Students must demonstrate:
- Knowledge of higher mathematics sufficient to understand the bases of mathematical reasoning
- Knowledge of the methods, intellectual approaches, social significance, and history of the physical and   
natural sciences
- Understanding of the role of technology and of the relationship between science and technology
- Competence in the use of computers and/or acquaintance with the elements of logic in
        A.      Mathematics
        B.      Science and Technology
        C.      Computer Science/Logic


Scholastic Dishonesty
The University expects every student to maintain a high standard of individual integrity for work done. Scholastic 
dishonesty is a serious offense which includes, but is not limited to, cheating on a test or other class work, 
plagiarism (the appropriation of another's work and the unauthorized incorporation of that work in one's own work), 
and collusion (the unauthorized collaboration with another person in preparing college work offered for credit). In 
cases of scholastic dishonesty, the faculty member responsible for the class may initiate disciplinary proceedings 
against the student.