Statistics for Business I
ECON-3402

Course emphasis is on applications of statistics in business. Topics include methods of presenting data, numerical measures and correlation, probability theory and probability distributions, sampling distributions, estimation, and hypothesis testing.

This course is fully online with no in-person or synchronous class meetings. There is however a required Final Exam that must be completed with Prof. Hildebrandt on the Carrollton campus (date & time TBD) or through a proctoring service where a fee will apply. 

The UWG Bookstore, McGraw-Hill Publishers, UWG Online (CourseDen Support), and your professor have partnered together to provide the most cost effective option for you to receive your digital course materials for your ECON 3402 course. The material is provided to you through the LMS (CourseDen Account). Simply log in to CourseDen and choose the tile associated with this course to gain access to the material.

The cost of the material will be attached to your student bill on 01/08/22 in the amount of $108.00. You do not need to look elsewhere for material. You can opt out of the delivery of the material before the end of drop/add on 1/14/2022, but will be responsible to obtain the material on your own without the lower discounted rate. For questions about your access please contact the Day One Access team at [email protected] or 678-839-5563.

LO1-Construct and interpret tabular and graphical methods of presenting qualitative and quantitative data (LG2, LG3, LG10)

LO2-Construct and interpret summary and numerical measures of location, variability, and association for the sample and the population (LG2, LG3, LG10)

LO3-Apply basic probability concepts, expected value and variance to a variety of different business applications (LG2, LG6, LG10)

LO4-Use discrete and continuous probability distributions and sampling distributions in a variety of business applications (LG2, LG3, LG6, LG10)

LO5-Construct and interpret interval estimates and hypothesis tests (LG2)

LO6-Estimate regression models, evaluate the results of regression models, and sue the results for prediction and forecasting (LG2, LG3, LG6, LG10)

LO7-Use Microsoft Excel to generate descriptive statistics and perform regression and correlation analysis (LG2, LG3, LG6, LG10)

All assignments must be complete by established deadlines. Late work will not be accepted.

While most course assignments are completed and graded in the Connect platform, the only "official" grades will be those that are posted to Course Den in the grade tab. Please compare your Connect grades to your CD grades to ensure accuracy. 

Students with questions, concerns, complaints, etc. regarding a specific grade, MUST bring it to the instructor's attention within 72 hours of the grade being posted in the Course Den grade book. Grade issues such as missing or "incorrect" scores that are not brought to the instructor's attention until the end of the semester will not be addressed. 

If there are instances of academic dishonesty (i.e. cheating), the following will occur: 
*A grade of zero will be recorded in the CD grade book
*Student will be notified via email and be presented instructor's justification
*Student will have opportunity to defend position 
*If instructor still finds a case for academic dishonesty, grade of zero will remain and instance of academic dishonesty will be officially reported to the UWG Office of Community Standards 
*Note: If instructor deems the instance to be severe or if there are repeating instances, instructor has the right to issue a final grade of "F" for the course

Final grades for this course will be assigned using the exact distribution listed below. Final grades will not automatically be "rounded up". For example, a student with a final average of 89.9% will receive a grade of "B". 

70% of your grade is from four types of Connect assignments (Chapter Learn Smart Readings, Chapter Homeworks, Unit Problem Sets, and Unit quizzes). The due dates for these assignments will be listed in Connect and in Course Den. There is then an Excel Project submitted in Course Den for 10% and a PROCTORED Final Exam for 20%. 

In the Connect platform students will receive a grade for completing each chapter's Learn Smart Reading assignment. These assignments consist of students reading the chapters in the eTextbook and answering questions after certain sections.

Students can go back to previous sections of a chapter to re-review and try questions again. There are no time limits to these readings and students have unlimited attempts to correctly answer all of the questions until the assignment due date. 

In some chapters fewer concepts are covered and so the reading and answering of questions may only take 20-30 minutes. Other chapters are more involved and may take 1.5-2 hours to complete. Please plan accordingly. 

Ideally, students will complete the LSR assignments as we move through the units as they are designed to help students better understand the concepts covered. 

In the Connect platform there will be 1 Homework assignment per chapter. These will consist of multiple choice and short response questions.

Unlimited attempts are available until the due date. There is no time limit on these assignments. 

Each Unit Quiz will be given virtually in the Connect platform. Proctoring for these quizzes is NOT required. 

Quizzes will consist of Multiple Choice questions. Quizzes will be open for a 7 day period, but will have a TIME LIMIT. Also, once started, students MUST complete the Quiz during that timed session! Students cannot save quiz progress to complete at a later date. 

Students are encouraged to have the following materials when completing quizzes: higher function calculator (ex: financial calculator), course notes, formula list (available for each unit in Course Den) and statistical charts for that unit (z chart, t chart, etc--also will be posted in Course Den). 

Quizzes are INDIVIDUAL assessments and students are NOT permitted to seek outside assistance from classmates, other individuals, or other external websites. Cases of academic dishonesty may result in penalties ranging from a zero on the Exam to a Failing Grade (F) for the course. 

In the Connect platform each Unit will have a set of statistical problems for students to complete. Completed problem sets are due at the same night as the Unit's quiz. 

At the end of this course, students will complete a series of exercises in Excel and submit their completed work in a Course Den dropbox. More details available in CD. 

There is a REQUIRED, PROCTORED Final Exam for this course.

You may take with Prof. Hildebrandt (no fee) on the Carrollton Campus at a date and time TBD.

OR it will be the student's responsibility to arrange (and pay for) proctoring services using Proctor U or an approved Testing Center (more details posted in the "additional items" section at the end of the syllabus.)

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