Policy statement for SM230

Prof. David Joyner
Office: Ch. 328
Phone: X36738, email: wdj@usna.edu
Office Hours: Wed 2nd period, F 2nd period (Math lab) Assigned homework will be due at 6 week, 12 week, and 16 weeks as indicated in class. Late homework will be penalized 10 percent. The homework you hand in is to be done either entirely on your own or with your partner. It should be treated like homework. The last homework set is due the last day of class and no class work can be turned in after that. As often as possible, the class will put up homework problems on the blackboard. We will also have quizzes as often as possible, ideally every two or three weeks. The tests will be as in the syllabus. The final project should be a 5 page typed project on an application of probability to your major. It is due April 19th. Grading formulas:

final grade=(.30)F+(.25)T+(.20)Q+(.15)H+(0.05)B+(0.05)P,

where T=test average, Q=quiz average, H=hmwk ave, P=final project, F=final exam.

and

6 week and 12 week grade:

period grade=((.25)T+(.2)Q+(.15)H+(0.05)B)/(0.65),

However, the project will go into your 16 week grade:

period grade=((.25)T+(.2)Q+(.15)H+(0.05)B+(0.05)P)/(0.7),

syllabus

TI 92 commands for sm230 Maple worksheets for sm230:

Basic probability distributions with Maple (from University of Newcastle upon Tyne)
a Maple worksheet on binomial distributions, normal distributions and confidence intervals, by Cali Manning at the Univ of Alabama
a Maple worksheet on sets, events (such as coing flipping), and elementary probability, by Peter Stone at RMIT University (formerly Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology)
a Maple worksheet on events (such as coing flipping), and elementary probability, by Peter Stone at RMIT University

David Joyner 3-7-2002, wdj