WELCOME TO AMS7-01 FOR SPRING 2016! 

  • Final exam announcement:

    -->You can bring your own sheet of notes (both sides of the paper is fine) BUT it should obey two rules: i) NO EXAMPLES!! (no numbers of z or t-values) ii) it should be hand-written. Your cheat sheet will be examined that obey the rules while you will be entering the exam on Tuesday.

    -->At the final exam, bring only a calculator, your student ID,  your paper notes and a dependable writing utensil, anything else you will need  i.e. tables, scratch paper, it will be provided! Please do not bring any class material with you.  

    -->The final is cumulative with an emphasis on the second part.

    -->Practice Final is uploaded at the website under the Quizzes & Exams tabs. Solutions will be uploaded on Monday.

  • -->  I will have additional O​ffice ​H​ours on Friday 1:30pm-2:30pm, on ​Monday June 6th ​11:​00​a​m-​12:30pm​ and on Wednesday June 8th ​1:00pm-2:30pm. Sharmi will also hold office hours on Monday 2:00-4:00pm.
  • 05/18/2016: Quiz 4 will take place this Wednesday 5/25.  The quiz will cover concepts from sections 9.1-9.5, however, as I have mentioned in lecture, we do not closely follow the book structure for Correlation and Regression.  You will NOT need to compute test statistics or p-values; you will be provided a JMP output analysis and asked questions regarding the output.  Thus you must be familiar with (and interpret) the output that JMP produces (correlation, 95% CI, regression analysis, 6-step hypothesis test for the slope and the model as a whole, residual analysis, predictions). As always, bring a calculator and writing utensil - all other material will be provided for you.
  • 05/10/2016: MONDAY 05/16: Quiz 3 covers the content in the homework problems assigned in Sections 7.1 - 7.5 and 8.1 - 8.4. DON'T FORGET YOUR CALCULATORS!!!! I will hold additional OH on Monday 1:00-2:00pm if you have any questions before the quiz on Monday evening.
  • 04/16/2016: Wednesday April 20th: Quiz 2 covers the content in the homework problems assigned in Sections 3.1 - 5.4.  You do NOT need to memorize the Poisson, binomial, normal probability formulas (you will have a table provided to you if one is needed), but you DO need to know the formula(s) to compute the mean and sd of the Poisson and binomial.      DON'T FORGET YOUR CALCULATORS!!!!
  • 04/03/2016: Homework QUIZ 1 is on Wednesday April 6th: Quiz covers sections 1.1-1.3 and 2.1-2.7, study the relevant topics that we cover in the lectures. Homework problems are your BEST practice source, followed by the lecture slides. Remember: Noooooo Phones!! Bring a calculator that has at minimum the square root function!!
  • 04/04/2016: MSI Section times and locations have been confirmed. See below for the schedule.
  • 03/28/2016: Discussion sections start the first week! Labs start the second week. In the first lecture, our TAs and lab instructors will visit our class and announce some information needed for discussion sections and labs! Please *attend* the first lecture.

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General Class Information

Lecture Times: Monday, Wednesday 5:00- 6:45pm, Thimann Lecture 003

Instructor: Tatiana Xifara


Email: xifara@soe.ucsc.edu (please put "AMS7" in the subject line)

Office: Baskin Engineering 365B

Office Hours: Tuesday 1:00-2:00pm, Thursday 11:45am-12:45pm, or by appointment.

 

Required Text: Biostatistics for the Biological and Health Sciences, M. M. Triola and M. F. Triola, Pearson (2006). 

I know the textbook is expensive so here are other resources apart from the Bay Bookstore.

  • Library: There are 7 copies reserved at the S&E library, here is the complete list of all the copies.
  • Amazon: You can rent, buy used or buy new the book (link)

Course Objectives: To introduce the basic ideas of probability and statistics with emphasis on applications to the
natural and social sciences and to everyday life.  While we will learn how to do some calculations by hand, the primary goal is understanding of concepts, including the ability to interpret results.  Topics are detailed in the schedule (see Syllabus).

 

Teaching Assistants:

 

Discussion Sections: Discussion sections are mandatory and attendance makes 5% of your grade. You can miss one section and still get full credit, but if you miss more than three you get a  zero. 

Sec Type Class # Days Time Instructors Location  
01A DIS 61265 Tuesday 08:30AM-09:40AM Sharmistha Engineer 2 192
01B DIS 61266 Thursday 06:00PM-07:10PM Cheng-Han Engineer 2 192
01C DIS 61267 Thursday 07:30PM-08:40PM Cheng-Han Engineer 2 192
01D DIS 61268 Friday 11:00AM-12:10PM Chelsea Engineer 2 192

 

MSI

AMS7 has MSI support this quarter. If you are not familiar with MSI, the main MSI website is http://lss.ucsc.edu/programs/modified-supplemental-instruction/index.html.

The MSI instructor is Keira Delaney, email: krdelane@ucsc.edu. The MSI schedule is as follows:

MSI sections: 

Tuesday 6:00-7:10pm, Social Sciences II 137
Wednesday 3:30-4:40pm, Cowell 222
Friday 5:00-6:10, Baskin Engineering 169

 

Additional Information

 

DRC

If you qualify for classroom accomodations because of a disability, please submit your Accomodation Authorization from the Disability Resource Center (DRC) to me during my office hours in a timely manner, preferably within the first two weeks of the quarter. Contact the DRC at 459-2089 V, 459-4806 TTY.

Academic Integrity

You are reminded of the University's Policy on Academic Integrity.  I hope not to have to remind any of you individually about this policy.

 

Some Thoughts About Lectures

"In Praise of Lectures" gives some ideas about the purpose of lectures, note-taking, and not being afraid to ask questions. It's target audience is more advanced mathematics students, but everything it says applies here. Think about the ideas it presents, and you will have a better time in AMS7 lectures. In particular

  • Lectures complement reading the textbook. In lectures I can spend extra time explaining ideas that students find confusing or difficult. I can try to judge from your behaviour your level of comprehension and adjust what I say accordingly.
  • I am not, however, a mind-reader. If you have questions, please ask them. If you don't understand something, chances are there are others who don't understand either, but are more inhibited than you are.
  • If you don't want to concentrate on the lecture, you're not required to attend. Please be considerate of those who do want to concentrate.
  • The lectures will present the material, but you will only know if you truly understand it if you try the homework problems. Only by applying the ideas yourself will you know that you have mastered them. “I went to a lecture on the violin, but when I tried playing one it sounded horrid. The lecturer can't have been any good.”
  • If you are having difficulties, please come and see me during office hours. Do this early in the quarter, rather than a week before the final exam. My goal is for everyone to understand and be comfortable with the material. If this is also your goal, I'm willing to do what's needed to help you achieve that goal.