ADVANCED STATISTICS

GRADING AND CLASS POLICIES

Materials

Workshop Statistics by Allan Rossman and J. Barr von Oehsen

The Practice of Statistics by Daniel Yates, David Moore, and Darren Starnes

TI-83 or TI 83+ or TI 84 graphing calculator (save your link cable and manual)

Recommended: 3 -ring binder, colored pencils

Absences

1. After an absence, you should catch up on the material you missed using the text and/or a classmate's notes. Then you should schedule a conference with me to cover any remaining questions.

2. It is your responsibility to see me to make up missed HW grades, quizzes, or tests after an absence. I will not track you down to tell you what you missed.

3. HW assignments are posted on the online syllabus.

ACADEMIC POLICIES: See the Academic Policy Statement for Mathematics, 2010/2011. Please pay particular attention to the policy regarding unexcused absences:

"A student who has an unexcused absence on the day of a test or a quiz will receive a '0'."

Make up Tests: See the Academic Policy Statement for Mathematics, 2010/2011.

Students absent on review days prior to tests are still expected to take tests during the normally scheduled time.

GRADE PERCENTAGES: (Approximate)

For each term:

Tests, Projects, Assessments: 70%
Quizzes: 20%
Homework/Daily work: 10%

HW. Homework will be checked at the start of class every day and graded as indicated below.

10 -- Complete work and /or substantial effort shown on every problem. Explanation of area of confusion for each problem not completed (Don't just say, "don't understand" etc.

5 -- At least half completed but not sufficient effort for full credit.

0 -- Less than half completed.

Quizzes: These will typically be given once a week and they will usually be announced in advance. You may not use your book or notes on quizzes. No quiz grades will be dropped.

Tests: These will be given every two to three weeks. They will last the whole period, and they will usually be given during 45 minute classes. All tests are cumulative.

RUTKOWSKI'S GRADING SYSTEM

GRADING RUBRIC FOR PARTIAL CREDIT

 

Whenever possible, I like to award partial credit on test/quiz questions. Here's how I do it.

0: no significant progress made.

1: some understanding evident, but no significant progress made.

2: substantial progress made, but analysis, conclusion and or/answer. were incorrect.

3: full credit: analysis sound and complete and answer/conclusion correct.

 

For shorter, less complex questions I may just award 0, 1, or 2 points based on the quality of the work.

On tests and quizzes, I add up the total number of points earned and your grade is the percentage of points you earned out of the total possible points.

QUESTIONS ABOUT YOUR GRADES

Grades are supposed to be a communication to you concerning my judgment about your progress. If you have questions and/or you disagree with your grade, then you have the right to talk with me about it. Since this can often be an emotional situation, it is important that our communication be professional, respectful of each otherŐs feelings, and (hopefully) productive. This means that if you have an issue concerning your grade, your responsibility is to arrange a time with me outside of class where we can sit down and discuss the situation one on one. You do not have the right to jump up in the middle of class and demand an immediate explanation for why you got the grade you got. The professional way to handle the situation is to come up after class, mention that you have some questions about your grade, and arrange a time for us to meet.

One exception: if you believe that I misgraded your paper (marked something wrong when it was really correct, or vica versa), then simply put a note on your paper directing me to the problem and leave it with me so I can take another look at it.