Fall 2002
Updated 03/28/03
Introduction Lecture Notes
Chapter 3 and 4, Lecture Notes
Sample First Exams: Spring 2002, Fall 2001, Spring 2001, Fall 2001, Spring 2000, Fall 2000, Spring 1999, Fall 1999, Spring 1998 (b), Fall 1998 (b), Spring 1997 (b), Fall 1997.
The exam will cover Chapters 1-4 in Landsburg. The exam will consist of short answer and essay questions and will count for 25% of your grade. The exam is closed book and closed note. Students must bring a blank bluebook and pen to the exam. The exam will last 75 minutes. The remaining class time will be used to go over the answers.
Third Homework, Due Tuesday November 5th in class. Answer
The exam will cover Chapters 5-7 in Landsburg. The exam is closed book and closed note. The exam will count for 25% of your grade.
Sample Second Exams: Fall 2002 Answer, Spring 2002, Fall 2001, Spring 2001, Fall 2001, Spring 2000, Fall 2000, Spring 1999, Fall 1999 (b), Spring 1998, Fall 1998 (b), Spring 1997, Fall 1997.
The student is responsible for reading Chapter 8 on their own.
Chapter 10, Lecture Notes
Chapter 11, Lecture Notes
The final exam is comprehensive. All topics will be given equal weight. Students should bring a bluebook, calculator, and pen to the exam.
Sample Final Exams: Spring 2002, Fall 2001, Spring 2001 (b), Spring 2000, Fall 2000 (b), Spring 1999, Fall 1999 (b), Spring 1998 (b,c), Fall 1998, Spring 1997 (b), Summer 1997 (b).
All examinations are closed book, closed note. Students may bring a calculator into the exam room but the calculator's memory must be purged of all class related material before entering the exam room.
There will be a series of homework assignments and pop quizzes. The homework scores will be added to the score on next test. Students not submitting homework or absent the day of pop quizzes will receive a point deduction on the next test.
For those statistically inclined, your course score determines your grade and is computed using the following formula:
The course score shows how well you performed relative to other students' mean performance. A negative score denotes below average student performance. A positive course score denotes above average student performance. For the purpose of assigning grades all sections of the course for the semester are considered as a group.
Grades are assigned using a modified curve. Roughly speaking, A's are earned by all students who average two standard deviation above the mean on the tests and final (a course score of 2). B's are earned by students averaging 1 standard deviation above the mean. C's are earned by students averaging 0 standard deviation below the mean. D's and F's are given to students scoring below -.5 standard deviations from the mean.
The course scores required for each grade are adjusted for the overall performance of all sections in a given semester relative to the historical performance of past classes.
There will be no plus/minus grading.