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Course Description

The main goal of this class is to introduce the basic ideas of probability and statistics with emphasis on applications to the life 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.

Instructor: Lelys Bravo de Guenni

Office: Baskin Engineering 365B

Email: lbravo@soe.ucsc.edu

Phone: (831) 459-2513 (email is preferred)

Office Hours: Monday and Wednesday 1:30-2:30 pm or By Appointment

Lectures: Tuesday and Thursday, 07:10-8:45 pm, Jack Baskin Auditorium 101

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

Additional Information:

We will be using the Top Hat (www.tophat.com) classroom response system in class. You will be able to submit answers to in-class questions using Apple or Android smartphones and tablets, laptops, or through text message. Top Hat will require a paid subscription. A full breakdown of all subscription options available can be found here: www.tophat.com/pricing.

Our Top Hat Website is : https://app.tophat.com/e/532827

Our Top Hat course code is: 532827 

The questions posted in class can be answered, but they are not graded until the following class. This will give you the opportunity to review the questions and check the correct answers until next class. In the following class, questions from the previous class will be opened as a homework. You can answer them while you are in class and they will be graded. After class the questions will be closed.

Computer Labs: 

Enrollment in AMS 7L is a co-requisite. Material will be linked, but administratively 7L is a separate course and you will receive a separate grade for 7L. This lab in on-line. Please see the web page for your lab sections. All questions, especially administrative ones,about AMS 7L should be answered by Lab Instructors. The Lab instructors are: Yifei Yan and Cheng-Han Yu.

Homework:

Homework will be assigned every Thursday, but will not be collected or graded. Answers to the odd numbered problems are in the back of the book. If you feel it would help, you are encouraged to work together on homework. But remember that you have to take the homework quizzes individually, so the point of the homework is to learn the material.

Teaching Assistants:

  • Sharmistha Guha (shguha@ucsc.edu). Office hours: Tu, 9:00-10:00 am, E2 480; Th, 9:00-10:00 am, BE 312C/D
  • Bohan Liu (bliu47@ucsc.edu)
  • Raquel Barata (rbarata@ucsc.edu). Office hours: Mo, 11:00 - 12:00 m, BE 312B; Tu, 5:30 - 6:30 pm, BE 312C/D
  • Chelsea Lofland (clofland@ucsc,edu). Office hours: Wed 3:00 - 4:00 pm, BE-312C/D
  • Alexander Terenin (aterenin@ucsc.edu). Office hours: Fri, 2:00 - 4:00 pm, E2 480

 

Discussion Sections:

Please note: Sections will start on Monday September 26, 2016.

TAs will work through additional examples and answer questions. Sections are mandatory. All the quizzes and exams will be passed back in your enrolled section.

Section    Days         Time                           Room                    TA                          TopHat Code

01A           Mo     08:00AM-09:05AM   J Baskin Engr 372   Boham Liu                  569588
01B           Mo     09:20AM-10:25AM   J Baskin Engr 372   Raquel Barata            159045
01C           Fr       12:00AM-01:05PM    J Baskin Engr 372   Alexander Terenin    478008
01D          Th       01:30PM-02:35PM   Porter Acad 148      Raquel Barata            140204
01E           We     10:40AM-11:45AM   Porter Acad 148      Boham Liu                  195667
01F           We      04:00PM-05:05PM   Porter Acad 148     Boham Liu                   822653 

MSI Sections:

Jennifer Lundberg (jelundbe@ucsc.edu):
Monday 10:40-11:40 Oakes Learning Center
Tuesday 9:50-10:50 ARC 202
Wednesday 9:20-10:20 ARC 203
Friday 1:20-2:20 ARC 202

Keira Delaney (krdelane@ucsc.edu):
Monday 7:10-8:10 ARC 203
Tuesday 1:30-2:30 Oakes Learning Center
Wednesday 2:40-3:40 ARC 202
Thursdays 3:20-4:20 Crown 201