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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:
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