Chem 300 Syllabus (Fall 2016)
| Dr. Chris Stevenson Gottwald C-209, 289-8635 |
Office Hours MWF: 10-11am R: 10:30-11:30am By appointment |
| Test #1 | handed out Sept 9 collected Sept 14 | ||||||||||||
| Test #2 | handed out Nov 16 collected Nov 21 | |||||||||||||
| Midterm | Friday Oct 14 | |||||||||||||
| FINAL | Thurs Dec 8 (9am) | |||||||||||||
Class Exercises and Class Attendance
Class attendance is required, and you will be required to bring a laptop to class. You must have a recent version of Excel (either Windows or OS X version) loaded on the computer. If you do not own a laptop or a copy of Excel, you will check out a laptop from the computer lab before arriving in class.
There will be many class exercises during the lectures. On some days (usually Fridays) at the end of class you will be required to submit one or more Excel files as evidence that you have been following along with the class exercises. If there are no significant errors and if your work is well documented, then you will receive full credit for your work.
If you were unable to complete the class exercises in class, or if there were major errors in your submission, you may be allowed to submit a completed and correct file by the next class period to improve your grade for that exercise. If you miss class for some reason, you will be expected to do the missed exercises on your own and submit them by the next class period. In many cases there will be video screencasts posted that explain how to do the class exercises.
Tests
There will be two take-home tests; they are essentially fancy homework assignments which you will do on your own without any outside assistance. They are open-book assignments.
There will also be a midterm and a final, both of which will be given in class. The midterm will be given during the semester and will be open-book; you will have 75 min to complete it. The final will be given during exam week and will be closed-book; you will have 180 min to complete it. In both cases you will be able to use your computer (and Excel) to complete the test.
Any missed test will count as zero points unless it is an excused absence (illness, participation in a scheduled University event, etc.) which should be cleared with me before or immediately following the missed class. If a student misses a significant number of classes, such that I feel that his/her work is affected, I will notify the student's residential college dean.
Policy for Late Assignments
Late assignments will not be accepted for credit.
Honor Code
All work submitted under your signature in this course is pledged as being your own work. The honor code applies to homework, quizzes, tests, and final examinations. Homework must be done on your own, although group study on the Suggested Problems is allowed and encouraged.
I consider it an Honor Code violation for you to use graded assignments from previous years in preparing those that you submit as your own work.
The honor pledge is "I pledge that I have neither given nor received unauthorized assistance during the completion of this work."
Office Hours
Please do not hesitate to seek my help outside of class. I will make it a high priority to be in my office or research lab during my office hours; however, in case of unforeseen events, the best option is to make an appointment for a specific time. Please do not seek my help in the hour before a class, unless it is a very quick question.
References
- RE Walpole, RH Myers, "Probability and Statistics for Engineers and Scientists," MacMillan, NYC.
- John Mandel, "The Statistical Analysis of Experimental Data," 1984, Dover, Mineola. Re-publication of a classic 1964 work; the author is a chemist.
- JC Miller, JN Miller, "Statistics for Analytical Chemistry," 2nd ed, 1988, Ellis Horwood Ltd, West Sussex. Short but packed with information useful to practicing analytical chemists.
- RH Myers, "Classical and Modern Regression with Applications," 2nd ed, 1990, PWS-Kent, Boston. My personal favorite regression textbook.
- NR Draper, H Smith, "Applied Regression Analysis," 2nd ed, 1981, Wiley, NYC. A classic text favored by many chemists.
- V Barnett, T Lewis, "Outliers in Statistical Data," 3rd ed, 1995, Wiley, NYC. This is a topic that is not well treated in conventional textbooks. This book provides a good mix of practice and theory.
- DJ Sheshkin, "Handbook of Parametric and Nonparametric Statistical Procedures," 1997, CRC Press, Boca Raton. A good desktop reference for a variety of hypothesis tests.