STA 2014
Elementary Statistics for Health and Social Science Majors
Sections 84465 & 84642, Building 3, Room 1381, MW 11:00-11:50
Section 84465, Building 3, Room 1381, F 11:00 – 11:50
Section 84642, Building 3, Room 1381, F 12:00 – 12:50
Instructor: Jim Gleaton
Office: 14/2717, Phone: 620-3727
Email:, Web page:
Office Hours:Tuesday, 10:00 - 12:00; Tuesday, 2:00 - 4:00; Thursday, 10:00 - 12:00, Thursday, 2:00 - 4:00
TI-83, TI-83 Plus, or TI-84 Graphing Calculator is required for the course; they are available at UNF bookstore.
Text:Fundamentals of Statistics, Third Edition, Michael Sullivan, Pearson Prentice-Hall
Course grade:The grade will be determined by two tests, the final exam, weekly quizzes, and online homework assignments. Tests will be worth 20% each; the final exam will be worth 30%. The average of the weekly quizzes will be worth 20%; the average of the homework assignments will be worth 10%. Borderline cases will be decided based on whether the student is improving and on class trends.
Tip for Succeeding in College:
1) For every hour you spend in the classroom, you should spend at least two hours outside of class (preferably the same day; the next day at the latest) studying the course material.
2) Class attendance is important; students who do not attend class regularly are more likely to fail.
3) Check the webpage (address given above) regularly, at least once or twice each week, to keep up with course material and assignment due dates.
4) Assistance in study skills, as well as tutoring, may be found at the Academic Center for Excellence in Building 2, Room 1200. Here is a schedule of study skills workshops conducted by ACE during the summer: I strongly urge students to sign up for study skills workshops, especially in topics such as College Success Strategies, Memory Tips, Note Taking Tips, Reading Strategies, Quit Procrastinating, and Time Management.
5) Please register to use MyLab TODAY, so that you will not get behind in your course work. If you fall behind, it will be difficult to catch up.
Homework:Homework assignments will be online, through Pearson MyLab and Mastering. To register, go to Follow the instructions (The Course ID is gleaton56388). You are responsible for all assigned problems. Each homework assignment has a due date, by which time it must be completed.
Quizzes: Weekly quizzes will consist of questions about recently covered material. No make-up quizzes will be given, for any reason; each student’s lowest quiz score will be dropped. If the student misses one quiz, that quiz will count as the dropped score. If the student misses more than one quiz, the additional missed quizzes will receive scores of zero. There will be no extra credit assignments.
Attendance and Other Policies:You are responsible for attending classes unless you are ill or have an emergency. If the student misses one of the tests, due to unavoidable (i.e., emergency) circumstances, the student must see me within a week after the missed test for determination of whether a make-up test is warranted. In general, a make-up exam would be warranted for reasons such as illness, death in the immediate family, or work requirements. The student must present a written excuse from a physician, employer, faculty member, parent, or other relevant person in authority attesting to the reason for absence.
Please be courteous to your classmates:1)Please do not conduct private conversations during the class period; to do so is disruptive.2)If you know that you will need to leave class early one day, please sit in the rear of the room so as not to disturb the class; also, please let me know before class that you will be leaving.Otherwise, please remain seated until the end of the class. 3) Cellphones, pagers, and other electronic devices should be turned off during the class period. Please do so before coming to class.
Students with disabilities who seek reasonable accommodations in the classroom or other aspects of performing their coursework must first register with the UNF Disability Resource Center (DRC) located in Building 10, Room 1201. DRC staff members work with students to obtain required documentation of disability and to identify appropriate accommodations as required by applicable disability laws including the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). After receiving all necessary documentation, the DRC staff determines whether a student qualifies for services with the DRC and if so, the accommodations the student will be provided. DRC staff then prepares a letter for the student to provide faculty advising them of approved accommodations. For further information, contact the DRC by phone (904) 620-2769, email (), or visit the DRC website (
Tentative Course Schedule
Week / Lecture8/22 - 8/26 / Ch. 1, Introduction to TI-83-TI-84; bring calculator.
8/29 - 9/2 / Ch. 2, Ch. 2
9/5 - 9/9 / Labor Day, Ch. 3
9/12 - 9/16 / Ch. 3, Ch. 3
9/19 - 9/23 / Ch. 4, Ch. 4
9/26 - 9/30 / Ch. 4, Review
10/3 - 10/7 / Exam 1, Ch. 5
10/10 - 10/14 / Ch. 5, Ch. 5
10/17 - 10/21 / Ch. 6, Ch. 6
10/24 - 10/28 / Ch. 7, Ch. 7
10/31 - 11/4 / Ch. 8, Review, Exam 2
11/7 - 11/11 / Ch. 8, Veterans Day
11/14 - 11/18 / Ch. 9, Ch. 9
11/21 - 11/25 / Ch. 9, Ch. 10, Thanksgiving Holiday
11/28 - 12/2 / Ch. 10, Review
12/5 - 12/9 / Final Exam
Important dates:
November 4 – Deadline for withdrawal from courses
December 5 - Final Exam, 11:00 to 12:50
General Education Outcomes:
STA 2014 is designed to satisfy the following criteria from the Student Outcomes of General Education:
Know the world.
Demonstrate knowledge of the natural sciences, mathematics, arts, and human societies.
This course focuses on the “mathematics” portion of this outcome. The whole course contributes to satisfying this outcome.
Think Critically.
Read, analyze, and understand complex texts or quantitative information.
This course focuses on the “quantitative information” portion of this outcome. The whole course contributes to satisfying this outcome.
Solve Problems.
Formulate and/or apply models to evaluate problems and draw conclusions.
We will reach this goal by finding relationships between variables, doing regression analyses, constructing estimators, calculating probabilities, and performing tests of hypotheses.