PERSONNEL

• Dr. Ernest E. Rothman Please make use of the following!
  • Office hours: Office location is given in the course syllabus: Tuesday and Thursday: 3:45 PM - 4:45 PM and Wednesday 12:00 PM - 2:30 PM; and by appointment, drop-in, and Skype. If there is a need to change office hour schedule, the new office hour schedule will be posted on the course web site. (My screennames will be provided separately.) Instant messaging can be used for simple questions for clarification of course content (e.g., HW exercises); please use salve.edu email and/or an office hour visit for other detailed course-related questions.
  • Phone ext. 3237. (Email address is given in the course syllabus)

  Use of University In accordance with University policy:

  Please note that all official email communications at Salve Regina University involving faculty, students, and staff is to be conducted using your official university email address. Students must regularly check their university email for important notifications from their faculty, the Registrar, and others.

  Please come to see me during my office hours! If you have a conflict and cannot make my office hours, please contact me and we can set up an appointment for another time. I will usually be available for (audio and video enabled) instant messaging during office hours. When you come to my office hours, or contact me via Instant Messenger or email, please be prepared with specific course-related questions.

TEXTBOOK AND OTHER MATERIALS

• Required Textbook: Probability and Statistical Inference 10th Edition by Robert V. Hogg, Elliot A. Tanis, and Dale Zimmermann. Pub. Pearson.
• Strongly Recommended Calculator: TI-83Plus or TI-84Plus graphing calculator. When calculators are allowed on exams, only TI-83, TI-83Plus, or TI-84Plus will be permitted.

ON-LINE MATERIAL

• Course Website: https://samchops.neocities.org/STA341/index.html. You are expected to check the course web site for updates at least twice a day, including mornings and evenings.
  • Grading Policies.
  • How to contact me.
  • Assignments.
  • Class notes (provided via email)
  • Home-grown course-related MATLAB functions and scripts
  • For a screen shot showing how to obtain multiple pages of class notes on a single printed page using Preview in macOS, click here.

COMPUTER SOFTWARE

MATLAB is installed in the PC computer labs in McKillop Library. Additionally, you may purchase the Student Edition of MATLAB to install on your Mac OS X, Linux, or Windows system. (You are not required to purchase MATLAB in this course.)

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Last modified: 9/5/2019