SCMA524-901 Fall 2014 (32403), 5:30-6:45 p.m. Monday & Wednesday, Room B2113, Snead Hall
Dr. Robert L. Andrews, Instructor
Lecture Materials for the Sharpe text (Web page) Saved notes for fall 2014 (Web page)
Page last updated November 6, 2014 Note that some links will not be activated until the appropriate time during the class.
REQUIRED TEXTBOOK & SOFTWARE:
Sharpe, Norean R.; De Veaux, Richard D. and Velleman, Paul F., Business Statistics, 2nd edition (2012), Addison-Wesley & MyStatLab
Available Purchase Options:
MyStatLab with e-book: Purchase on-line at http://www.coursecompass.com/
Complete book bundled with MyStatLab & e-book: ISBN13: 9780321897183 or 9780321955081
or 9780321771933 (Make sure a new MyStatLab account is included to do MyStatLab.)
Graded work on MyStatLab will be used to calculate the quiz average.
MyStatLab Course ID: andrews53686
Instructions for Accessing MyStatLab (Word document)

MyStatLab (Web page)

Course Outline for SCMA524 - Fall 2014 (Word document)

VCU Drop-in Tutoring Schedule for SCMA 301 & 302

Overview of Text Coverage (Excel document)

Information for Microsoft Office 2013 (VCU Web page, free for qualified VCU students)
Office 2013 is installed in our classroom and Excel will be used extensively throughout the course.

Information for JMP Pro for VCU students (VCU Web page, free for qualified VCU students)
JMP Pro 11 will be installed in our classroom and the second floor lab in Snead Hall. It interfaces with Excel and has good graphic capabilities as well as advanced statistical analysis capabilities.
JMP online training assessable through VCU at JMP e-Learning tutortials. (These Tutorials are for JMP 9 but apply to using JMP 10 and 11.)

Student Code of Conduct Contains VCU specific information for policies that relate to student conduct in numerous areas.

VCU Honor System (pdf file)

Webpage with VCU syllabi statements that include 1. VCU Email Policy, 2. VCU Honor System: Upholding Academic Integrity, 3. Student Conduct in the Classroom, 4. Students with Disabilities, 5. Statement on Military Short-Term Training or Deployment, 6. Excused Absences for Students Representing the University, 7. Campus Emergency Information, 8. Important Dates, 9. VCU Mobile, 10. Class Registration Required for Attendance, 11. Withdrawal from Classes & 12. Student Financial Responsibility

VCU & class status during inclement weather (Web page)

ratemyprofessors.com(Web page)

Virginia General Assembly (Web page) If you are a Virginia resident then the amount you pay for tuition is basically determined by the portion of the total cost that is funded by the Commonwealth. Your legislators are the ones who determine this amount. You can find out who they are and how to contact them about the support provided for higher education.
Student coalition supporting higher education in Virginia (Web page)

Quiz 1 Project, SCMA524 - Fall 2014 (Word document)

Term Project, SCMA524 - Fall 2014 (Word document)

Excel 2010 & 2013 statistical functions (Excel file) Office 2013 will be on the computers in the classroom. Excel 2010 and subsequently 2013 have several functions that were not in Office 2007 and some of these will be covered in class. All of the Office 2007 functions should work OK in Office 2010 & 2013. Note that VCU Automic Learning tutorials do not cover most of the statistical functions we will use during the class nor do they cover the Solver or Data Analysis add-ins.
Excel file showing some basics for using Excel 2007 for Statistics (Excel file)
Media Player Instructional Files to use previous versions of Excel for Statistics (Web page)

Sample Term Project (Excel document)
Sample Term Project Insurance 2007 (Excel document)