Stat 1001 Syllabus

Sobel, Fall 2018

Quantitative Methods for Business I

STAT 1001, Section 01, CRN 4119 Fall 2018
Instructor: Dr. Marc Sobel
Office: 386 1810 Liacouras Walk
Phone: 215.204.5826
Class Hours: MWF 9:00AM-10:00AM
Office Hours: MWF 10:05 AM – 11:05 AM
E-mail: marc.sobel@temple.edu

Prerequisite: Sufficient score on the Math Placement exam or a C- or better in Math 0701.

Course Overview: Fundamentals of mathematics and Excel are necessary for a student to pursue their degree at the Fox School
of Business. Topics and illustrations are specifically directed to applications in business and economics throughout this course. The
overarching theme of this class is to solidify foundational quantitative and excel skills and use those skills to solve relevant business
applications.

Textbook: Custom Pearson Text (need to pick chapters from several books)
Custom Edition for Temple University (Pearson Custom Publishing, 2017)

Excel: Microsoft Excel (2016 for Windows, 2015 for Mac) will be used throughout this course. You will be asked to bring
your laptop to class to participate in classroom activities. (No calculator is required for this course, Excel will be
used as your “calculator”).

Course Objectives:
This course will enable you to understand and apply foundational quantitative techniques to business problems. We will apply these
techniques in decision making situations that require critical thinking. Specifically, by the end of the course, you should be able to
understand and apply knowledge of fractions, percentages, linear and nonlinear functions, and algebra to a variety of business
situations. In addition, you should be able to apply knowledge of basic functions in Microsoft Excel. In addition, you should develop
higher level skills that are applicable to myriad problems in business and in life, including: the ability to read and understand
information given in various formats (e.g., graphs, tables, figures, mathematical formulas, or in text), interpret and draw inferences
from quantitative information, solve business problems using quantitative methods, and estimate and check your answers for
reasonableness.

Method of Instruction: The course is designed to give you 24/7 on-demand access to content, assignments, and lectures. Being
successful in this course puts a great deal of responsibility in your hands. The course is comprised of two components: prerecorded
lectures designed and recorded specifically for your class, and live collaborative classes. It is critical that you stay on pace with the
material, watch the recorded lectures on-time and perform the suggested activities throughout the recordings, come prepared for
the live classes, do your homework until you understand the concepts and operations, understand to the point that you don’t need
any notes or triggers to help you successfully come to a correct solution.

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Final Grade: will be based on the weighted average of

Quizzes 25%
Online Homework 10%
Exams (three) 40% (=13.33%*3)
Final Exam 25%

If a student does not complete a test, quiz, or assignment before the due date, then the student will receive a grade of zero for that
particular assessment. No make-up opportunity or extensions will be provided unless arrangements for a missed assessment are
made prior to the assessment date.

QUIZES will have a weight of 25%

Inclass Quizes : An Inclass quiz will be assigned during many Friday classes. Your quiz will be graded online.

Online Chapter Quizzes: The quizzes are on individual chapters and are check-in points before each exam. You will have only
one opportunity to submit your answers. Each quiz will be due about 72 hours after it is assigned (you’ll have three day’s).

Online Homework (10%): If you get a homework question incorrect, click on Similar Exercise to get a new problem.

Exams (40%): There will be three exams in this course. Each exam will be administered in class. There will be multiple versions
of each Exam dates: Friday Sep 28, Friday Oct 26, and Wednesday Nov 21

Final Exam (25%): A comprehensive common final exam will be administered on December from 3:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. in
selected classrooms. Every student taking Stat 1001 during the day on main campus takes the same final exam at the same time.
You may not take the final exam before or after the scheduled time.

This is a common final exam. Exam time will be announced later.

Grading Scale: 100 – 93 A 92 – 90 A–

89 – 87 B+ 86 – 83 B 82 – 80 B–
79 – 77 C+ 76 – 73 C 72 – 70 C–
69 – 67 D+ 66 – 63 D 62 – 60 D–
59 – 0 F
All final course grades will be rounded to the nearest whole number
(i.e. 69.5 would be rounded to a 70, but a 69.49 would be a 69).

Cheating and Plagiarism: are serious offenses and will not be tolerated. Plagiarism is the act of presenting someone else's work
as your own (this someone may be another student, a tutor, a member of the faculty, or an author). Any student caught cheating or
committing plagiarism will be subject to disciplinary action. See handbook for details.

Attendance: Attendance is considered mandatory. It is important for you to attend all live classes and be on time. It’s also
imperative that you watch all recorded classes. There’s no such thing as an excused or unexcused absence, only present or absent.

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If you are not in class then you will not have the opportunity to submit the daily Class Activity (see below) and receive a zero for that
day’s assignment.

Temple’s Center for Learning & Student Success (CLASS): The CLASS in 1810 Liacouras Walk, Room 201 is open daily for
walk-in help. Please utilize the center for any questions or help you may need. Schedule and other information on the MSRC is at
http://www.temple.edu/CLASS.

Pearson MyLab/Mastering: MyLab/Mastering is the tool we will use for your online homework, online chapter quizzes, and
post-recording quizzes. The eBook is also available in this system. Therefore, you must register for the product regardless if you
purchased a hard copy of the text. Online access, which includes access to the online assignments, quizzes, and the eBook, must
be purchased before 11:59 p.m. on Monday 9/3. Please refer to the Pearson MyLab and Mastering tab in Canvas.
https://register.pearsoncmg.com/
If you register late and miss assignments, you will receive a zero for those missed assignments.

Note: Several other departments use MyLab/Mastering tools. You only need to create one account in this system and you can use
the account for multiple courses. I strongly suggest using your tuX#### as your username and your temple email as your email
address. If you forget your username or password use this page to retrieve them
https://register.pearsoncmg.com/forgotlogin/forgotLogin.fl

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Course Schedule
*Subject to change

Date Assignments Due

Attend Class: Course & Technology Overview

Poll Everywhere: In Class
Watch: (Mathematics for Business)
1.2 Addition & Subtraction of Fractions Videos
Week 1 Fractions, Adding Fractions, Subtracting Fractions
1.3 Multiplication & Division of Fractions Videos
Multiplying & Dividing Fractions, Rounding + Converting
Decimals & Fractions
Complete: Post-Recording Quizzes for 1.2 & 1.3

Complete: Homework 1.2 & 1.3

Attend Class:
2.1 Solving Equations
Solving Linear Equations, Solving Complex Linear
Equations
2.2 Applications of Equations
Translating Words to Algebraic Expressions, Translating
Words to Algebraic Equations & Solving

Poll Everywhere/Class Activity: In Class

Watch:
Week 2 2.3 Formulas
Manipulating Formulas

Complete: Post-Recording Quiz 2.3

Last day to drop a course

Complete: Homework 2.1 & 1.2

Complete: Homework 2.3

Inclass Quiz on Friday.

Attend Class:
Week 3 2.4 Ratios & Proportions
Ratios, Proportions

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Inclass Quiz on Friday

Watch:
2.5 Exponents & the Order of Operations
Exponents, Order of Operations
Complete: Post-Recording Quizzes 2.5

Complete: Online Quiz I (1.2 – 2.3) from Math for Business

Complete: Homework 2.4

Complete: Homework 2.5

Attend Class:
3.1 Writing Decimals & Fractions as Percent
Converting Decimals & Fractions to Percent
3.2 Applications: Finding the Part
Solving Percent Equations for the Part
3.3 Applications: Finding the Base
Solving Percent Equations for the Base

Inclass Quiz on Friday

Week 4
Watch:
3.4 Applications: Finding the Rate
Solving Percent Equations for the Rate
3.5 Increase & Decrease Problems
Solving Percent Equations: Increase & Decrease
Complete: Post-Recording Quizzes for 3.4 & 3.5
(available 9/21 at 12:01 AM)
Complete: Homework 3.1, 3.2, and 3.3

Complete: Homework 3.4 & 3.5

Attend Class: (Starting Finite Math)

1.1 Interval Notation
1.2 Polynomials
Week 5 Inclass Quiz on Friday
Watch:
1.3 Factoring

TAKE EXAM 9/28

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Complete: Post-Recording Quiz 1.3

Complete: Homework 1.1 & 1.2

Complete: Homework 1.3

Inclass Quiz on Friday

Attend Class:
1.4 Rational Expressions

Inclass Quiz on Friday

Week 6 Watch:
1.5 Exponents & Radicals

Complete: Post-Recording Quiz 1.5

(available 10/12 at 12:01 AM)
Complete: Homework 1.4
(available 10/10 at 12:01 AM)
Complete: Homework 1.5
(available 10/12 at 12:01 AM)
Attend Class:
1.7 Q

Complete: Online Quiz II (1.1 – 1.7 from Finite Math)

Watch:
Week 7 2.1 Graphs
Complete: Post-Recording Quiz 2.1

Complete: Homework 1.7

Complete: Homework 2.1

Week 8
Last day to withdraw from a course

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Attend Class:
2.2 Equations of Lines

Inclass Quiz on Friday

Watch:
2.4 Linear Inequalities
Complete: Post-Recording Quiz 2.4

Complete: Homework 2.2

Complete: Homework 2.4

Take Exam 2 on 10/26

Watch:
3.1 Functions
Week 9
10/23– 10/27
Complete: Post-Recording Quiz 3.1

Complete: Homework 3.1 (available 11/2 at 12:01 AM)

Attend Class:
3.3 Applications of Linear Functions
Inclass Quiz on Friday
Watch:
3.4 Applications of Quadratic Functions
Week 11
Complete: Post-Recording Quiz 3.4
(available 11/9 at 12:01 AM)
Complete: Homework 3.3
(available 11/7 at 12:01 AM)
Complete: Homework 3.4
(available 11/9 at 12:01 AM)
Attend Class:
4.1 Exponential Functions
4.2 Applications of Exponential Functions
4.3 Logarithmic Functions
Week 12 Inclass Quiz on Friday

Complete: Online Quiz III (3.1 – 1.4 from Finite Math)

Watch:
4.4 Logarithmic & Exponential Equations

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Complete: Post-Recording Quiz 3.4

Complete: Homework’s 4.1, 4.2, 4.3

Complete: Homework 4.4

REVIEW AND TAKE EXAM 3

Week 12
11/13 – 11/17
11/21
WEEK 13

Week 14 Attend Class: Review of Final Exam Questions (Optional)

Week 15

Finals Week ATTEND CLASS: Take Stat 1001 Common Final Exam