MISSION

As a Catholic institution inspired by the ideals of the Sisters of Saint Anne, Anna Maria College educates students to
become individuals who will transform their world as ethical leaders and community-oriented professionals.

ANNA MARIA COLLEGE

COURSE SYLLABUS
Fall 2023

Course Number and Title: BUS250-1 Applied Statistics and Quantitative Analysis

Faculty Name: Liz Manos, Ph.D.

On-Campus Office Hours:

Monday, Wednesday, Friday 9:00 am - 10:00 am
Monday, Wednesday 3:30 pm to 4:00 pm
Friday 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm
Tuesday 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Available other days/times on-campus and virtually

On Campus Office Location: Room 152, Information Commons

Anna Maria College Email: emanos@annamaria.edu

Office Phone: 508-849-3437

Course Delivery: ground/in-person - 100% on campus

Course Description:

A study of elementary applied statistics starting with probability and including permutations, combinations,
distributions, measures of central tendency, linear correlations and regressions.

Please note that a grade of C+ or better is required to continue in the nursing program.

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General Education Designation: Quantitative Reasoning

Course Student Learning Outcomes:

At the conclusion of BUS250 Applied Statistics Quantitative Analysis:
1. The students will explain the major concepts of statistics including: descriptive statistics,
inferential statistics, population versus sample, parameter versus statistic, experimental design,
data collection techniques, and sampling techniques
2. The students will compute, interpret, and apply techniques of both descriptive and inferential
statistics using both hypothetical data and actual data.
3. The students will compute, interpret, and apply descriptive statistics, namely measure of central
tendency (mean, mode, median) and measures of variation (range, variance, standard deviation).
In addition, construct and interpret frequency distributions.
4. The students will compute, interpret, and apply relative frequency probabilities (non-conditional
and conditional) and counting principles (combinations and permutations). In addition, the
students will compute, interpret, and apply probabilities from normal distributions.
5. The students will formulate, interpret, and apply confidence intervals and hypothesis testing
techniques to test hypothesis surrounding various population parameters.
6. The students will compute, interpret, and apply techniques of correlation and linear regression.
7. The students will understand the ethical practice of statistics through examples which illustrate
both the use and misuse of statistics. Furthermore, the students will gain an appreciation for the
value of statistics
8. The students will perform logical reasoning including, though not limited to, the ability to
understand, analyze, and evaluate arguments.

Required Learning Resources and Texts

Textbook(s):

Levine, Stephan, and Szabat. 2021. Statistics for Managers, Using Microsoft Excel, 9th Edition, Pearson.

Teaching-Learning Methods:
 Powerpoints (or other types of presentations)
 Lecture notes
 Virtual meetings
 Discussion
 Written assignments
 Excel spreadsheet

Methods of Evaluation:
 Excel assignments
 Exams including Final Exam

Learning Management System (LMS): Engage (Moodle platform)

This course is being taught on campus and virtually and will be using the Engage Learning Management
System (Moodle platform) to house content and communications. Communications may include

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announcements from the instructor (which will also be sent to your Anna Maria College email address),
course content, assignments, and virtual classroom spaces such as Zoom.

Students should set their Engage account to forward all announcements to their Anna Maria College email
account and check their email daily. Students are also expected to check Engage daily.

Completion of all assignments posted in this syllabus is mandatory regardless of course delivery mode
(online or on ground). Changes to the syllabus are at the discretion of the faculty.

The instructor will provide learning activities and assignments that will help develop critical thinking,
knowledge, and skills at the Baccalaureate or Graduate level, based on the level of the course. Students are
responsible for participating in the weekly lessons and all weekly assignments by the stated deadline unless
notified that there is an Anna Maria College school-wide systems problem. For more information about
what is required, please see the Participation and Attendance section.

Credit Hour Policy

As you plan your time each week, please keep in mind that according to the New England Commission of
Higher Education, for a traditional 15-week, 3 credit course, students should expect to spend approximately
8-10 hours per week engaged with coursework. Engagement can be with faculty, with other students, or
with content materials such as reading, viewing PowerPoints, watching videos, completing assignments,
taking exams, working on projects, writing essays, and participating in weekly online discussion threads. In
an accelerated, 8-week course, students should expect to spend approximately 17-20 hours per week on
coursework as explained above. A student workload estimator can be found at
https://cat.wfu.edu/resources/tools/estimator2/

Grading Criteria:

Anna Maria College UNDERGRADUATE Grading

Points Grade
93+ A
90-92 A-
87-89 B+
84-86 B
80-83 B-
77-79 C+
74-76 C
70-73 C-
67-69 D+
63-66 D
60-62 D-
<=59 F

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ASSIGNMENTS Available points Percent
Three tests 100 40%
Projects/Assignments 100 30%
Final Exam 100 30%
Total 100 100%

Course Assignments
Completing all assignments is mandatory for successful completion of the course. If you wish a challenge a
grade on any assignment, including your final course grade, you must justify your request in writing
within 7 days of the posting of the graded assignment.

Late Assignments
Points will be deducted for late assignments; five points will be deducted for each class day the
assignment is late (up to a maximum of 30). No late assignments will be accepted after May 1, 2023.
Any time you feel you might be falling behind in the course, it is best to contact your instructor to discuss
your situation.
 Prior approval is necessary to miss/make up an exam and only for extenuating circumstances.

Course Activities:

Readings
Weekly readings are required and are listed in the Course Calendar and in the weeks they are assigned.

Excel (Spreadsheet) Assignments

Problems/ assignments are posted in some weeks and include detailed instructions in Engage.

Exams
The course includes three exams as well as a final exam. Prior approval is necessary to miss/make up an
exam and only for extenuating circumstances.

Course Procedures and Policies

Participation and Attendance

Participation begins the first week with an Introduction, Syllabus Acknowledgement, and Video Recording
Acknowledgement. Throughout the course, participation is defined as posting to a discussion board and/or
submitting an assignment.

Participation and attendance are mandatory and are tracked by log in times, the quality and quantity of
student posts on discussion boards, communications with the professor, and assignment submissions.
Students are expected to check the Engage site for each of their courses on a daily basis for announcements
and messages.

Participation in a remote class, like an in-person class, requires students to be present and able to actively
participate in class. You should be situated, with your computer, in a way that you have minimal

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background interference and can easily read information on your screen, view video clips and
presentations, share your screen if needed, and actively participate in discussions.

Extended absences, defined as the failure to participate for more than five consecutive days, must be
approved by the instructor as excused absences. Examples of excused absences are: religious observances,
active military duty, jury duty, a death in the family, or a serious medical condition. You may be asked to
provide documentation for all excused absences. Students who fail to coordinate such absences with the
instructor, or who fail to withdraw from the course in accordance with the school’s official withdrawal
policy, will be graded appropriately.

Your instructor’s role in this class is to provide you with a learning activities and assignments to utilize in
developing knowledge and skills. While your instructor cares about your success and what you learn in
class, you are responsible for participating in and learning from the activities provided. Your instructor will
make themselves available for discussion and feedback. You are also encouraged to consider your fellow
students as valuable resources for learning.

Communications
Faculty office hours and contact information are listed on the front page of this syllabus. Please feel free to
contact your instructor to ask questions or obtain clarification on course assignments. The Anna Maria
College faculty, administration, and staff make every effort to respond to email communication in a timely
manner; however, immediate responses may not always be possible. Students should expect a response
to email communication within 48 hours. Your instructor will use your Anna Maria email address for all
communications. Typically, your email address is your first and middle initials, followed by your last
name@amcats.edu. For example, Mary K. Jones’ email address would be: mkjones@amcats.edu.
In matters of urgency, students are expected to immediately notify their instructors.

The following are some additional expectations regarding electronic communications:

 Always include a subject line with every email. If we receive a message with no subject and an
attachment (possibly your assignment); we will not open an attachment since it could be a potential
virus.
 Be polite. This could include using a greeting or closing. Many folks sign with merely their initial.
Start all notes with a salutation, such as "Hi Professor Smith."
 Run every message through spell check.
 Take another look before you send a message. Email is a public domain; do not send via email
anything that you would not be comfortable with posting on the bulletin board in the supermarket.
 Be careful with irony and tone.
 Writing in all caps is like shouting.
 Remember that email reflects on your professionalism.
 Be brief or at least concise when writing e-mails.
 Please don't use the same abbreviations and slang as when text or instant messaging.

Privacy and Confidentiality

The Anna Maria College academic experience is designed so students can draw on the wealth of examples
from their personal experiences in class discussions and in their written work. It is imperative that students
not share information that is confidential, privileged, or proprietary in nature.

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Academic Honesty College Policy
As an academic community centered in the Catholic Tradition, Anna Maria College expects all members of
the college community to act in a responsible and ethical manner and to uphold the values, rules, and
regulations of the College. The principles of individual honor, integrity, responsibility, and respect for the
rights of others are essential to student conduct in both academic and co-curricular life.

A student must always submit work that represents his or her original words or ideas. If any words or ideas
are used that do not represent the student's original words or ideas, the student must cite all relevant
sources. The student should also make clear the extent to which such sources were used. Words or ideas
that require citations include, but are not limited to, all hardcopy or electronic publications, whether
copyrighted or not, and all verbal or visual communication when the content of such communication
clearly originates from an identifiable source. The student handbook defines the standards of academic
conduct as:
1. Intentional or accidental plagiarism in an academic exercise, which includes:
a. Direct or literal copying of a source without proper attribution;
b. Paraphrasing of a source without proper attribution;
c. Resubmission of one’s work in another academic exercise without the knowledge of both
instructors;
d. Submission of another’s work in whole or part with intent to deceive.
2. Giving or receiving unacknowledged, inappropriate, or unauthorized aid in an academic exercise.
3. Intentional falsification of data, sources, or information in an academic exercise.
4. Deceiving or lying to a Faculty member or Administrator in matters relating to an academic
requirement, policy, or procedure.
5. Acting in a disorderly or discourteous manner in an academic exercise or to a faculty member or
students during an academic exercise.

Students must create and submit their own files.

Students cannot email/text each other any files
(not even to show how to complete an assignment)
and therefore cannot submit those files as their
own work. Students cannot copy and paste from
other students’ files.
If a faculty member or fellow student suspects that a student has violated the standards for honesty and
integrity in academic work, he or she must report the matter to the Academic Integrity Committee for
review. If a violation has occurred, sanctions may include, but are not limited to, a letter of reprimand,
failure on the assignment, failure in the course, suspension, or dismissal from the College. See the Student
Code of Conduct in the Anna Maria College Student Handbook for details.

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Code of Conduct
The Anna Maria College Community upholds and supports a Code of Conduct that is both responsible and
ethical in keeping with values set forth by the Mission of the College. The Code of Conduct refers to a
student’s behavior and actions on issues of academic honesty, respect and courtesy, plagiarism, and
violations of confidentiality. A member of the College community may report, in writing, failure to adhere
to the Anna Maria College Code of Conduct to the appropriate program director. Decisions by the program
director, regarding action to be taken may be appealed, in writing, within four (4) weeks, to the Associate
Vice President for Academic Affairs who will report the findings to the Vice President of Academic Affairs
whose decision is final.

A student dismissed for academic or discipline reasons shall not be eligible to apply for readmission to any
course or program at Anna Maria College until a minimum of one (1) 265 semester has elapsed, excluding
summer sessions. A student who wishes to be considered for readmissions must submit a letter of petition
to the Associate Vice President who shall consult with the appropriate Program Director. The student will
be notified by the Associate Vice President if readmission is approved.

INCLUSIVITY
We understand that our members represent a rich variety of backgrounds and perspectives. Anna
Maria College is committed to providing an atmosphere for learning that respects diversity. While
working together to build this community we ask all members to:
 Share their unique experiences, values, and beliefs
 Be open to the views of others
 Honor the uniqueness of their colleagues
 Appreciate the opportunity that we have to learn from each other in this community
 Value each other’s opinions and communicate in a respectful manner
 Keep confidential discussions that the community has of a personal (or professional) nature
 Use this opportunity together to discuss ways in which we can create an inclusive environment in
this course and across the community
The Anna Maria College academic experience is designed so that students can draw on the wealth of
examples from their personal experiences in class discussions and in their written work. However, it
is imperative that students not share information that is confidential, or privileged.

Accommodations and Support Services

Student Success Center
Students with documented disabilities identified either before or after their admission to the college may
request accommodations in the structure of a course or courses. The responsibility for initiating such
requests rests with the student. Students with disabilities who seek course-based accommodations must
contact the Student Success Center staff to request accommodations. The student must submit appropriate
documentation of the disability to the director who will review the documentation and will then discuss
with the student which accommodations and support services are appropriate. The Student Success Center,
with the student’s written permission, will notify the faculty member(s) involved of the specific classroom
and/or course based accommodations that have been authorized. The Student Success Center will also
arrange need-based support services outside the classroom. All specific course-based accommodations

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should be established at the beginning of each academic term. It is the responsibility of the student to
contact the professor to arrange for the necessary accommodations. Accommodations set at the beginning
of the term may be adjusted on an as-needed basis (See Student Handbook). According the Americans with
Disabilities Act (ADA) a reasonable accommodation for some students in this course may be the use of a
tape recorder. Therefore, please note that there is a chance that this class may be recorded.

Course Calendar and Outline of Topics

The course topical outline can be found in the course calendar located at the end of this syllabus. All course
topics are listed in the daily class content section of the calendar.

Course Calendar 2023

COURSE OUTLINE READINGS

Week 1 Introduction and data collection: Text, pp. 1 – 9,
statistics, data collection techniques, variable types, sampling
methods. Text, pp. 16 – 30
Excel Guide Text, pp. 35 – 36
Data Sources (Problems 1.12, 1.13, and 1.14) Text, p. 20
Week 2 Organizing and visualizing data: Text, pp. 38 - 80,
frequency distributions, histograms, contingency tables.
Excel Guide Text, pp. 88 - 1014
Week 3 Numerical descriptive measures: Text, pp. 108 - 142
Week 4 measures of central tendency and measures of variation.
Excel Guide Text, pp. 148 - 151
Week 5 Basic probability: Text, pp. 152 – 171
different approaches to probability and counting principles.
Excel Guide Text, p 175
Week 6 Discrete probability distributions: Text, pp. 176 - 191
properties of a probability distribution, binomial distribution.
Excel Guide Text, pp. 196 - 197
Week 7 Normal distribution and other continuous distributions: Text, pp. 198 - 217
Week 8 probabilities from the normal distribution.
Excel Guide Text, pp. 222 - 223
Week 9 Sampling and sampling distributions: Text, pp. 224 - 238
sampling methods, survey errors, central limit theorem.
Week 10 Confidence interval estimation: Text, pp. 244 - 266
confidence intervals estimates for the mean and proportion.
Excel Guide Text, pp. 273 - 274
Week 11 Hypothesis testing - one-sample tests: Text, pp. 275 - 303
methodology, z test, ethical issues.
Excel Guide Text, pp. 309 - 310
Week 12 Hypothesis testing - two-sample tests: Text, pp. 311 – 340

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 independent samples, related samples.
Excel Guide Text, pp. 347 - 351
Week 13 Analysis of variance: Text, pp. 352 – 382
one-way and two-way analysis of variance.
Excel Guide Text, pp. 385 - 388
Week 14 Simple Linear Regression Text, pp. 430 – 449,
464 - 466
Excel Guide Text, pp. 474 - 476

ASSIGNMENT OUTLINE
Week 1 Chapter One Problems 1.5, 1.23, 1.31
Week 2 Chapter Two Problems 2.9, 2.16, 2.25, 2.36, 2.72
Week 3 Chapter Three Problems 3.10, 3.32, 3.39, 3.46
Week 4 Graded Problem 3.75
Week 5 Chapter Four Problems 4.12, 4.24
Week 6 Chapter Five Problems 5.2, 5.13, 5.27
Graded Problem 5.35
Week 7 Chapter Six Problems 6.10, 6.18, 6.25
Week 8 Graded Problem 6.9
Week 9 Chapter Seven Problems 7.8, 7.15
Week 10 Chapter Eight Problems 8.10, 8.15, 8.33, 8.43
Graded Problem 8.61
Week 11 Chapter Nine Problems 9.16, 9.30, 9.49, 9.55
Graded Problem 9.71
Week 12 Chapter Ten Problems 10.12, 10.22, 10.33, 10.48
Week 13 Chapter Eleven Problems 11.9, 11.40
Graded Problem 11.25
Week 14 Chapter Thirteen Problems 13.4, 13.16

Note: Final exam will be administered during regularly scheduled class time on December 11, 13, and 15, 2023.