• Required: The Statistical Sleuth (2nd Ed.), by F.L. Ramsey and D.W. Schafer, 2002, Duxbury Press. ISBN: 0-534-38670-9.
  
• Highly Recommended (software and handbook): JMP Start Statistics: A Guide to Statistics and Data Analysis Using JMP and JMP IN Software (3rd Ed.), by J. Sall, A. Lehman and L. Creighton, 2005, SAS Institute Inc., Duxbury Press. ISBN: 0-534-99747-3 (JMP IN Version 5, the software); 0-534-99749-X (JMP Start Statistics, the handbook). It is fine if you have Version 4 of JMP.
  
• Recommended: Student Solutions Manual, The Statistical Sleuth, by F.L. Ramsey and D.W. Schafer, 2002, Duxbury Press. ISBN: 0-534-38950-3.

• The lectures are used to present the basic ideas. Students are responsible for both the material covered in lecture and the assigned reading in the textbook.

Students will be required to perform statistical analyses in this course, and JMP IN (version 4 or 5) is the required package. You will see JMP IN displays throughout the classroom lectures and exams. These displays will be explained in class, as necessary.

The JMP IN software is available at Wharton Computing Labs (F75 and F80 Huntsman Hall, also basement of SH-DH). In order to use Wharton computing facilities you need to apply for an account at F35 Huntsman Hall with your ID. But, if possible, I would recommend that you buy the software since there is a nice handbook to JMP that goes with the software and it would be more convenient to use JMP IN on your own computer.

• There will be weekly homework assignments. Homework will be assigned at lectures, usually on Thursday and due the following Thursday at the beginning of class.
• Although you are encouraged to discuss the homework problems with other students (and with the instructor and TA of course), you must write your final answer yourself, in your own words. Solutions prepared "in committee" or by copying, paraphrasing, or summarizing someone's else's work are not acceptable.
• No late homework will be accepted for full credit except in the case of serious illness or a major family crisis (the same policy will be followed with regard to excuses as the policy described below for exams). Homework that is handed in late will typically be given at most half credit.

• There will be two in-class midterms and a final exam.
• In the unlikely event that you have a conflict with a midterm or final, you must notify me at least 2 weeks in advance.
• All students must use a pen to write the exams. Use of pencil voids the student's right to request a regrade of the exam.
• The exams will be closed book. One 8.5 x 11.5" note sheet will be allowed on the first midterm, two 8.5 x 11" note sheets will be allowed on the second midterm and three 8.5 x 11" note sheets will be allowed on the final. You will need a calculator for all exams. All necessary tables and JMP output required to solve problems will be provided.
• The only excuses for missing an exam are: a serious illness or a major family crisis. You must provide proof in the form of an official document. A note from a family member is not sufficient. To be clear -- To prove that you are seriously ill, you need to have a note from a PENN physician documenting that you could not take the particular exam. A note from a physician saying that you were seen for a problem is not sufficient. Minor illness or problems are not acceptable to be excused from a exam. Colds, sinus problems, upset-stomach, slight fever, etc. are not valid reasons for missing an exam. There are no makeup exams. If you miss an exam and do not have a valid excuse as described above, you will receive a ZERO for that exam.

• Your final grade will be based on: 40% homework, 20% each midterm, and 20% final. Your lower midterm score will replaced by your final score if the latter is higher.
• Any dispute arising in grading of homeworks and exams should be submitted in writing. This letter should clearly state the question(s) where you think there has been a grading error and what you think that error is. Note that upon resubmission the entire exam or homework may be regraded and not just the disputed question.
• No regrades will be accepted for exams written in pencil.
• There is a one-week time limit for submission of disputes for both exams and homeworks. The one-week limit starts from the day the homeworks/exams have been returned in class. If you are not present in class when they are returned, it is your responsibility to collect them.
• For the final, each student is given two weeks from the beginning of the new semester to submit any written request for re-grading. No requests will be entertained after the two-week deadline has passed.