Course Syllabus
Math 112 Elementary Statistics Summer 2025
Class Information
Ticket # 30760
Semester: Summer 2025 Room: Online Asynchronous Jun 23, 2025 - Aug 1, 2025
Instructor: Daniela Cortez e-mail: dcortez@cerritos.edu Phone: 562-860-2451 (N/A for summer)
Textbook: Introductory Statistics: Exploring the World Through Data, 4th edition, By Gould, Wong and Ryan
Instructions on how to register for Mymathlab on Canvas
Calculators: A graphing calculator is required for this course. A Texas Instruments calculator (84+, 84+C se) is strongly recommended.
Office Hours: Via zoom from 10:00 am - 11:00 am on the dates listed below:
Thursday 6/26/25 https://cerritos-edu.zoom.us/j/89346676327 Thursday 7/03/25 https://cerritos-edu.zoom.us/j/89346676327
Monday 7/07/25 https://cerritos-edu.zoom.us/j/89806131773 Wednesday 7/16/25 https://cerritos-edu.zoom.us/j/84332766586
Monday 7/28/25 https://cerritos-edu.zoom.us/j/84373678435 Wednesday 7/30/25 https://cerritos-edu.zoom.us/j/84373678435
Embedded Tutoring
The embedded tutoring sessions hours are listed below.
Tuesdays: 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Wednesdays: 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Thursdays: 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Fridays: 1:00pm – 3:00pm
Please read the letter of introduction from our embedded tutor by clicking on the link:
Letter of Introduction from our embedded tutor Sandra Lopez
Success Center Tutoring: Visit the website or use the link below
Cerritos Success Center Math Tutoring
Student Learning Outcomes:
- Identify, compute, and interpret basic statistics such as measures of center, variation, and position, and understand the distinction between statistic and a parameter
- Solve application problems using the appropriate distribution, such as binomial, normal, and sampling
- Construct and interpret confidence intervals for appropriate population parameters.
- Determine the validity of a statement using hypothesis testing
Student expectations for the course
- Read and understand the syllabus
- Log into the course regularly (everyday).
- Check announcements regularly for important information regarding the course.
- Read the textbook, watch videos before starting your MyMathLab assignments.
- Complete all MyMathLab assignments (homework) in a timely manner.
- Complete all discussions.
- Complete all quizzes.
- Complete all exams (3 total) and the final exam on the scheduled dates.
- Attend office hours and/or embedded tutoring sessions if you have questions on the homework.
Course Description
This course is a beginning statistics course, and it provides the introduction to descriptive and inferential statistics. Topics included are mean, standard deviation, variance, probability, random variables, binomial probability distribution, normal probability distribution, the central limit theorem, hypothesis testing, confidence intervals, t-distribution, chi-square distribution, F-distribution, linear regression, and linear correlation.
Homework
Homework for this course is due weekly every Sunday at 11:59 pm . Each homework assignment will be automatically graded on canvas by the due date.
Homework is allowed to be completed late with a deduction of 10%. For this course, you will purchase access to MyMathLab from Pearson. Instructions on how to purchase access to Person available on the syllabus. MyMathLab is the courseware you will be using to complete your online assignments.
Take advantage of all the resources provided by Pearson.
Quizzes
During this summer session the only quiz is the Practice with Proctorio Quiz. The answers to the quiz are provided as its purpose is to prepare you to take your exams using Proctorio.
Discussions
To allow student collaboration, there will be graded class discussions through out the semester. The prompts for each discussion will cover overarching topics from one or more modules. Your classmates will be able to see your posts. Please read Web Etiquette.
Exams
There will be three online proctored exams and one comprehensive online proctored final exam. Exams will consist of two parts (an online part and a take home part) and they will be open for two days. Once you start the online exam you will have three hours to complete it and two attempts per exam are allowed. The take home part will be submitted on canvas as a pdf file, and the work from each online exam and final exam must also be submitted and justified as a single PDF.
Failure to justify or submit your worked out solutions will result in a grade of zero for the exams and final exam. Exams or final exam that are not properly justified are considered violations of academic honesty and will be treated with the same penalties as outlined in the Academic Honesty Policy in this syllabus. At any point in the semester, you may be asked to meet with an instructor via Zoom to justify your solution process to select problems and/or discuss concepts you have demonstrated in your work. You must set aside this time to meet within one week of notification from your instructor. If you are unable to properly justify your submitted work, you will forfeit credit on the corresponding exam or final exam. Failure to attend requested meetings will result in a zero score on the corresponding exam/final exam.
For the online exams you will be allowed to use a printer paper with formulas, definitions, and concepts written (not typed). The paper may only contain formulas, definitions, and concepts but not worked out examples or homework problems; the paper will be scanned and submitted along with the exam work as a single pdf file on canvas. Directions on how to submit work on canvas as well as a video of how to create a single pdf file are under the student resources module.
No make-up exams will be given unless documented proof is presented stating the emergency conflicts with both days in which the exam is to be taken. You must take the final exam to pass the course.
All exams will be remotely proctored (By Proctorio), thus a laptop or desktop web cam is necessary to take the exams.
Grading Policy
Grades are based upon the combination of points on a weighted scale. Points will be given for online homework, quizzes, exams and final exam.
Homework, quizzes and discussions make up 30% of the grade. Exams and Final Exam make up 70% .
Where A: 90-100% B: 80-89% C: 70-79% D: 60-69% F: 59 & below
Attendance Policy
Cerritos College Attendance and Grading policies: It is the responsibility of students to attend classes regularly and apply themselves to the college studies in which they are enrolled... Students not in attendance or late for the first class meeting are subject to drop. Students who are absent in excess of 10% of the total class hours are subject to drop. Students who are absent during the course add period are subject to drop.
This course is a 4-unit course taught in a 6-week format. Total "class" hours for this course are 72 hours. This means that if you miss more than 8 hours (or the equivalent of about three days), you could be dropped. Again, federal law requires faculty to drop online students for non-participation.
Deadlines
It is the student’s responsibility to withdraw from the course before the deadline. Failure to officially withdraw from class will result in an “F” grade for the course.
The deadline to withdraw from the class without a “W” is June 29, 2025.
The deadline to withdraw from the class with a “W” is July 21, 2025.
Academic Integrity
If you are caught participating in an act of academic dishonesty, you will receive a disciplinary F in the course and your name will be reported to the appropriate academic dean.
Student-Teacher Communication
You may contact me:
Via Canvas (Inbox): Anytime during the semester. Please allow one to two days for a response.
Via e-mail to dcortez@cerritos.edu: Anytime during the semester. Please allow one to two days for a response.
Via voicemail: 562-860-2451 Ext: 2664. Not available during the summer.
How to communicate via email:
- Under subject: Full Name and Course you are enrolled
- Reason for your email: Concise and clear
Student Accessibility Services (SAS)
If you have a disability for which you are or may be requesting an accommodation, you are encouraged to contact both your instructor and the Student Accessibility Services at (562) 860-2451 ext.2335, as early as possible in the term. You may also contact SAS by visiting their website for details at https://www.cerritos.edu/sas/
Technology Requirements
Basic Computer Skills
In order to succeed in a Mathematics online course, it is important for you to have access to a computer as well as general computer skills. You must be able to connect to and navigate the internet as well as use e-mail comfortably.
Supplies
You will need a computer with the ability to open Adobe Acrobat Reader, Microsoft Word, Power Point and Adobe Flash to play videos.
Cerritos College Computer Lab
As a registered student you may access this course using any properly equipped Cerritos College computer lab computer. You will need a current Cerritos College Student ID in order to use the campus lab facilities. Even if you rely on machines in the campus labs, to utilize the email aspect of a course, you must have your own email account. Free email accounts are readily available from many online sources such as Google, Yahoo, and Hotmail.
Technical Support
Please contact me via the Inbox or email (dcortez@cerritos.edu) early in the week if you do not understand instructions. Do not wait until the day an assignment is due or even the weekend the assignment is due to work on the assignment. If you have problems then, I will not be able to help you. Remember, late assignments, for whatever reason, will be considered late.
If you have technical problems, please contact the Online E-Courses Technical Support link (TNStudentHelp@cerritos.edu). I cannot help you with technical problems however, you may wish to let me know that you are having technical problems and that you have contacted Tech Support.
You may also be able to get assistance from the Student Success Center. Their Web site can be found at: http://cms.cerritos.edu/sc/.
Web Etiquete
- Be Respectful to your fellow classmates and instructor
- Be aware that what you write may be misconstrued, so think about it before you send it.
- Do not write in all capitals. This is considered SHOUTING
- Do not belittle any of your classmates opinions and ideas. Everyone is entitled to their own ides whether you like it or not, it is ok to disagree in a constructive way
- Do not write in texting language. If you are "U" make sure you spell out you
- Do not expect immediate responses to questions. Just because this is an online class does not mean that fellow students and/or instructor is always online and available. All questions will be answered within 24 hours unless it is the weekend, then questions will be answered on Monday
The instructor reserves the right to make any changes to the course schedule.
Course Summary:
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