Dr. Bill Stewart completed the Ph.D. in Organizational Leadership at the University of Oklahoma, writing a dissertation on perceptions of leadership and management in the Armed Forces of the United States. He received the M.B.A. from the University of South Dakota and the B.A. in International Relations and German from Brigham Young University. He joined the University of Maryland faculty in 1990, after retiring from the U.S. Air Force with 21 years service in ICBM operations, as a pilot, and in international politico-military affairs for Germany and the United Kingdom.
Contact Dr. Stewart via e-mail at: bstewart@faculty.ed.umuc.edu. or telephone 07034 20501.
Office Hours: Thirty minutes before and after class or at other times by appointment.

Prerequisite: College Algebra. Three semester hours of credit. Provides the knowledge necessary to interpret published research results and to permit elementary research in business and public administration. Content includes: descriptive statistics, probability, estimation, hypothesis testing, ANOVA, sampling, correlation, and regression

Anderson, D. R., Sweeney, D. J., & Williams, T. A. (2002). Statistics for business and economics (8th ed.). Cincinnati: South-Western College Publishing.
Please note requirement for new text edition.

Upon successful completion of this course a student should be able to:
· Summarize and interpret descriptive statistics.
· Use inferential statistics for research in business and public administration.
· Use probabilities in decision making.
· Analyze and interpret published research results.

Attendance and Participation

·· Every class meeting is important. Attendance in class is mandatory. Emergencies, illnesses and duty assignments constitute excused absences. The student is responsible for material covered and assignments missed during an absence. It is the student's responsibility to coordinate make up work.

· The student is expected to participate regularly in discussions and complete homework and class assignments on time.

· A participation score will be assessed based on a student's active discussion, positive attitude for learning, and communicative, cooperative attitude.

Class Policies

· A student must be prepared to discuss and work with readings during the session in which they are assigned; you must read ahead to be prepared for class.
· Academic integrity and proper student decorum are required at all times.
· Refer to the University of Maryland University College Graduate Catalog for policies on plagiarism, course load, exceptions to policy, make-up work, non-discrimination, and sexual harassment.
· The instructor reserves the right to modify the class schedule based on needs of the students and class progress in consonance with course objectives.
· Computer software [Excel, etc.] may be used for homework assignments and case problems; no computer aids will be allowed on exams

Assignments/Exams

· Five case problems will be assigned as homework.
· Two midterm exams will be administered, each designed to require one-half of that class session.
· The final exam will be comprehensive in nature and designed to require 2-1/2 hours of effort.

Prior to the first class meeting, a student should read chapter 1 2 from the Anderson, Sweeney, and Williams text and be prepared to work with that material.

MGMT 584 Management Statistics Term 1/2002, Stuttgart

Class Schedule --Reading Assignments from Anderson, Sweeney & Williams

Session	Dates	Chapters	Notes/Cass	Homework Problems
1	20 Aug	1		1: 9, 11
2	22 Aug	2		2: 5, 9, 17, 23, 39, 43
3	27 Aug	3	Case 1: Consolidated Foods I, p. 58	3: 5, 21, 29, 1, 38, 39,
4	29 Aug	3		3: 48, 60, 75
5	3 Sep	4	Case 2: Consolidated Foods II, p. 123	4: 8, 9, 18, 29, 32, 48, 55
6	5 Sep	5		5: 10, 21, 32, 41, 58, 62
7	10 Sep	6	Exam 1: Chapters 1 -5	6: 6, 17, 23, 31, 35, 39
8	12 Sep	7		7: 5, 17, 26, 31, 37, 45
9	17 Sep	8		8: 8, 10 21, 23, 39
10	19 Sep	9		9: 5, 13, 17, 22, 38, 58, 67, 86
11	24 Sep	10	Case 3: Metropolitan Research, p. 317 Exam 2: Chapter 6 - 9	10: 5, 7, 19, 29, 41
12	26 Sep	11		11: 7, 17, 26, 34
13	1 Oct	13	Case 4: Quality Associates, p. 374	13: 7, 16, 25
14	3 Oct	14		14: 6, 13, 21
15	8 Oct	15	Case 5: U.S. Dept. of Transportation, p. 606	15: 8, 25, 44
16	10 Oct	1-11 13-15	Final Exam: Comprehensive

Notes:

· Case Study assignments are due to be submitted during the session where they appear in the schedule.

· Homework problems are due on the Tuesday FOLLOWING the session in which they are assigned, e.g., chapters 1 & 2 problems are due on 27 August, chapter 3 problems are due on 3 September, etc. Exception: Chapter 15 problems are due on 10 October.