Maryland in Europe – Bowie State University Graduate Programs

MGMT 584 Management Statistics (3)

Offered at Heidelberg; 0900-1600 hours

Saturdays: 17& 24 August; 7, 14, 21, & 28 September; 5 & 12 October.

 

FACULTY: William G. Stewart , Ph.D.

 

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 service in ICBM operations, as a pilot, and in international politico-military affairs for Germany and the United Kingdom.

 

CONTACT:  via e-mail at: mailto:bstewart@faculty.ed.umuc.edu. or telephone 07034 20501.

 

OFFICE HOURS: 30 minutes before or after class and other times by appointment.

 

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

 

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.

 

COURSE TOOLS:

 

The student will need an inexpensive compass and protractor set (available at AAFES for about $1.25); a handheld calculator with the capability to do exponentiation and roots (the TI-30Xa currently available at AAFES for ca. $10 is adequate); access to a personal computer with MS-Excel installed (either your home computer, your work computer with permission from your supervisor, or use the hardware and software at a UMUC computer lab). The use of a computer is highly recommended for working with larger data files assigned as homework and supplied on CD-ROM with the text.

 

TEXTBOOK:

 

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

Please note requirement for new text edition.

 

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

 

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.

 

STUDENT RESPONSIBILITIES:

 

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 1-1/2 hours of that class session.

The final exam will be comprehensive in nature and designed to require 2-1/2 hours of effort.

 

EVALUATION:

 

Grades will be based on:	With this scale:
	A - 90-100%
Participation & Homework – 20%	B - 80-89%
Case Problems –  20%	C - 70-79%
Midterm Exam #1 –  20%	D - 60-69%
Midterm Exam #2 –  20%	F(a) - below 60%
Final Exam –  20%	F(n) - unexcused non-participation

 

 

FIRST CLASS READING ASSIGNMENT:

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

Notes: 

 

The class will NOT meet on Saturday, 31 August, during the Labor Day weekend.

 

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

 

Homework problems are due on the Saturday FOLLOWING the session in which they are assigned, e.g., chapter 2 problems are due on 24 Aug, chapters 4 & 5 problems are due on 14 Sep. Exception: Problems for chapter 15 will be accomplished in class and submitted prior to the final exam.