Math 107 Course Notes

Notes here: http://seattlecentral.edu/faculty/glangkamp/MAT107/mat107env.html

Broad outline:

• units, percents, other essential math
• graphical metohds
• intro to statistics
• std dev
• normal distributions
• linear functions

Detailed outline:

• 7 days on units, percents, other essential math
  • syllabus discussion
  • lecture and practice problems
  • project 1
  • hw problem discussion
  • quiz 1
• 5 days on graphical methods
  • discussion on different chart types
  • project 2 - energy graph
  • hw problem discussion
  • quiz 2
• 10 days on introduction to statistics
  • field work x 2
  • introduction to measures of average, variation, etc
  • weighted means
  • field work x 3
  • calculator, histograms, skew
  • homework q&a
  • sampling
  • quiz 3
  • project due
• 10 days on standard deviation
  • mean and stdev
  • hw QA, z scores
  • project
  • pop and std dev, chebyshevs rule
  • homework QA
  • project day
  • quiz 4
• 10 days on normal distributions
  • areas under standard normal curve
  • hw QA
  • hazardous waste
  • confidence intervals
  • projects
  • quiz 5
• 13 days on linear functions
  • lecture
  • hw QA
  • project 6 (tougher grading)
  • quiz 6
  • project 6 - due

The applications in this case were environmental:

• units/percents - melting the world's ice
• graphical methods - US energy consumption
• intro to statistics/standard deviation - urban runoff index
• normal distributions - statistics of hazardous waste
• linear functions - measuring total fertility rates