Holy Cross Mathematics and Computer Science
MONT 101N -- Analyzing Environmental Data
Note: All information on this page, including especially
the course schedule, is still under development;
if there are changes, I will update this page and announce them in class.
Syllabus and Schedule
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Course syllabus (.pdf)
- Detailed course
schedule
- Natural World Cluster Common Events:
- Visit to the Worcester Art Museum - Thursday, February 15
- Seminar led by our class - Monday, March 12
- Martha Redbone Performance (through Arts
Transcending Borders) - Tuesday, April 3, 7:30pm, Brooks Concert Hall
- Banquet - Thursday, May 3
Examples, Class Notes, Etc.
- Why is it called the Montserrat program?
- Elementary Mathematical Modeling and Data Analysis,
our main mathematical text (new title), updated 1/15
- Laudato Si', Pope Francis'
Encyclical Letter On Care For Our Common Home
- Reading/Study Questions for Laudato Si'
- Video: "The Hidden Meltdown of Greenland"
- Video: "Greenland's Thinning Ice"
- Video: "Alive and Well: Microbes Add to Melting of Greenland's Ice Sheet"
- Spreadsheet for Problem Set 1, due February 2.
- Spreadsheet for class, Wednesday, January 31.
- Spreadsheet for class, Wednesday, February 7.
- Spreadsheet for class, Friday, February 9.
- Tips on presentations, class Friday February 23.
- Diagram on mathematical modeling (source: mathforteaching.com
-- please include this citation if you use this)
- Presentations for Monday, March 12
- Lily, Matt, Madison
- Andrew, Angel, Christian, Genevieve
- Grace, Kyle, Najee
- Emily, Liz, Eve, Ryan
- Connor, Joe, Logan
- Poisson probability histogram, for class, Wednesday, March 21.
- Classic "Make America Beautiful" PSA
- Example for class, April 11.
- Central Limit Theorem Demo for class, April 16.
- Normal approximation to binomial example for class, April 18.
- Summary table on Hypothesis Tests
- Cognitive control in media multi-taskers, read for class on Friday, May 4.
Assignments
- Information on the midterm projects:
oral presentations and papers -- presentations March 12, papers due March 23.
More information on the project papers.
- Problem Set 1, due Friday, February 2.
- Problem Set 2: Chapter 9 Exercises/2, 11 (a) only, due Friday, February 9.
- Problem Set 3: Chapter 9 Exercises/7, 8, due Friday, February 16.
- First paper, due Friday, February 23.
- Chapter 9 Project, for class 2/16 and 19, writeups due
Monday, February 26.
- Problem Set 4: Chapter 10 Exercises/1,2,3,4,5,7, due Wednesday, March 28.
- Sherman Alexie's short story One Good Man -- read for
class on Wednesday, April 4.
- Second paper, due Friday, April 13.
- Problem Set 5: Chapter 10 Exercises/13,14; Chapter 11 Exercises/2,4,5, due Friday, April 20.
- Problem Set 6: Chapter 12 Exercises/1 (the units of Y-bar are also lb/Mwh -- pounds of CO2 emitted per Megawatt-hour of power generated), 2, 4 (but ignore the parts that say ``estimate the
p-value if possible with the information you have'' for now -- we will not have
gotten to that idea by the time this problem set is due on Friday, April 27.
- Problem Set 7: (a) Estimate the p-values for the tests you did in Chapter 12
Exercises 1, 2, 4; (b) Do Chapter 12/Exercise 6; Exercise 7 is deleted, but you
can turn in a solution for extra credit if you want! Due: Friday, May 4.
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