SYLLABUS
Functions, Statistics, and Trigonometry
Teacher:
Mrs. Gomer
Book:
Functions, Statistics, and Trigonometry, Scott Foresman,
1992.
Trigonometry with Applications, Houghton-Mifflin, 1990
References:
Introductory Statistics and Probability, Houghton
Mifflin, 1988.
Statistics
and Probability in Modern Life, Saunders
College Publishing, 1988.
Course
Requirements:
1.
Participation:
Your willing participation in all class activities
is expected.
2.
Quizzes,
Tests, and Quests: Quizzes
will be given at the teacher’s discretion.
There will be adequate notice for major tests.
Morning study groups are available with advanced planning.
3.
Daily
Homework: I expect everyone to do all daily assignments.
Whether or not any of it will be graded is a class decision.
4.
Projects/Group
Activities: Long term projects will be assigned on a regular basis.
Group activities will be graded as such.
5.
Notes:
You will be expected to take notes over any new
material. Because some of the
activities will be hands on, you will need references that are not necessarily
in your textbook.
Topics
which should be studied this year are:
Problem
solving strategies.
Linear
functions Data collection
Trig functions
Quadratic
functions
Displaying data
Circular functions
Step
functions Statistical Analysis Trig
equations
Exponential
functions
Statistical Interpretation Trig Identities
Logarithmic
functions
Binomial distributions
Polar coordinates
Polynomial
functions
Polar graphs