ISP 120 Quantitative Reasoning Section 103

MW 9:40 - 11:10

Deanna  Montgomery

Syllabus | In-class Activity 1, 2, 3 , 4, 5, 6, 7 , 8, 9 , 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 | Out-of-class Assignment 1, 2, 3, 4 

Final Project, Project List, Stage 1, Stage 2, Stage 3, Rubrics

Final Presentations on Monday, November 16

  Review session - Thursday, November 19, 4pm, SAC 262

Final Review - Practice Questions

Helpful information for MAC users  , Examples of ways to justify your prediction

Welcome to DePaul's Quantitative Reasoning course!

The purpose of the Quantitative Reasoning course at DePaul University is to help you to become a confident and critical user of quantitative information. The course addresses the growing need for quantitative and computer literacy in the face of an enormous expansion in the use of quantitative methods and information in the social and physical sciences as well as daily life. Key characteristics of the course are

• Emphasis is on reasoning
• Context is interdisciplinary
• Technology is an integral part of course
• Active learning are emphasized

You will learn primarily working with data sets from many different disciplines, such as psychology, environmental science, economics, finance, sociology, history. You will write critiques of quantitative arguments, gather data and present arguments.

You will use spreadsheets (Excel), word processors (Word), presentation software (PowerPoint) and the Internet in an integrated manner in all sections. Specific quantitative skills that are addressed include:

• Percentage Change
• Proportional Reasoning
• Descriptive Statistics
• Simple Mathematical Models (linear and exponential)
• Logarithms
• Financial Mathematics

Here is a rough outline of this course: