Stat 430 information and links      University of Maryland, College Park

Course information:

Math Department Course Outline

Syllabus part 1: Course information page, for all of Tim Pilachowski’s sections (textbook, academic honesty and grading information)

Syllabus, part 2: Course schedule Fall 2026  (important dates, including exams)

Resources:

Testbank archives of past exams Search the testbank for STAT430. Some, but not all of the Exams in the testbank are identified by Instructor.

All tests are in Acrobat (.pdf) format, and many print well. For ones that don’t, you can choose the “Select Image” tool, highlight each page as a block, copy it, paste it as a picture into a blank word-processing page, and print from there.

Teaching and Learning Transoformation Center (in Edward St John)

Topic Lectures:

A pdf version of each of the Topic Lectures will be available in the Files section of the Stat 430 ELMS/Canvas page the morning of the Lecture.

Read the document titled “Stat430 SAS Class Enrollment Instructions”, found in the Files section of the Stat 430 ELMS/Canvas page.

Online Class Assignments:

Instructions for each of the online class assignments will be available in the Files section of the Stat 430 ELMS/Canvas page the morning of the online class.

Online class assignments are to be submitted via the Stat 430 ELMS/Canvas page, and will most often be due at 5 pm on the date of the online class. There are a few exceptions which are noted on the course schedule.

Read the document titled “Stat430 Instructions for Turning In Assignments”, found in the Files section of the Stat 430 ELMS/Canvas page.

Online class assignments submitted after the due date and time will automatically lose 2 points.

Hand-in Homework Assignments:

Hand-in homework assignments are to be submitted via the Stat 430 ELMS/Canvas page, and will be due at 5 pm on the dates indicated on the course schedule.

Read the document titled “Stat430 Instructions for Turning In Assignments”, found in the Files section of the Stat 430 ELMS/Canvas page.

I will not accept any homework assignments after the due date and time.

Projects:

Instructions for each of the Projects will be available in the Files section of the Stat 430 ELMS/Canvas two weeks before they are due.

Projects are to be submitted via the Stat 430 ELMS/Canvas page, and will be due at 5 pm on the dates indicated on the course schedule.

Read the document titled “Stat430 Instructions for Turning In Assignments”, found in the Files section of the Stat 430 ELMS/Canvas page.

I will not accept any Project after the due date and time.

Exam 1:

The Midterm Exam is a written exam which will be given on the date stated on the course schedule. Exam 1 will be given online, in the Quizzes section of ELMS/Canvas.

Exam 2:

Exam 2 will be given in two parts.

The first part is a written exam which will be given on the date stated on the course schedule. The written portion of Exam 2 will be given online, in the Quizzes section of ELMS/Canvas.

The second part will involve using SAS to analyze data and is to be submitted via the Stat 430 ELMS/Canvas page. The project part of Exam 2 is due at the date and time specified on the course schedule.

I will not accept either portion of Exam 2 after the due date and time.