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General Education Statistics week 1, week 2, week 3, week 4, week 5, week 6, |
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Date |
Activities |
| ANN: You will see two assignments in MSL that are due this upcoming Tuesday. They are "Chapter O Homework" which will cover the MSL interface including how to enter answers and "Section 1.1 Homework" which will cover the material we cover Thurs. in class. The syllabus will explain how we will usually have MSL due the Tuesday after the week we finish the notes in class. In class, we introduced ourselves to each other and talked over some bits from the syllabus and class policies. I also handed out a handout with information from the math tutoring center. | |
January 17 |
ANN: Remember that "Chapter O Homework" and "Section 1.1 Homework" are due in MML on Tuesday, Jan. 22. In class, I demonstrated the Daily Log (where you are now) for your class on www.stlmath.com. we discussed the the class notes for 1.1. We finished so that homework is, in fact, due Tuesday. |
| ANN: Remember that the MML homework is due tonight, midnight. In class, we covered all of the class notes for 1.2. We then covered all of the class notes for 1.3. | |
January 24 |
[January 25 is the last day for a full refund.] ANN: I moved the MSL Section 1.5 Homework due date up to Tuesday, Jan. 29 because we will cover it this week. In class, we covered the class notes for 1.4. I handed out Bad sampling, which is due Tuesday. We then covered the class notes for 1.5. Both of these MML homework assignments are due next Tuesday. |
| ANN: Exam 1 will cover 1.1-1.6 and 2.1-2.3. It is tentatively set for Tuesday, Feb. 12. We will meet in MA 308 for a 75-minute MSL exam. ANN: Remember that MSL homework assignments for 1.2-1.5 are all due tonight. You probably want to develop the habit of doing some MSL homework along the week as we do the notes so that you do not have an enormous task waiting for you each Tuesday night. ANN: I collected a worksheet today and I wanted to explain my late policy. If you turn a worksheet in during the class period after it was collected, it will be worth full credit. If you turn it in after that, it is worth half credit. It is still important to turn in assignments that are late. Students in the past have hurt their grade badly by ignoring the worksheets we do in class. In class, I collected Bad sampling. We then covered the class notes for 1.6. We went on to start the class notes for 2.1, getting through page 3. We will continue next time. | |
January 31 |
ANN: I wanted to clarify my late penalty for MSL work. You are allowed to do MSL work late but it is worth half credit. However, the late penalty only applies to those problems that are done after the due date. So, if you do half a problem set before the due date and half after the due date, only those problems you do after the due date will have the late penalty deducted from the score. These late penalties will not affect your overall grade much unless you do more than a few assignments late. ANN: I demonstrated the Daily Log (where you are now) on www.stlmath.com to remind you to come here when you miss class. In class, we finished the class notes for 2.1. We then started the class notes for 2.2, getting through page 3. |
| ANN: Exam 1 is set for Tues., Feb. 12. We will meet in MA 308 for a 75-minute MSL exam. You will see that MSL homework assignments for 2.2 and 2.3 as well as Chapter 1 Review Homework and Chapter 2 Review Homework are due Monday, Feb. 11 so that you are done with the homework when you come take the exam. The chapter review assignments are meant to help you study for the exam. In class, we finished the class notes for 2.2, in part by working on the worksheet Data Displays. On this worksheet, we completed numbers 4-7 together in small groups and as a whole class. I asked students to complete the remainder (numbers 1-3 and 8) to be turned in next class. We spent the last 25 minutes for students who wanted to stay and work on that worksheet. | |
February 7 |
ANN: Exam 1 is set for Tues., Feb. 12. We will meet in MA 308 for a 75-minute MSL exam. You will see that MSL homework assignments for 2.2 and 2.3 as well as Chapter 1 Review Homework and Chapter 2 Review Homework are due Monday, Feb. 11 so that you are done with the homework when you come take the exam. The chapter review assignments are meant to help you study for the exam. In class, I collected Data Displays. We then covered the class notes for 2.3. I handed out Data Displays 2 and it was collected. |
| We took Exam 1. | |
February 14 |
We covered the class notes for 3.1. |
| Class cancelled due to teacher illness. | |
February 21 |
We covered the class notes for 3.2. I handed out Comparison of two data sets with the same mean to be done for Tuesday. |
| ANN: Exam 2 is coming up. It will cover 3.1, 3.2, 3.4, 3.5, and 4.1-4.3. I am setting the date as Tuesday, March 19. That is the class period right after break. In class, I collected Comparison of two data sets with the same mean and we then covered the class notes for 3.4. (We skip 3.3 in Math 145.) | |
February 28 |
ANN: Exam 2 is coming up. It will cover 3.1, 3.2, 3.4, 3.5, and 4.1-4.3. I am setting the date as Tuesday, March 19. That is the class period right after Spring Break. I will have to tell you the room later as I could not get our standard room. You are allowed a 3x5 notecard (front and back) to write any notes you want. It will be a 75-minute MSL exam. In class, we covered the class notes for 3.5. I handed out Effect of an outlier to be done for next time. We then started the class notes for 4.1, getting halfway through page 2, right before the definition of response and explanatory variables. We will continue next time. |
| ANN: Tues., March 19 is a strict deadline for all work (paper or MML) collected in weeks 1-8. I will not accept late papers from chapter 4 or earlier after that date. ANN: Exam 2 will cover 3.1, 3.2, 3.4, 3.5, and 4.1-4.3. We will have it Tuesday, March 19. We will meet in MA 308 for the 75-minute MSL exam. You are allowed a 3x5 notecard (front and back) to write any notes you want. In class, I collected Effect of an outlier and we finished the class notes for 4.1. I handed out Regression and correlation to be done for next time. We then started the class notes for 4.2, getting through example 4a. | |
March 7 |
ANN: Exam 2 will cover 3.1, 3.2, 3.4, 3.5, and 4.1-4.3. We will have it Tuesday, March 19. We will meet in MA 308 for the 75-minute MSL exam. You are allowed a 3x5 notecard (front and back) to write any notes you want. In class, I collected Regression and correlation. We finished the class notes for 4.2. I handed out Linear regression on your calculator (TI-82, 83, 84, 85, 86) as a reference. It will not be collected. We then covered the class notes for 4.3. |
| [March 11-15: No school; Spring Break] [March 18 is strict deadline for all late work from weeks 1-8.] We completed Exam 2. | |
March 21 |
We covered the class notes for 5.1. |
| ANN: Exam 3 over chapters 5 and 6 (5.1-5.4, 6.1, 6.2) is set for Tuesday, April 9. We will meet in MA 308 and you are allowed a 3x5 notecard for any notes you want. In class, we started the class notes for 5.2, getting through example 4. We completed the worksheet Probability: Addition Rule in pairs. It was collected. To make it up, come to my office or use your own coin and die. I handed out Counting Problems Involving "OR" to be done for Wednesday. I do have poker decks to loan out in case you need one. Come to my office to get a loaner deck if you want. | |
March 28 |
ANN: Exam 3 over chapters 5 and 6 (5.1-5.4, 6.1, 6.2) is set for Tuesday, April 9. We will meet in MA 308 and you are allowed a 3x5 notecard for any notes you want. There will be some curtailed MSL due dates that will come due the night before, Monday at midnight. In class, I collected Counting Problems Involving "OR" which was homework from last time. We then finished the class notes for 5.2. We started the class notes for 5.3, getting through example 4. I handed out Mutually exclusive and independent events which is to be completed for Tuesday. I may or may not collect it. In fact, in class, we had some minutes to work on it and so we did. As a class, we came up with answers to numbers 1-3. I asked students to consider number 4 on the back on their own. Also, if you are still struggling with numbers 1-3, do some of those again. |
| ANN: Exam 3 over chapters 5 and 6 (5.1-5.4, 6.1) is set for Tuesday, April 9. I decided to cut section 6.2 from this exam; we will add it to the next exam. We will meet in MA 308 and you are allowed a 3x5 notecard for any notes you want. There will be some curtailed MSL due dates that will come due the night before, Monday at midnight. In class, we discussed the remainder of Mutually exclusive and independent events and it was not collected. We then finished the class notes for 5.3. I handed out The difference between OR and AND to be done for Thursday. We started the class notes for 5.4, getting through example 3b. | |
April 4 |
ANN: Exam 3 over chapters 5 and 6 (5.1-5.4, 6.1, 6.2) is set for Thursday, April 11. I had decided to cut section 6.2 from this exam but instead, we are moving it back one day. We will now meet in SC 412 and you are still allowed a 3x5 notecard for any notes you want. There will be some curtailed MSL due dates that will come due the night before, Wednesday at midnight. In class, I collected The difference between OR and AND. We then finished the class notes for 5.4. We started the class notes for 6.1, getting through page 1. |
| ANN: Exam 3 over chapters 5 and 6 (5.1-5.4, 6.1, 6.2) is set for Thursday, April 11. We will meet in SC 412 and you are allowed a 3x5 notecard for any notes you want. There will be some curtailed MSL due dates that will come due the night before, Wednesday at midnight. In class, we finished the class notes for 6.1. I handed out Expected Value and Standard Deviation of a Dart Game which is due Thursday. We then mostly covered the class notes for 6.2. We got through page 4. We did not do examples 4c-e. However, we have done similar stuff to those so you may be able to figure them out using complements. We outright skipped pages 6 and 7 in the notes so that stuff (mean and standard deviation of binomial distributions and unusual events as it pertains to binomial experiments) will not be on the exam. I have struck it from the homework and Chapter 6 Review also. The worksheet mentioned on page 6 of the notes will be skipped, at least for now. I mentioned that I had wanted to cover example 5 using StatCrunch but had no time. Since it is so very useful, I suggest you use the notes to explore how StatCrunch does these probabilities. | |
April 11 |
I collected Expected Value and Standard Deviation of a Dart Game. We took Exam 3. If you need to make it up, read the syllabus and expect an email from me. |
| In class, we covered the class notes for 7.1. We worked on a worksheet called Normal distribution. Numbers 1-5 covered 7.1 material but numbers 6-11 covered 7.2 material. So we technically started the class notes for 7.2, which I handed out since it included the standard normal table needed for numbers 6-10. The worksheet was collected. After doing the worksheet in class, we did finish the 7.1 notes so that MML homework will be due this upcoming Tuesday. | |
April 18 |
We covered the class notes for 7.2. We then covered the class notes for 7.3. |
| [Monday, April 22 is the last day to drop and receive a W instead of a D or F.] ANN: Exam 4 will cover 7.1-7.3, 8.1-8.2, 9.1-9.2 and will be held Tuesday, May 7. We will meet in MA 308. You are allowed a 3x5 notecard for notes. Some MSL due dates will be curtailed. If we do take the exam then, that will be the last day we meet. We do not have a comprehensive final in the class. In class, we covered the class notes for 8.1. We then started the class notes for 8.2, getting through example 3. I do have a worksheet for this section but will hand it out next time. | |
April 25 |
In class, we finished the class notes for 8.2. I handed out Finding Probabilities Involving Sample Means and Proportions which is due Tuesday. We then went on to start the class notes for 9.1, getting through page 5. We will continue next time. |
| ANN: All late paper or MML work is due by Tues., May 7. ANN: Exam 4 will cover 7.1-7.3, 8.1-8.2, 9.1-9.2 and will be held Tuesday, May 7. We will meet in MA 308. You are allowed a 3x5 notecard for notes. Some MSL due dates will be curtailed. That will be the last day we meet. We do not have a comprehensive final in the class. In class, I collected Finding Probabilities Involving Sample Means and Proportions and we finished the class notes for 9.1. I handed out Confidence Level and Interval Length to be done for Thursday. We then started the class notes for 9.2, getting through page 5. | |
May 2 |
ANN: All late paper or MML work is due by Tues., May 7. ANN: Exam 4 will cover 7.1-7.3, 8.1-8.2, 9.1-9.2 and will be held Tuesday, May 7. We will meet in MA 308. You are allowed a 3x5 notecard for notes. Some MSL due dates will be curtailed. That will be the last day we meet. We do not have a comprehensive final in the class. In class, I collected Confidence Level and Interval Length. We then finished the class notes for 9.2. I handed out Sample Means and Confidence Intervals which was completed and collected in class. |
| ANN: Today is the last day for any late work. In class, we took Exam 4. | |
May 9 |
Class reserved for testing in case of cancellation on May 7. See syllabus. |