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The information about the current topics, readings, and exercises for which you are responsible will be posted on this page.  

Please remember that the only way in which to learn the material is to do the readings and practice exercises.  The readings and practice exercises document does not have any dates, however, each section is listed, in general, in the order in which the material will be covered throughout the semester.  The current topics, readings (text, PowerPoints, online), and corresponding exercises for which you are responsible will be listed below each week.  Once sections and readings have been assigned, you are expected to read the sections and to work on the corresponding/related practice exercises.  You MUST use the MyMathLab as well.  The resources on MyMathLab include preparation discussions, PowerPoint slides, data files for the exercises, Statlets (applets for Statistics), video lectures and other resources for each chapter such as practice quizzes, practice tests, and hints and similar exercises facilities for use when working on practice exercises.

Current Topics, Readings (text, PowerPoints, online), and Exercises on which you should work during Week 1:

  • For Module 1  and Module 2

    • Read and do all practice exercises for Section 1.1 in the textbook

    • PowerPoints on the PowerPoint Class Notes page:

      • An Introduction to Statistics

      • Frequency Distributions and Relative Frequency Distributions

    • Online readings:

      • What is Statistics?

        • Statistics on Wikipedia

        • Some History of Statistics

        • Statistics and Probability

        • Statistics and Probability on Math Careers

        • Statistics on Math Careers

    • Watch the corresponding video lectures and view the associated PowerPoints and materials on MyMathLab

  • For Module 2 begin the following

    • Read and do all practice exercises for the remainder of Chapter 1 (Sections 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, and 1.6)

    • Do the Chapter 1 Review exercises

    • PowerPoints on the PowerPoint Class-Notes page:

      • Designing Experiments to Reduce Variability

      • Sampling

      • Random Samples

      • Visualizing Distributions

    • Handout on the Handouts and Data Files page:

      • Cautions and Hints about Sampling

    • Watch the corresponding video lectures and view the associated PowerPoints and materials on MyMathLab

    • Do the online readings

        • What are Levels of Measurement?

          • Levels of Measurement – Web Center for Social Research Methods

          • Levels of Measurement – Statistics Solutions

          • Levels of Measurement – alternate 1

          • Levels of Measurement – alternate 2

        • What is Sampling?

          • Sampling Methods

          • General Discussion of Sampling

          • Sampling - Read the Introduction page as well as the pages about various types of sampling; the menu is at the top of the page
             

        • Surveys and Questionnaires

          • Points to Ponder for Designing Surveys and Questionnaires
             

  • Login on Blackboard and check out the various pages.

    • Carefully read the Announcements:

      • CAUTION: This may NOT be the course for you!

      • Welcome to Online Statistics

      • Course Documents and Email Communication

      • Course Resources

      • Rules of Engagement, Online Discussions, and Blackboard

      • Graded Assignments

      • What-to-Watch

      • MyMathLab

      • Final Cautions about Taking Online Courses

      • Week 1

    • Visit the Course Web Sites page to access information about the course web sites

      • Visit each of the course web sites and bookmark these pages (add these pages to your favorites/bookmarks) for easy access

    • Use the Student Tutorial to familiarize yourself with Blackboard

    • Familiarize yourself with the WebEQ editor and the Virtual Classroom using the demos listed below.  These demos are accessible on the Handouts and Data Files page (use the hyperlink in the menu on the left-hand side of this page).

      • Using WebEQ in Blackboard

      • Accessing the Blackboard Virtual Classroom

    • Visit the Tools/Communication page to familiarize yourself with the available tools for communication, collaboration, creating your home page, setting your personal information, privacy options, and changing your Blackboard password

      • Verify and update, if necessary, your name and email information on Blackboard and on myFramingham.

      • Note:  The Blackboard User Manual is available at the bottom of the Tools/Communication page

    • Visit the Discussion Board to view the format for posted discussions.  You may only post to the discussions listed in each week's Current Topics, Readings, and Exercises page and those listed on the week's Blackboard announcement.  Postings to all other discussion forums will be deleted.

    • Visit the Assignment Turn-in page to view information about turning in assignments using Blackboard

  • Visit the course web site:

    • Take the video tour of the course web site using the hyperlink on the main course page

    • Download/print and read the course documents (syllabus, readings and practice exercises, course calendar)

    • Take note of the resources and important information posted on the main course page

    • Visit the various course pages such as the

      • Graded Assignments page,

      • PowerPoint Class Notes,

      • Handouts and Data Files page, and

      • Data Web Sites page.

    • Carefully read

      • Caution About Online Courses,

      • Frequently Asked Questions, and

      • Online Discussions and Rules of Engagement

    • Take careful note of the dates of the quizzes and examinations.

    • Take careful note of the due dates for the MyMathLab assignments posted on the Graded Assignments page.

    • Add the course web sites to your Favorites/Bookmarks for easy access.

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  • Submit the requested schedule, contact information, and essay via Blackboard using the Schedule, Contact Information, and Essay email hyperlinks on the Assignment Turn-in page.  You must submit this information by 11:59 PM on Wednesday, September 15, 2010.  You may NOT submit this information prior to Friday, September 10, 2010.

  • Respond to the student information email that will be sent to you; this email will be sent on Friday, September 10, 2010.  This email will be sent to the email address that you have listed on Blackboard.  It is your responsibility to make sure that your email address on Blackboard is up-to-date so that you will receive this email. 

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  • Post to the Week 1 Discussions on Blackboard:

    • Meet me Online!

    • What is/are Statistics/statistics???

  • Review the forums that have been posted for future use (Please note that some forums have a specific use.)  You may NOT post to forums that have not been listed above.  As mentioned above, early postings to other forums is not permitted and any such postings will be removed.

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  • Complete/update  the Personal Information Page and create your course Home Page on Blackboard; each of these can be accessed on the Tools/Communication page of the Blackboard course site.  Include on your Blackboard Home Page information about

    • your work habits (Are you a procrastinator?  Are you grumpy in the morning?  Do you not work well late at night?),

    • your study habits (Are you a procrastinator?  Are you a last minute crammer?  Do you like to study every night?  Do you like to work with others as you learn the material?  Would you like to form a study group with others in the class?)

    • your "meeting" preferences (Do you prefer to use IM for discussions?  Would you prefer to meet in person rather than working online?  Do you prefer to work on the phone rather than online?),

    • your available online work time (Do you have classes in the morning and an office/store job in the afternoon and can only work online late at night?  Do you have an office/store job between 9 am and 5 pm and can work online around that?  Do you have an office/store job and a family as well and must work online early in the morning, between 5 am and 8 am, or late at night, between 10 pm and midnight?),

    • information about your technology experience (Are you familiar with MS Office?  Have you used IM before?  Have you ever created a MS PowerPoint presentation before?  Have you ever created graphs using MS Excel?  Have you ever created a web page?),

    • information about mathematics courses that you may have taken,

    • information about your attitude toward mathematics and statistics (Please be honest.  If you hate mathematics/statistics then it is all right to say so.  I respect you and your opinions.),

    • information about why you are taking this course, and

    • something that you would like to learn in this course.

    Providing this information will help you and your classmates as you form study groups and, in general, as you seek out others with whom to work

  • Login on MyMathLab; the course ID number is provided in the MyMathLab announcement on Blackboard as well as in the MyMathLab section on the Course Web Sites page.  Visit the various pages and familiarize yourself with the various resources that are available.

NOTE: Up-to-date email address are necessary for course communication.  If you have not done so, please update your email address on Blackboard and myFramingham.

Please remember that your questions are important to me, that I want to help you to do well in the course, and that there is no such thing as a stupid question.

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