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MATH 117 Online Statistics
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Current Topics, Readings, and
Exercises
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about Online
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Questions
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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:
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For Module 1 and Module 2
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Read and do all practice exercises for Section
1.1 in the textbook
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PowerPoints on the PowerPoint Class Notes page:
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Online readings:
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What is Statistics?
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Statistics on Wikipedia
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Some History of Statistics
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Statistics and Probability
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Statistics and Probability on Math Careers
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Statistics on Math Careers
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Watch the corresponding video lectures and view
the associated PowerPoints and materials on
MyMathLab
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For Module 2 begin the following
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Read and do all practice exercises for the
remainder of Chapter 1 (Sections 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, and 1.6)
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Do the Chapter 1 Review exercises
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PowerPoints on the PowerPoint Class-Notes page:
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Handout on the Handouts and Data Files page:
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Watch the corresponding video lectures and
view the associated PowerPoints and materials on
MyMathLab
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Do the online readings
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Login on Blackboard and check out the various
pages.
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Carefully read the Announcements:
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CAUTION: This may NOT be the course for you!
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Welcome to Online Statistics
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Course Documents and Email Communication
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Course Resources
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Rules of Engagement, Online Discussions, and
Blackboard
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Graded Assignments
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What-to-Watch
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MyMathLab
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Final Cautions about Taking Online Courses
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Week 1
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Visit the Course Web Sites page to access
information about the course web sites
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Use the Student Tutorial to familiarize yourself
with Blackboard
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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).
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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
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Verify and update, if necessary, your name and
email information on
Blackboard
and on
myFramingham.
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Note: The Blackboard User Manual is
available at the bottom of the Tools/Communication page
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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.
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Visit the Assignment Turn-in page to view
information about turning in assignments using Blackboard
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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.
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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.
Top of Page
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Post to the Week 1 Discussions on
Blackboard:
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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.
Top of Page
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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
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your work habits (Are you a procrastinator? Are you grumpy
in the morning? Do you not work well late at night?),
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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?)
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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?),
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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?),
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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?),
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information about mathematics courses that you may have
taken,
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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.),
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information about why you are taking this course, and
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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
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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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