MATH 1342 - Distance Learning - Fall 2017

Elementary Statistics

Fall 2017

This class uses the same textbook as almost all the MATH 1342 sections:

The Basic Practice of Statistics, 7th ed. by Moore, Notz and Fligner

Course syllabus View Download (There is no need to print this.)

Help with the course and other options for enrollment.

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Do you have the technical skills needed? Technical Skills Checklist

What skills do you need to succeed in this course in math, technical reading, and thinking about the world? Please read this before the class begins: https://sites.google.com/site/mpstat22/

Computer requirements and course materials

Also, you should have a notebook or set of file folders to keep your work in this course organized.

I suggest that you have

• a front section for general information (detailed calendar, first-day handout, homework lists) and Test Review documents, and

• separate sections for each week's work.

Because the material in the later part of the course depends on the material in the earlier part of the course, you will need to be able to refer to your homework and notes on earlier material when you study for tests, including when you study for the Final Exam.

I will tell you at times to "print" things. If you don't have a printer easily available, then make a folder on your computer to which you save those files, and think of it as another folder that you will look into just as you would look in your notebook.

First-day handout: See the Fall 2017 handout: View Download

Detailed Course Calendar (includes all deadlines): Fall 2017 View Download (Briefly skim this, print it after Aug. 23, and put it in your notebook.)

Textbook homework. The first couple of weeks or so of homework will be available here by August 22, 2017.

How will you learn in this course?

Answer: By using the course lessons in ACC's Blackboard to work through the material in the textbook (available in LaunchPad ) and by TALKING with each other and with the instructor. Well - not all talking - mostly it's conversation through email and a Discussion Board in Blackboard. Read about the "five-minute rule." View Download

Start learning statistics: Start by using the free trial of the course materials and the free trial of Minitab. Be careful, however, that you don't use too much of your free time before the course begins. After the course begins, it is ESSENTIAL that you are able to use both of these at all times, so you will need to pay for them before, or as soon as, your free trial expires. Get started, including signing up for LaunchPad, by following this link..

Orientation for the course: Read the first-day handout. When you are able to get into Blackboard (about a week before the class begins) then fill out the Orientation Form there.