Blog Updates / Changes

25 March 08, 8:34 pm

• Updated: Online class record to reflect class participation grade and attendance bonus (these two are not publicly available)
  
  
• the number of cuts that I've recorded are shown in the class record
• note: 3 lates = 1 cut, therefore, 1.33 cuts may either mean 4 lates or 1 cut and 1 late
  
• those with perfect attendance were given a full 1 point
• those with near-perfect attendance were given a partial bonus (e.g., 0.75, 0.50, 0.25)
  
  
• If the student has not submitted peer/self evaluation yet or has decided to revise the final paper, a note also in the last two columns of the online class record
  

24 March 08, 5:52 pm

• Updated: Online class record
• Click here if you wish to view the rubrics I used to score your final paper (highest possible score was 55 points)
• For those who wish to submit an improved version of their paper, you may see me tomorrow in MC so I can give you feedback.
  
• Check your peer evaluation grade; if you have lower than you expected please "pester" your group mates to submit their peer evaluation
• Attendance bonus was set to zero. I left the class cards in school, I'll update this tomorrow.
• Participation grade is set at 75.00 right now. The more participative ones in class will receive a higher grade on or before Wed (26 March)
  

03 January 08, 10:14 am

• Updated: Online class record to reflect performance in Quiz 4
• Changed the column label "Quiz Average" to "Adjusted Quiz Mean" to indicate that only the highest 4 quiz grades were included in computing for the mean quiz grade
• Please take note that if everybody will decide to fail the remaining requirements, 43 out of 54 students are now assured of passing the course.
  Here is the breakdown:
  
  
• 3 and above => none yet
• 2.5 => 4 students
  
• 2.0 => 7 students
  
• 1.5 => 15 students
  
• 1.0 => 17 students
  

11 January 08, 6:07 pm

• Updated: Online class record to reflect performance in Quiz 3 and Graded Review 1
  

10 January 08, 12:04 pm

• Added in Lesson II.C: Link to Graded Review 1 Answers
  

06 January 08, 10:30 am

• Links to two sets of review questions on normal curve problems were added in Lesson II.C. Submit your answers to the second set of questions before our 9 January 2008 class.
  

24 December 07, 8:00 am

• Activated links to:
  
• Topics II.D to IV.C
• Final paper instructions with sample answers using CD 115 Quiz 1 data
  (Note: More sample answers will be added before 4 Jan 07)
  

19 December 07, 6:30 pm

• Updated: Online Class Record (to reflect grade in Exam 2 and Seat Work 1)

06 December 07, 6:10 pm

• Updated: Online Class Record (to reflect grade in Exam 1)
• Activated:
  
• Link to Topic II.C "z-Scores and the Normal Distribution" in the course outline
• Link to sample encoded final paper data
  

17 November 07, 10:45 pm

• Activated: Link to Topic II.B "The Four Sets of Measures" in the course outline
  

15 November 07, 9:45 pm

• Updated: Link to "different levels of measurement" in the Introduction page
• Activated: Link to "Summarizing Data Using Tables and Graphs"