You will keep a journal for this course. Your journal will be a very important part of the work you do. It is a place where you can reflect on what you have seen in class, to answer questions we pose, to ask questions of your own, and, perhaps most importantly, to analyze statistics you see outside of class.

Exposition is important. Journal entries need not be long and may or may not pertain to a particular class discussion. Rather, what is important is that you write clearly and show evidence of your own intelligent commentary on your subject. If you are tackling a difficult subject, you may consider revising your first attempt before handing in the final copy.

Each journal entry is to be written or (much preferably) typed on looseleaf paper, and will be collected during the class meeting following the one in which it is assigned (note the change from the original plan). You should hand in three entries per week, roughly one per class meeting. Make sure to put your name on each sheet of your journal and staple together the sheets you turn in. We can't give credit for an entry if we don't know whose it is. Please keep your graded journal entries together in a three-ring notebook. We will collect your completed journal at the end of the term.

Journals will be graded according to the following scheme:

0	No journal was handed in, or what was handed in was in no way acceptable.
1	The journal entry lacked any demonstration of original or independent thought.
2	The journal entry was acceptable, demonstrating an adequate amount of original thinking on topics relevant to the course.
3	The journal entry was exceptionally thoughtful or insightful, exhibiting extensive independent thinking on topics relevant to the course.

Note: We reserve the right to (and probably will) refuse late journals.