Math 10 Log

We will be covering chapters 1 and 2 of the text during the first 4 lectures. Please read these chapters. Your first quiz will be next Wednesday April 2 and based on the definitions and ODD numbered questions found in sections 1.1-1.3 and 2.1-2.5 of the text. Please attempt these problems and bring any questions to next Tuesday's X-session.

This week we also explored the First Fundamental Mystery of Probability ,the Second Fundamental Mystery of Probability and the Third Fundamental Mystery of Probability . With these fundamental mysteries in hand we can see why we need the ``n-1" in the denominator of the sample variance. Note : this ``n-1" discussion discussion is not for the faint of heart, and will never show up on an exam, but I think its kind of fun fun to see!)

We will be exploring chapter 6 of the text this week. Please read chapter 6. Two or three of your exam questions next week will be based on the definitions and ODD numbered questions found in sections 6.2-6.6 of chapter 6.

Your mini-project is to think of a hypothesis that you might want to test and then: 1. state the purpose of your test, 2. set up a pretest and articulate how you came to this pre-test's formulation, 3. run your pre-test, 4 analyze your results, 5 describe any difference you would implement in performing a second pretest. Here is an example of an acceptable mini project, Coke/Pepsi . (Due to the visible haste in writing this up, this project would be lucky to receive a B+ and would probably receive a B, so think of it as a template for an acceptable, though not great, mini-project.) By the way, you may work in groups to formulate your pretest and collect your data. The write up and analysis needs to be your own.