| Date posted |
Message |
| 12/15/2018 |
I have uploaded your grades for the final and the letter grade you will
see on your transcripts to BB.
The total points you earned are displayed in the "TotAdj" field.
I have applied the grading scale from the bottom part of the syllabus
to that TotAdj field, and that's how you got your letter grade.
For example, if your TotAdj value is between 700 and 749 then
your letter grade is a B-.
The anonymous grades for the final are also listed on the grades page
of the course website.
I hope that at least most of you are happy with your grade,
and I wish you a joyful holiday break.
It was my privilege to be your instructor.
Good luck to you all! -- Michael Fochler --
|
| 12/11/2018 |
I had shown you during my review session a reference card and claimed
that it was accessible from the course material page of my Math 148 site.
It turns out that I never activated that link and you had to find that
ref card in the "Tools for Success" page of the Pearson SDM site.
I have now activated that link:
SDM reference card.
You might like to copy or glue some of that to your index card.
|
| 12/11/2018 |
There have been several requests to provide the answer keys for the midterms.
I do not post the answers to the exams because I reuse some the material
in subsequent semesters.
I checked and found out that the instructor for the Math 147 statistics course
has the same policy.
|
| 12/10/2018 |
No office hours on Monday, 12/10 due to medical appointment.
Instead you can see me on Tuesday, 12/11, from 10:00 until 1:00
|
| 12/04/2018 |
Announcements for the final, I.
a.
Format of the final:
The final will be a full 120 minutes and many of the problems will be like
what you saw on the midterms: some multiple choices and fill in the blanks,
some free form answers, some lengthier computations.
There will be problems for the later chapters
where you are given computer output and you must figure out what to do with it.
b.
Except for the final, all your grades should be on BB by the end of
Sunday, 12/9/2018.
If you have any issues, email your TA with me in the cc and ask to meet with
her/him. Do so on 12/10 if you can!
c.
Be early for the final: The exams are labeled with your name and
you will lose 50(!) points
if you are too lazy to look for your seat and take someone elses final!
You must approach your TA if you cannot find your seat!
d.
Bring your student IDs: We will make spot checks!
Index cards are bigger than for the midterms: 8 x 5 inches. Don't turn them
in with your final. IT IS OK to write with a pencil: the finals will not
be given back to you, so there is no concern that you may alter them after
they have been graded.
e.
Pack your calculator and spare batteries or a backup
the day before the final! Spend a few dollars on a backup calculator!
f.
How to practice: I have said this many times: Best you take the fully worked
examples of the text and try to solve them closed book.
Review the summaries.
|
| 12/04/2018 |
Announcements for the final, II.
a.
The Finals prep sheet which contains a chapter by chapter breakdown of what
you may skip for the final exam has been upated for this semester's final.
Link: See the course materials page!
b.
I will bring the Math department's free form SOOT forms to lecture tomorrow,
12/5, and on Friday, 12/7.
They are anonymous, so please do not write your name on them.
I read those forms and I make adjustments to the way I teach based on
your comments, so I am grateful if you let me know what you like
and what you dislike about my course.
Please bring the forms back during the final exam.
I'll designate one or two spots where you can drop the forms
(you can leave them blank if you have nothing to say).
c.
The deadline to apply for the makeup final was Monday, 11/26/2018.
If I approved you then you received an email from me.
If you did not get my reply yet or you forgot about that deadline:
Send an email to me AND YOUR TA
immediately and show proof of your scheduling conflict to your TA
before the end of THIS WEEK! Put "URGENT: Makeup final!" into the subject
of your emails!
d.
Students with accommodation letters:
You must send an explicit email to me AND YOUR TA if you want to take the
final at the testing center! If you take it at LH 1 then you will start with
everyone else and finish up at my office.
|
| 12/04/2018 |
Announcements for the final, III.
There will be two Review sessions by Casey Kapklein for the final exam:
#1 is this Thursday, December 6th, from 6:35 to 8:30 pm in SL 212.
This session is going to simply be a complete review of all past exams.
Students should bring their past exams with them.
#2 is on Monday, December 10th, from 2:00 to 4:00 pm in UU 120.
This will be a review session for the final exam, very similar to
the review sessions Casey has held before the midterm exams
You do NOT need to sign up for the session on Starfish beforehand,
all review sessions are walk-in sessions (as opposed to CK's
regular tutoring hours).
You are free to come and go at any time.
For questions about those sessions, email ckapkle1@binghamton.edu.
|
| 11/18/2018 |
a.
Correction for A07 average for exam 2 (two!): Changed from 127.0 to 88.25.
b.
The anonymous grades for exam 3 will be posted
before the coming weekend is over.
|
| 11/18/2018 |
Homework 15 has been posted.
Due in discussion next week. The ch.26 assignments will be
collected for grading.
|
| 11/18/2018 |
a.
Homework 14 has been posted.
Due 11/20 in discussion. It will NOT be collected for grading!
b.
The loss of last Friday's lecture has no impact on the scope of midterm 3
(ch.18-25}. I will finish up ch.25 in Monday's lecture and start with
ch.26 (ANOVA). I had announced that I was considering the Nov.26 lecture
optional, but I will need the time to make up for last Friday.
c.
If you have a legitimate reason to ask for a makeup for the third midterm
then you must request it by email (cc your instructor!) no later than
Friday evening, Nov.23. If you become ill on the date of the exam
you must provide a Dr's note that covers Nov.28!
|
| 11/14/2018 |
Review session by Casey Kapklein for Exam 3:
on Monday, November 26 from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm in Science 1 Room 140.
The first 30-45 minutes she will briefly mention all of the ideas and formulas
that students should be familiar with.
The second part of the session will be free question asking time.
Come prepared with questions from the textbook,
old quizzes, the first two exams, and/or the internet.
You do NOT need to sign up for the session on Starfish beforehand,
all review sessions are walk-in sessions (as opposed to CK's regular tutoring hours).
You are free to come and go at any point during the 2-hour time frame.
For questions about the review session, email ckapkle1@binghamton.edu.
|
| 11/14/2018 |
The following has been added to the Q&A page:
Q:
I will miss the next quiz/homework during discussion
since am leaving early for the xyz break.
Is there any way I could make it up?
A:
No, that is not possible. Remember though that the worst graded homework
and the worst two quizzes will be discarded.
|
| 11/12/2018 |
a.
The scope of exam 3 is ch.18-25. Here are some
chapter by chapter comments, mostly about what's not relevant
for the exams:
ALL CHAPTERS: Ignore any material on re-expressing data.
Ch.18: No comments.
Ch.19: No comments.
Ch.20: No comments.
Ch.21: Understand how a given Alpha level is used as decision criterion
for whether to reject the Null.
No Agresti-Coull "Plus-4" method.
Ch.22: Skip Tukey's quick test, the Wilcoxon Rank-Sum test,
and pooling for means. BUT you
may need to know how to use pooling for proportions.
No need to know that formula about degrees of freedom for a
confidence interval or a test concerning the difference of two means
in the footnote on p.598.
Ch.23: Skip ch.23.4 (Blocking).
Ch.24: Understand how to compute expected counts and the subtle difference
between testing for proportions and testing for independence.
Ch.25: Skip ch.25.7 (Logistic Regression).
b.
Exam #3 (Wednesday, 11/28): The exam will start at 8:30 AM and end at 9:25 AM.
It is imperative that you
do not move in before we tell you to:
First we must distribute the exams.
Carry your backpack in your hand so you it will less
time for you to squeeze by others to get to your seat!
c.
Makeup exam: If you have a qualifying event (includes athletes),
send an email to me and cc your TA before Monday 11/26, 8:00 PM.
If you have extended time
then you will start at 8:00 AM.
d.
Reread the syllabus about allowable calculators and index cards.
If you bring a programmable and/or graphing calculator, we will
confiscate it! Do not forget your calculator and bring a spare or at least
spare batteries!
e.
You will not be allowed to write with a pencil!
If you omit your section or write a wrong section on your cover page
then we will penalize you with 10 points!
|
| 11/7/2018 |
Homework 13 has been posted.
Due 11/13 or 11/15 in discussion.
|
| 11/2/2018 |
Shaofei Zhao has changed his Monday/Wednesday office hours
from 9:00--9:30 to 4:30--5:00.
|
| 11/1/2018 |
Homework 12 has been posted.
Due 11/6 or 11/8 in discussion.
|
| 10/28/2018 |
The deadline for withdrawing from this course or changing the
grade option to a pass/fail is this Tuesday, October 30 @4:30 PM.
Do not miss it!
|
| 10/25/2018 |
Homework 11 has been posted.
Due 10/30 or 11/1 in discussion.
|
| 10/25/2018 |
The grades for exam 2 have been posted to BB and
(anonymously) to the grades page.
|
| 10/19/2018 |
Review session by Casey Kapklein for Exam 2 on
Monday, October 22 from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm in Science 1 Room 140
Check your email!
|
| 10/16/2018 |
a.
Homework 10 has been posted.
Due 10/23 or 10/25 in discussion.
It will not/ be collected for grading.
b.
The scope of exam 2 is ch.10-17. Here are some
chapter by chapter comments, mostly about what's not relevant
for the exams:
ALL CHAPTERS: Ignore any material on re-expressing data.
Ch.10: You will not be asked to use the table of random digits
in the book to generate (pseudo) random numbers.
Ch.11: Not quantitative, but lots of concepts to remember!
Ch.12: No comments.
Ch.14: Skip the Bayes rule.
Ch.13: No comments.
Ch.15: Skip covariance.
Ch.16: Skip the Poisson and exponential probability models.
Ch.17: Note that "sampling variability" is also defined as "sampling error".
c.
Wednesday's exam #2: The exam will start at 8:30 AM and end at 9:25 AM.
It is imperative that you
do not move in before we tell you to:
First we must distribute the exams.
Carry your backpack in your hand so you it will less
time for you to squeeze by others to get to your seat!
d.
Makeup exam: If you have a qualifying event (includes athletes),
send an email to me and cc your TA before Monday, 8:00 PM.
If you have extended time
then you will start at 8:00 AM.
e.
Reread the syllabus about allowable calculators and index cards.
If you bring a programmable and/or graphing calculator, we will
confiscate it! Do not forget your calculator and bring a spare or at least
spare batteries!
f.
You will not be allowed to write with a pencil!
If you omit your section or write a wrong section on your cover page
then we will penalize you with 10 points!
|
| 10/11/2018 |
Homework 9 has been posted.
Due 10/16 or 10/18 in discussion.
|
| 10/4/2018 |
a.
Homework 8 has been posted.
Due 10/9 or 10/18 in discussion.
b.
The anonymous grades for the first midterm have been posted to the grades page.
|
| 9/29/2018 |
Final exam schedule:
a.
Final exam:
Wednesday, Dec. 12, 12:50 PM - 2:50 PM in LH 001;
b.
Makeup:
Thursday, Dec. 13, 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM in FA 209
|
| 9/27/2018 |
Homework 7 has been posted.
Due next week in discussion.
|
| 9/21/2018 |
Review session by Casey Kapklein:
..... I will be holding a review session for MATH 148 on Monday,
September 24 from 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm in Lecture Hall 13......
Students should try their best to come prepared for the review session
with at least a basic understanding of the concepts that will be on the
exam, and I highly recommend that they bring old homeworks and quizzes to
use as a source of practice problems. As always, if they have any
questions about the review session, they can email me at
ckapkle1@binghamton.edu, and if they have any questions about UTS and
tutoring in general they can email uts@binghamton.edu or go to the UTS
website at https://www.binghamton.edu/clt/tutoring-services/index.html.
|
| 9/20/2018 |
a.
The homework for this coming week (hwk 6)
will not/ be collected for grading.
b.
The scope of exam 1 is ch.1-8 and ch.10. Here are some
chapter by chapter comments, mostly about what's not relevant
for the exams:
ALL CHAPTERS: Ignore any material on re-expressing data.
Ch.01: Understand the terminology: See Review of Terms.
Skip everything else.
Ch.02: Skip segmented bar charts.
Ch.03: Skip stem-and-leaf displays and dotplots.
Ch.04: No comments.
Ch.05: An alternate name for "normal probability plot"
is "qq-plot"
Ch.06: Skip Kendall’s tau, Spearman’s rho, re-expression,
ladder of powers.
Ch.07: No comments.
Ch.08: No comments.
Ch.10: You will not be asked to use the table of random digits
in the book to generate (pseudo) random numbers.
c.
Wednesday's exam #1: The exam will start at 8:30 AM and end at 9:25 AM.
It is imperative that you
do not move in before we tell you to:
First we must distribute the exams.
Carry your backpack in your hand so you it will less
time for you to squeeze by others to get to your seat!
d.
Makeup exam: If you have a qualifying event (includes athletes),
send an email to me and cc your TA before Monday, 8:00 PM.
If you have extended time and do not take the exam at the testing center
then you will start at 8:00 AM.
e.
Reread the syllabus about allowable calculators and index cards.
If you bring a programmable and/or graphing calculator, we will
confiscate it! Do not forget your calculator and bring a spare or at least
spare batteries!
|
| 9/16/2018 |
The course material page now has new link
Text book errors.
This list will grow as further severe errors are found.
|
| 9/16/2018 |
Q:
... Will midterm 1 be graded before the withdrawal date?
A:
A midterm given on a Wednesday should be recorded on BB before
the following Monday, so you may expect midterms 1 and 2
to be graded in time before the withdrawal date.
|
| 9/13/2018 |
a.
Homework 5 has been posted.
Due next discussion section.
b.
Students with letters of accommodation ONLY:
I emailed you earlier today (Wed, 9/13). If you did not receive my
email then you must contact me asap, because that means that I do not
have you in my records!
c.
Casey Kapklein from UTS will be tutoring Math 148 this semester. He could
not make his announcement last Wednesday, and he will make it this
coming Friday at the end of class instead.
|
| 9/11/2018 |
SDM Homework assignments: Due dates have been changed to Jan 15, 2019
|
| 9/6/2018 |
Homework 4 has been posted.
Due next discussion section.
|
| 9/6/2018 |
a.
Casey Kapklein from UTS will be tutoring Math 148 this semester. He will
make an announcement this coming Wednesday at the end of class.
b.
Q:
Do I have to use StatCrunch to do the graphics for my homework?
A:
No. You can do whatever is expedient, but it must look neat: Use a ruler
for straight lines and erasable pencil rather than a pen so you can
correct mistakes cleanly.
c.
Q:
I just added the class. How can I catch up?
A:
You must read the text to catch up.
That is by far the most important issue.
The book is very well written and quite suitable for self-study.
See your TA as soon as possible and make some friends among your peers.
|
| 8/30/2018 |
Homework 3 has been published. Due next week in discussion.
|
| 8/28/2018 |
The schedule for the Math 148 helproom (WH 236) for this semester has been
published. There has been a change from previous semesters: The room was
changed from WH 234 to WH 236, and it is now separate from the helproom
for Math 147, the other non--mathematical statistics course.
Here
is a direct link for the Math 148 helproom schedule.
Note that this is the place where the Math 148 TAs hold their office hours.
|
| 8/23/2018 |
Homework 2 has been published. Due next week in discussion.
|
| 8/22/2018 |
Syllabus has been duplicated on Blackboard (A0 section).
|
| 8/22/2018 |
a.
Monday office hours have been moved from Mon, 1:15-3:00
to Mon, 11:15-1:00.
b. Athletes and persons with accommodation letters should see me in
person today (Wed, 8/22) before 5:00 PM
or on Thu, 8/23 between 11:00 and 1:00.
|
| 8/18/2018 |
Add/drop and withdraw/change of grade option deadlines have been added
|
| 8/17/2018 |
Correction to hw 1 announcement: Will be discussed Thu 8/23
or Tue 8/28
|
| 8/4/2018 |
a.
Be sure to look at all tabs of this website and to install the
material on the DVD that comes with the text!
b.
Homework 1 has been posted. It will not be graded.
Syllabus and course material page now have information
about registering with the MyStatlab website (also called the
SDM website). Once you have access to MyStatlab you can
access homework "MATH-148-CH-01" (optional) on that site.
c.
Blackboard ("MyCourses") has not yet been set up for Math 148.
We only use Blackboard to post the grades you get on your exams,
quizzes and homeworks and to provide a PDF version of the syllabus.
in addition to the HTML version found on this website.
|