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W 9/3/14
X
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First day of school.
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Th
9/4/14
A
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HW due: Send Mr. Hansen an
e-mail. Be sure to sign your
message and to put a double underscore
at the beginning of your subject line.
Also: If you have not already done so, be sure to watch this video, which is
required knowledge. Feel free to watch it a second time.
Other required knowledge from yesterday: mathematics, statistics, statistic
(singular), variation, sample size, the concept of “applied common sense,”
and an understanding of why we never use the  symbol in our class.
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F 9/5/14
B
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Period 3: No additional
written HW due.
Period 4: No class.
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M 9/8/14
C
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Period 3: No class.
Period 4. No additional written HW due.
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T 9/9/14
D
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HW due (both periods):
1. Read the first part of the preface (pp. xiii through xvi only). No reading
notes are required for this section.
2. Read pp. 1-19 and take reading notes. Your notes may be in any style or
format that you personally find helpful. They may be brief or extensive.
However, you may not copy them from another student, and you need to be able
to justify (if asked in class) why they were worth writing. “The topic was in
boldface” is not an adequate justification. For example, if you write, “A
sample is a subset of the population, selected for study in some prescribed
manner,” you are probably wasting your time. Did you really not know what a
sample is? (Well, then again, it’s a personal matter, so if you thought it
was important to write down, maybe it really was.)
3. Write out answers to the following questions:
p. 11 #6
pp. 19-20 #1.16
p. 24 Activity 1.3
4. Set aside a corner of your textbook cover, or a notebook, or some other
piece of stiff, durable paper that you will not lose between now and the end
of the quarter. Each day, at the end of the day, you will record the date and
two pieces of quantitative data. The first datum is to be the number of
people for whom you held a door open at some point during the day. The second
datum can be anything of your choice except for weight (which is what I show
in the example below), but it must be consistently gathered each day. If you
forget a day here and there, write a comment to explain. If you have to
estimate data, be sure to note that the data are estimates. An example is
shown below:
NOTE:
Allow enough room for your chart to stretch all the way through 10/31/2014,
the end of the quarter. All you are expected to have for today is the beginnings
of the chart and the first entry (or maybe a few more entries, if you started
working on your assignment over the weekend). Remember, you can’t use
“Weight” as your variable in the second column. Pick something fun. Number of
cookies consumed? Number of conversations of more than 2 minutes with someone
not in your form? Try to be creative.
IMPORTANT:
Written homework must conform to the HW guidelines.
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W 9/10/14
E
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HW due (both classes):
1. Read pp. 27-39. Reading notes are required, as always.
2. Write pp. 31-32 #2.4 and 2.8.
3. Write pp. 40-41 #2.12, 2.15, and 2.20.
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Th
9/11/14
F
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No STAtistics
class.
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F 9/12/14
G
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HW due (both classes):
Practice the “Excelcise” (click here
and look for the 10/28/2010 calendar entry). Everyone must eventually earn
the merit badge! With sufficient practice, you should be able to pass on
Friday during class. If you do not, you’ll have to make an appointment on
your own time.
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M 9/15/14
A
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HW due (both classes):
1. Continue practicing the “Excelcise” if you have not
already passed. Congratulations to Nelson B., Jack A., Andrew V., Daniel B.,
and Nick R., who passed last week. We will not have any more class time for
practice or testing, but you can take the quiz on your own time to pass. This
quiz is required and is worth 25 points.
2. Read pp. 42-63. Reading notes are required, as always. Most future
assignments will not repeat the reminder that reading notes are always
required.
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T 9/16/14
B
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Period 3: No additional
written HW due. Please work a little bit on Thursday’s assignment. (Read a
few pages.)
Period 4: No class. Please work on Thursday’s assignment. (Read a few pages.)
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W 9/17/14
C
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Period 3: No class. Work on
Thursday’s assignment.
Period 4. No additional written HW due. Work on Thursday’s assignment.
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Th
9/18/14
D
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HW due (both classes):
1. Read pp. 75-113.
2. Write #3.20 on pp. 95-96.
3. Write #3.22 on p. 113.
4. Write #3.30 on p. 116.
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F 9/19/14
X
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Form VI retreat; no class
for Period 3.
Period 4 will have class, but we
will not cover any new material. This would be a perfect time for the
underclassmen to hone their Excel skills and pass the Excelcise!
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M 9/22/14
E
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HW due (both classes):
1. Read pp. 117-124.
2. Read Explorations 3.2, 3.3, and 3.4 on pp. 142-145. In the 3rd line from
the end of this reading assignment, change the words “most likely” to
“definitely.” Use pen if you wish; it’s a permanent change.
3. Write #3.40 and #3.42 on pp. 125-126. You must be prepared to show at
least one scatterplot (probably the one for #3.42,
though #3.40 is also acceptable) when your calculator is checked during
class.
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T 9/23/14
F
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No STAtistics
class.
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W 9/24/14
G
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HW due (both classes): Read
pp. 127-133, 135-136, 147-156.
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Th
9/25/14
A
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HW due (both classes): Catchup day.
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F 9/26/14
B
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Period 3 HW due:
1. Read pp. 159-166.
2. Write #3.63 on p. 140.
3. Write #4.7 and #4.10 on pp. 158-159.
Period 4: No class.
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M 9/29/14
C
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Period 3: No class.
Period 4 HW due:
1. Read pp. 159-166.
2. Write #3.63 on p. 140.
3. Write #4.7 and #4.10 on pp. 158-159.
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T 9/30/14
D
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No additional written HW is
due. Use your study time to review your notes, to reread passages from the
textbook as needed, and to get caught up on all previously assigned written
work.
Review day in both classes. A “qualifying quiz” on basic terminology,
notation, and concepts may be administered. (Example question: A chart that
uses bars of varying height to show either the count or the relative
frequency of observations of a quantitative variable is called a
___________.) Students who do not score at least 90% on the qualifying quiz
may be required to take the makeup test on Friday morning.
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