Agenda April 5, 2000

1) Discussion of textbook

Your assignment is to discuss among yourselves the three major

ideas from the assigned chapters as indicated below. Then report to the

rest of the class one important idea from these chapters that you can use

with your students.

2) Sample and population: statistical ideas Note especially formulas (yes, there are two versions) for calculating variance and standard deviation. They give different results.

3) Presentation of your project--'dry run' for April 27

4) Final exam -- You will be asked to write a paper on an assigned topic.

Files we will use today

Book Data
Book Data in Excel

Due date: May 5.