Hi everyone,
Regarding the normal distribution questions in WeBWorK (the ones using the table handed out in class), it is important to know the following:
WeBWorK expects the answer to be a decimal (between 0 and 1), rather than a percent (between 0 and 100). Therefore, you MUST convert the percent given in the table into a decimal before entering your answer (move the decimal point two spaces to the left).
My apologies for any confusion this has caused!
-Mr. Reitz
On the password-protected “GRADES” page.
-Mr. Reitz
Hi everyone,
I’ll use this post to make corrections (there is one for now) and answer questions about the Final Exam Review — feel free to leave a question below.
-Mr. Reitz
CORRECTIONS (to the final exam review sheet):
2a) correct answer is
2b) correct answer is
9b) correct answer is s=5.87
Every college class is planned with certain goals in mind – to convey ideas, to encourage certain kinds of thinking, to provide opportunities for learning, for exploration, for practice. A typical plan consists of a mix of different activities, both in and out of class, and hopefully each activity contributes to achieving the goals of the class. In this assignment, I am going to ask you to think about some of the different things you have done for this class and reflect on their effectiveness.
Some of the activities that make up this class are listed below. This list is not comprehensive (it may be missing things!), and includes both in-class and out-of-class activities.
Partial list of activities:
Assignment (Due Tuesday, July 2nd). Respond to at least two of the following questions (1 or 2 sentences each). Feel free to discuss activities that are not listed above, if you wish.
HI everyone,
It turns out that the Exam 3 Review handed out in class was not missing any answers, but the answers were mislabeled — everything from problem #9 on was off by 1 in the answer key. It has been corrected & posted on the OpenLab.
-Mr. Reitz
Most people go to college because they are trying to build a better future for themselves. What job do you hope to get after college? Imagine you have completed your college degree, and your education and experience have allowed you to obtain the job that you want.
With this job in mind, consider the following list of activities. Which of them are you most likely to be asked to do as part of your new job? Put them in order from most likely to least likely. If you are uncertain, make your best guess based on your current knowledge and experience.
List of activities:
Assignment (due Thursday, June 27th):
Respond to the above activity by leaving a comment in response to this post. Your comment should include all of the following:
Extra Credit. Comment on someone else’s post. Do you agree or disagree? Why?
They can be found on the password-protected GRADES page.
Regards,
Mr. Reitz
Hi everyone,
There are two corrections to the answer key for the Exam 2 Review sheet:
1. The answer for #2c should be [2,6)
2. The solution for #4a should be (3,-1)
The review sheet has been updated on the Handouts page.
-Mr. Reitz
ps. Many thanks to alert reader Andrea C for pointing these out!
Last June I also taught this same course, MAT 1180, in summer school. Just before the final exam, I gave my students the following assignment:
Imagine that you are invited to speak on the first day of MAT 1180, to give advice to entering students. Write a paragraph…describing what you would tell them.
To see the assignment and the students’ responses, follow this link.
Your assignment, due next Thursday, June 20th, is to:
Extra Credit. For extra credit, write a response to one of your classmates’ comments. Do you have any advice? Be kind.
Heads up guys – If you have not entered an email address into WeBWorK, I CANNOT RESPOND to your questions sent from within the WeBWorK system – I get an email with your question, but have no way to reply. You can enter your email address by logging in to WeBWorK and selecting “Password/Email” from the menu on the left. Thanks!
Some things to be aware of:
1. Several students have run into trouble in Assignment #3 entering scientific notation, when the exponent is negative — there is an error indicating that parentheses are not allowed. If this happens to you, try entering your answer without parentheses, like this:
2.5×10^-5
2. In Assignment 4, we did not have a chance to cover problems number 4 and 5. You are NOT responsible for these problems this week – you will be asked to complete them next week.
Let me know if you have any questions,
Mr. Reitz
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