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CJFS 3710 Stats, Week 1: Mission and Overview. 1) Take inventory 2) Share expectations 3) Frame the course 4) Offer some challenges Assignment: get calculator, book, and surf. http://statistics3710.weebly.com. Contact Info. Name Phone #(s) Email Interest/Post-schooling Plans - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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CJFS 3710 Stats, Week 1:
Mission and Overview
1) Take inventory2) Share expectations3) Frame the course4) Offer some challenges
Assignment: get calculator, book, and surf
http://statistics3710.weebly.com
Contact Info1. Name
2. Phone #(s)
3. Email
4. Interest/Post-schooling Plans
5. Unique to help me remember you
6. When you think “Stats”…
7. Besides good grade and it’s over, why after the Final…
What Are “Stats”?1. Numeric Info: “67% of all
prisoners, recidivate after release…”
2. Tools: mean, %, ratio, range…
3. Strategies: systematic ways to problem-solve
4. Field within Math
Course Goals1. Demystify stats: take away their awe
2. Appreciate stats: realize their role and value
3. U2 stats: Use and Understand them
Process of Stats1. Set-up
2. Calculate
3. Interpret
4. Share
* Point: Stats is NOT an instant thing
Math Reviewa) (6-3) + 2(12-16) + (2.7 + 7.3) / 2 = ?
b) 8.42 + 6.819 - 2.1 - 2.78 = ?
c) 4.3 X 17.25 = ?
d) 1/4 = ? or .25 = ? or 25% = ?
e) 90% of 250 = ?
f) V (square root of) 49 = ?
g) 5 squared = ?
h) Rounding, .27 = one signif. digit?
Purposes of Statistics
1. Profile
2. Compare
3. Connect
4. Predict
Learning and Teaching are Best When There is… :
•Joy•Engagement•Relevancy•Curiosity
Learning Should Be Joyous
• “When we learn with pleasure we never forget.” Louis Mercier
• "It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge." Albert Einstein
Engaged, Active Learning is Best
• "Reading is to the mind, what exercise is to the body." Sir Richard Steele
• "Tell me and I forget. Show me and I remember. Involve me and I understand." Chinese Proverb
We Must Relate and Apply What We Learn
• “Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
• Stats are good only if they “…are matched by the desire and ability to find out what they mean and where they lead.” Norman Cousins
Learning Requires Curiosity
• "Not to know is bad; not to wish to know is worse." African Proverb
• "To every answer you can find a new question." Yiddish Proverb