Statistics & Probability

[late80s]

Does anyone have anything that will help me understand what is going on in the class?

links, fact sheets, books for dummies....anything

 

[chiqga]

your regular lecture notes. pay attention in class.

 

[miss kidd0]

Ummm... If you actually found out what your chances are of winning the lottery, you would never buy a ticket again.

 

[jplikejayz]

why don't you come on over and we can study ma



























my stats book is on my desk

 

[obie21]

what specifically

 

[miss kidd0]

If I flip this coin, what are my chances of getting head?

 

[wj4]

Originally Posted by ChiqGa

your regular lecture notes. pay attention in class.

And make use of office hours. I took Statistic last semester and it was one of the easiest upper division courses.

 

[guillermo gutierez]

failed twice. this is my third time takin it. i got a test on monday on Z score distribution.


i think

 

[you big dummy]

got a statistics test on tuesday

 

[sugahill19]

im currently failing. its like i know how to do the work but when the test comes up i forget everything.

 

[wj4]

Originally Posted by GUILLERMO GUTIEREZ

failed twice. this is my third time takin it. i got a test on monday on Z score distribution.


i think

I love that stuff. The only thing I dislike is that the problems usually take a while to work out so you'd never leave early on exam day. Myprofessor required us to show all works for full credit so when you have to find the standard deviation for part A to proceed to answer the question on part B,that takes a grip of time..especially if there's a lot of numbers.

 

[skyflydul]

i took this class but the professor had a STRONG accent; it was hard to understand and it just got more complicated as lessons progressed..but studying is yourbest option

 

[miss savannah]

I took it last semester...I'm sure there are other sources to get a better understanding but I don't know of any.
I can give you some advice though
-GO to class EVERY time it meets
-READ the textbook
-DO the REVIEWS at the end of each chapter
-sometimes textbooks provide a CD or website...do the QUIZZES and TESTs
-go to TUTORING
-ASK the teacher questions
-PRACTICE the math
-DO ALL the HOMEWORK

If you still don't get it...hmm I don't know what to tell you
You can also ask me for help
Good luck!!!

 

[the rat pack is back]

I took advanced stats last quarter and I thought it was one of the hardest classes I ever took. I got C's and D's on the first couple quizzes andmidterms, then I started paying more attention in class and doing the practice problems and it got so much easier.

My final grade in the class was a B+.

Take good notes and do the practice problems. Also, goto the professors office to ask for help. Some professors will grade you easier when you goto theiroffice and ask for help because they know you are putting effort into the class.

 

[guillermo gutierez]

Originally Posted by wj4

Originally Posted by GUILLERMO GUTIEREZ

failed twice. this is my third time takin it. i got a test on monday on Z score distribution.


i think

I love that stuff. The only thing I dislike is that the problems usually take a while to work out so you'd never leave early on exam day. My professor required us to show all works for full credit so when you have to find the standard deviation for part A to proceed to answer the question on part B, that takes a grip of time..especially if there's a lot of numbers.

YES!! yo the class is only 50 mins long. and he dont even pass out the test until 10 mins. after class starts. u know how long it takes to dostardard deviation by hand????

 

[kneesh]

This class is SO fun .

I be in class answering questions like a MF ...

For our tests , he gives a cheat sheet .

It's easy if you learn the formulas . Z-score is pretty easy .

Late80s - what specifically ?

 

[late80s]

i hate this %!%%$$+ class. someone kill me.

 

[t i c a l]

I took General Statistics and that *@#+ was easy, but now I'm in this Experimental Statistics class and it blows my !%%%%!! mind. Funny thing is I'mtaking all these stats classes and I'm a goddamn Biology major.

**EDIT: Oh, and I think probability is actually pretty interesting, but that's probably because I play poker.

- Tical.

 

[bgl2687]

Originally Posted by wj4

Originally Posted by ChiqGa

your regular lecture notes. pay attention in class.

And make use of office hours. I took Statistic last semester and it was one of the easiest upper division courses.

stats is upper div.? whats your major?

 

[breakinyourankles]

I have a stat test tomorrow

but yeah you should read the textbook. that's what i'm doing right now and its not helping me one bit.

 

[da xplicit one]

Statistics is

... the only thing I always got confused was thedifference between PICKING and CHOOSING! When you use the p and when you use the c

I'm pretty rusty, but I took Engineering Statistics, but I didn't take Calc 3 and it was a prereq, so that was stupid. But if you have particularquestions, you can ask any of those who have volunteered, including myself - I love math and helping with math... math minor FTW! I might get the major if itake 3 more classes, if it doesn't move me back from my current expected graduation

 

[desoiation1]

im taking two stat classes and one of em is probability (my first one).

i can see why its hard for people to understand, but its really not that hard. i think its just the notation and stuff that makes it hard for beginners

 

[skip2mylou23]

I took Business Stats and it's mad cake and interesting.