Week 1 Assignments

Assignment 1: Introduction By the end of Thursday, April 11, 2013, complete a short introduction and post it to this Discussion Area. Introduce yourself to the class. Describe your experience with Statistics. Share your reasons for enrolling for this course. In order to get to know your classmates, spend some time reading the introductions of others and open a dialog with them.

Assignment 2: Discussion Assignment By Saturday, April 13, 2013, submit your answers to the Week 1 discussion assignment. For each weeks assignment, find the first letter of your last name, and complete the two problems associated with that letter in this document. Be sure that your post includes the textbook section or page and the problem numbers, and a copy of the problem if it is not in the textbook, so your classmates can find your problems within the textbook. Please post both of the problems assigned to you. Post responses to at least two other students. You can:

Ask a question about your classmates solution Offer help when you see an error Seek help in completing your own problems

Remember that non-substantive posts such as Good job! will not count toward your participation score. By the end of the week, please review and comment on the answers provided by at least two of your peers. Assignment 3: MyLabs Homework By Saturday, April 13, 2013, please complete the homework assignment for this week. If youre uncertain how to solve a problem, you may ask for hints, a solved example, or the relevant section of the textbook. After you enter your answer, click Check Answer; you must do this in order to receive credit. If you miss a problem, you may try again with a similar problem; if you get it right, you will still receive credit for that problem.

You may save your work and return to it as often as needed. You may continue working on this assignment until you have a perfect score; but you must finish your assignment by the due date in order to avoid a late penalty. Once you submit your work, you cannot make any further changes. Click here to access your MyLabs Homework for this week. Note: Several questions have more than one part; be sure to press Enter afte r answering each individual part.

Assignment 4: MyLabs Quiz By Tuesday, April 16, 2013, please complete the quiz for this week. You may save your work and return to it as often as needed. However, you are only permitted one attempt for each question; you cannot ask for a similar problem, and there are no tutorial buttons available. Be sure to show your work when directed to do so; points will be deducted unless step-by-step work is shown, and partial credit cannot be awarded unless your reasoning is clear. When you are done, select the Submit button to send your work to the facilitator. Once you submit your work, you cannot make any further changes. No revisions will be accepted on this assignment. Your instructor will need a few days to grade your work. Click here to access your MyLabs Quiz for this week.

Week 2 Assignments

Assignment 1: Discussion Assignment By Saturday, April 20, 2013, submit your answers to the Week 2 discussion assignment. For each weeks assignment, find the first letter of your last name, and complete the two problems associated with that letter in this document. Be sure that your post includes the textbook section or page and the problem numbers, and a copy of the problem if it is not in the textbook, so your classmates can find your problems within the textbook. Please post both of the problems assigned to you. Post responses to at least two other students. You can:

Ask a question about your classmates solution Offer help when you see an error Seek help in completing your own problems

Remember that non-substantive posts such as Good job! will not count toward your participation score. By the end of the week, please review and comment on the answers provided by at least two of your peers. Assignment 2: MyLabs Homework By Saturday, April 20, 2013, please complete the homework assignment for this week. If youre uncertain how to solve a problem, you may ask for hints, a solved example, or the relevant section of the textbook. After you enter your answer, click Check Answer; you must do this in order to receive credit. If you miss a problem, you may try again with a similar problem; if you get it right, you will still receive credit for that problem. You may save your work and return to it as often as needed. You may continue working on this assignment until you have a perfect score; but you must finish your assignment by the due date in order to avoid a late penalty. Once you submit your work, you cannot make any further changes. Click here to access your MyLabs Homework for this week. Note: Several questions have more than one part; be sure to press Enter after answering each individual part.

Assignment 3: MyLabs Quiz By Tuesday, April 23, 2013, please complete the quiz for this week. You may save your work and return to it as often as needed. However, you are only permitted one attempt for each question; you cannot ask for a similar problem, and there are no tutorial buttons available. Be sure to show your work when directed to do so; points will be deducted unless step-by-step work is shown, and partial credit cannot be awarded unless your reasoning is clear. When you are done, select the Submit button to send your work to the facilitator. Once you submit your work, you cannot make any further changes. No revisions will be accepted on this assignment. Your instructor will need a few days to grade your work. Click here to access your MyLabs Quiz for this week.

Week 3 Assignments

Assignment 1: Discussion Assignment By Saturday, April 27, 2013, submit your answers to the Week 3 discussion assignment. For each weeks assignment, find the first letter of your last name, and complete the two problems associated with that letter in this document. Be sure that your post includes the textbook section or page and the problem numbers, and a copy of the problem if it is not in the textbook, so your classmates can find your problems within the textbook. Please post both of the problems assigned to you. Post responses to at least two other students. You can:

Ask a question about your classmates solution Offer help when you see an error Seek help in completing your own problems

Remember that non-substantive posts such as Good job! will not count toward your participation score. By the end of the week, please review and comment on the answers provided by at least two of your peers. Assignment 2: MyLabs Homework By Saturday, April 27, 2013, please complete the homework assignment for this week. If youre uncertain how to solve a problem, you may ask for hints, a solved example, or the relevant section of the textbook. After you enter your answer, click Check Answer; you must do this in order to receive credit. If you miss a problem, you may try again with a similar problem; if you get it right, you will still receive credit for that problem. You may save your work and return to it as often as needed. You may continue working on this assignment until you have a perfect score; but you must finish your assignment by the due date in order to avoid a late penalty. Once you submit your work, you cannot make any further changes. Click here to access your MyLabs Homework for this week.

Assignment 3: MyLabs Quiz By Tuesday, April 30, 2013, please complete the quiz for this week. You may save your work and return to it as often as needed. However, you are only permitted one attempt for each question; you cannot ask for a similar problem, and there are no tutorial buttons available. Be sure to show your work when directed to do so; points will be deducted unless step-by-step work is shown, and partial credit cannot be awarded unless your reasoning is clear. When you are done, select the Submit button to send your work to the facilitator. Once you submit your work, you cannot make any further changes. No revisions will be accepted on this assignment. Your instructor will need a few days to grade your work. Click here to access your MyLabs Quiz for this week.

Week 4-Assignments

Assignment 1: Discussion Assignment By Saturday, May 4, 2013, submit your answers to the Week 4 discussion assignment. For each weeks assignment, find the first letter of your last name, and complete the two problems associated with that letter in this document. Be sure that your post includes the textbook section or page and the problem numbers, and a copy of the problem if it is not in the textbook, so your classmates can find your problems within the textbook. Please post both of the problems assigned to you. Post responses to at least two other students. You can:

Ask a question about your classmates solution Offer help when you see an error Seek help in completing your own problems

Remember that non-substantive posts such as Good job! will not count toward your participation score. By the end of the week, please review and comment on the answers provided by at least two of your peers. Assignment 2: MyLabs Homework By Saturday, May 4, 2013, please complete the homework assignment for this week. If youre uncertain how to solve a problem, you may ask for hints, a solved example, or the relevant section of the textbook. After you enter your answer, click Check Answer; you must do this in order to receive credit. If you miss a problem, you may try again with a similar problem; if you get it right, you will still receive credit for that problem. You may save your work and return to it as often as needed. You may continue working on this assignment until you have a perfect score; but you must finish your assignment by the due date in order to avoid a late penalty. Once you submit your work, you cannot make any further changes. Click here to access your MyLabs Homework for this week.

Assignment 3: MyLabs Quiz By Tuesday, May 7, 2013, please complete the quiz for this week. You may save your work and return to it as often as needed. However, you are only permitted one attempt for each question; you cannot ask for a similar problem, and there are no tutorial buttons available. Be sure to show your work when directed to do so; points will be deducted unless step-by-step work is shown, and partial credit cannot be awarded unless your reasoning is clear. When you are done, select the Submit button to send your work to the facil itator. Once you submit your work, you cannot make any further changes. No revisions will be accepted on this assignment. Your instructor will need a few days to grade your work. Click here to access your MyLabs Quiz for this week. Note: Several problems on this assignment require that you show your work. A new window will pop up on these questions; please be sure that your web browsers pop -up blocker is off, so you can complete these questions. If necessary, you can manually invoke this window by clicking the Show Work button on the right -hand side of the question screen. Also, several questions have more than one part; be sure to press Enter after answering each individual part.

Week 5 Assignments

Assignment 1: Discussion Assignment By Saturday, May 11, 2013, submit your answers to the Week 5 discussion assignment. For each weeks assignment, find the first letter of your last name, and complete the two problems associated with that letter in this document. Be sure that your post includes the textbook section or page and the problem numbers, and a copy of the problem if it is not in the textbook, so your classmates can find your problems within the textbook. Please post both of the problems assigned to you. Post responses to at least two other students. You can:

Ask a question about your classmates solution Offer help when you see an error Seek help in completing your own problems

Remember that non-substantive posts such as Good job! will not count toward your participation score. By the end of the week, please review and comment on the answers provided by at least two of your peers. Assignment 2: MyLabs Homework By Saturday, May 11, 2013, please complete the homework assignment for this week. If youre uncertain how to solve a problem, you may ask for hints, a solved example, or the relevant section of the textbook. After you enter your answer, click Check Answer; you must do this in order to receive credit. If you miss a problem, you may try again with a similar problem; if you get it right, you will still receive credit for that problem. You may save your work and return to it as often as needed. You may continue working on this assignment until you have a perfect score; but you must finish your assignment by the due date in order to avoid a late penalty. Once you submit your work, you cannot make any further changes. Click here to access your MyLabs Homework for this week. Note: Several questions have more than one part; be sure to press Enter after answering each individual part.

Assignment 3: MyLabs Final Exam By Tuesday, May 14, 2013, please complete the final exam. You may save your work and return to it as often as needed. However, you are only permitted one attempt for each question; you cannot ask for a similar problem, and there are no tutorial buttons available. Be sure to show your work when directed to do so; points will be deducted unless step-by-step work is shown, and partial credit cannot be awarded unless your reasoning is clear. When you are done, select the Submit button to send your work to the facilitator. Once you submit your work, you cannot make any further changes. No revisions will be accepted on this assignment. Your instructor will need a few days to grade your work. Click here to access your MyLabs Final Exam for this week. Note: Several problems on this assignment require that you show your work. A new window will pop up on these questions; please be sure that your web browsers pop -up blocker is off, so you can complete these questions. If necessary, you can manually invoke this window by clicking the Show Work button on the right -hand side of the question screen. Also, several questions have more than one part; be sure to press Enter after answering each individual part. There are two types of questions: short answer and essay. Your course facilitator will need a few days to grade the short answer and essay-style questions. Be sure to show your work on all questions; points will be deducted unless work is shown, and partial credit cannot be awarded unless your reasoning is clear. No revisions will be accepted on this assignment. Numerical answers should be stated to the specified number of decimal places. Assignment 4: Summary Assignment All of us come into a particular course with certain perceptions and views regarding the central topics covered. If you had to choose one thing of the many topics covered in this course which did you think was most interesting? By Tuesday, May 14, 2013, submit your responses to the topic in this Discussion Area.