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Your Syllabus, Part 2

• 6 Pages of ISU-Mandatory Information, 5 Class
  Rules, 4 Pages Bridging the Highland-ISU Gap, 2
  Pages on How To Study, 1 Page on How To Think,
  Things Which Were Lost That Should Not Be
  Forgotten, And What Even Is Stats?

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Step 1 Keep Your Syllabus

• Your college may want to see it.
• Seriously.
• Only show them the college part.

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Step 2 Read Your Syllabus

• If you seriously have not yet done this, then you
  seriously should.
• There is a quiz on it tomorrow.
• You might feel this is an abusive amount of
  reading, but in my mercy, I actually shortened
  the Math is Music article from 4 pages to just
  a single page.

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Read Your Syllabus
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Things That Were Lost That Should Not Have Been
Forgotten

• The old syllabus format included information you
  probably should still have.
• T-S-T
• The 4 Cs
• The Question Words

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The Website!

• http//highlandstatistics.pbworks.com
• There is no www on this.
• The primary part of the website that most of you
  will find useful is the PowerPoint Archive.
• I will sometimes post things on the website that
  I will not print out for you.
• In fact, I used nearly all of my photocopier
  clicks making yesterdays treasure pile.

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Speaking of Treasure

• I have totally legit treasure chests.

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Calculators

• If you do not have a TI-83 or a TI-84, I
  recommend you get one.
• You will need a statistical graphing calculator.
• I have less than 1 classroom set, so I cannot
  check them out to every student who does not have
  one unless there are only a few of you.
• If you have a different calculator
  congratulations!
• The requirement for that is simple you will
  need to learn how to do things on your calculator
  using outside resources.

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Calculators, Continued

• I will walk people directly through how to use
  their TI-83 and TI-84 calculators, which is the
  primary benefit.
• Also, I know they can do all the stuff we need.
• Students have successfully used NSpires.
• Students have also successfully used the Casio
  calculators which are running just under half the
  cost.

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Calculators, Continued More

• Students have also broken down in tears trying to
  figure out their non-83/84 calculators.
• If you think the reduced hassle of an 83/84 is
  something you want, but cost is an issue,
  consider checking local pawn shops.
• You will not need your calculators until chapter
  5 really, so the week of 9/14.

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Amenities

• There are so many of them, it is crazy!

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Textbooks

• You are expected to read this textbook!
• It will have a noticeable effect on your grade.
• These books are considered to be the most
  readable of the major AP Stats texts, and if you
  find it hard to believe, I have copies of the
  other industry standards so you can see for
  yourself.
• They still might be hard to readbut you should
  try anyway.
• Dont give up. Dont ever give up.

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Textbooks

• It is not only good practice for college-level
  reading, but if you read it before I present the
  material, you maximize the likelihood that you
  understand the material.
• If you read the material and it does not make
  sense, please consider e-mailing me or asking me
  questions.
• If you read it and it does not make sense, even
  though you tried, it could still be to your
  benefit when we discuss it.

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My E-mail

• My e-mail is sanftho2_at_isu.edu
• You should e-mail me now.
• As in, seriously, if your phone does e-mail you
  can totally send that e-mail right now.
• Please make the subject AP Stats so it is easy to
  spot.
• Try to e-mail me within 24 hours.

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But Why?

• I will be checking my e-mail compulsively for the
  next 24-48 hours, including my spam folder.
• I do not normally check it often.
• So if I can identify now any e-mails that would
  be spam later, I can save you the hassle so I
  will definitely get your e-mail later.
• Later when you need to hear back from me in a
  timely manner it may be too late for you, if you
  did not take the time now.
• This has bitten at least one student every year I
  have taught.

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Classroom Rules

• Rule 1 is strictly enforced.
• I do not always enforce it outside of class.
• Rule 2 sometimes confuses students.
• What you need to know is that you do not have a
  right to be capricious, so you need to be careful
  when exercising your ability to be capricious.
• Rules 3, 4, and 5 are straightforward, I think,
  but if you have questions, ask.

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Important Dates

• 9/10 My Birthday
• 9/29 Test 1
• 11/3 Test 2
• 1/13 Test 3
• 2/17 Test 4
• 3/10 Half Sanford Day
• 3/30 (Roughly) Test 5
• 5/4 The Final

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Dual Enrollment

• We will have a full length presentation about
  this one of these days soon.
• Information you desperately need is basically
  mentioned on the high school syllabus, but if you
  have questions please feel free to ask them
  especially outside of class.

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Your Projects

• It is worth your while to look over this section
  from the old syllabus format.
• We will discuss the projects in more detail as
  they get closer.
• They will require time outside of class, and you
  are required to work with a partner.
• If there is an odd number of students in a class,
  a single group of 3 will be permitted as opposed
  to a student who works alone.

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The Grades You Receive

• You get a weighted grade 1st trimester.
• You get a weighted grade 2nd trimester.
• You get a weighted grade 3rd trimester.
• If you are dual enrolled, you also get a single
  year-long grade reported to ISU.
• Not weighted
• If you take the AP Test, you get an AP score from
  1 to 5.
• Many schools accept a 3, and several schools give
  you additional credit if you get a 4 instead.

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The Big Drop

• I will drop your most damaging score which is not
  the final on your year-long ISU grade if you are
  dually enrolled.
• I will not drop anything on your first trimester.
• I will not drop anything on your second
  trimester.
• I will not drop anything on your third trimester.
• There has been confusion about this in the past.

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Late Work, Makeup, and Retakes

• There is an entirely separate PowerPoint for
  this.
• If there is time today, we will go over it.

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3 Big Secrets

• Secret 1 Teachers are people too.
• In other words, it helps you out if I think good
  things about younot because I am different than
  other teachers. Im just honest about it.
• Secret 2 This is not your only class.
• I try to keep that in mind even though some of
  your other teachers may not seem to know it.
• Secret 3 Classes are not your only obligation.
• Sometimes real life and school obligations clash.
  If you are upfront and honest with me about it
  ahead of time, I am more likely to have options
  for cutting you some slack.

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Discussion Time!

• What is statistics?
• The Transformation
• The Peanut

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Questions

• Do you have any questions for me?