January 13, 2003 - Welcome Message from Dr. Kefeng Xu
Dear MS 1013 Students:
This is an information page
with our informal discussions outside of our regular classes. You could
read it in the comfort of your home or while you need to take a break during
your intensive job. It is intended to be supplemental to your learning
in textbooks and in-class lecture. So have fun browsing here and come back
frequently!
January 21, 2003 - Practice Problems for Chapters 1 and 2 of Anderson et. al Textbook
Chapter 1: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 13, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24.
Chapter 2: 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 15, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 32, 34, 36, 38, 40.
Solution to these problems are in the Appendices D and E of the textbook. If challenged by any of these questions after discussing among yourselves (e.g., study group), please come to see our TA during his office hours.
January 29, 2003 - WebCT Accounts, Changed Office Hours of TA, Class Activities, etc.
1. Please make sure you have the WebCT account to access your grades for exams and class activities (such as those we did on Monday, Jan. 27), and download lecture notes later on. If you don't have a WebCT account, please talk to WebCT Offices (The New Media Lab, Multidisciplinary Studies Building - MS 3.02.28, 458-4519 - Ruby Delarosa The Faculty Resource Center, Business Building - BB 4.02.68, 458-4513 - Johnny Flores).
2. The office hours of our Teaching Assistant (David Abramson) have now been changed to Tuesday/Thursday 10am-12:30pm, in BB 4.04.28 (Statistics Lab). If you really want to see him during other hours, please send him an email (hollywood1013@hotmail.com) to make appointments beforehand.
3. The class activities (e.g. small class exercises) are used by the instructor to assign the Instructor's Optional Points to students.
4. One copy of the textbook by Anderson et. al is now put on the Reserve Section (Front Desk) of JPL Library.
5. Warning one more time: You need to print the lecture notes and bring them to class, in order to fully participate in the class activities.
Feb. 4, 2003 - Practice Problems for Chapters 3 & 4 of Anderson et. al Textbook
Chapter 3: 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 17, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 27, 28, 30, 32, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 47, 48, 50, 52, 54, 55, 56, 60, 62, 64.
Chapter 4: 2, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 22, 23, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32, 33, 34, 36, 38, 39, 40, 46, 48, 50, 52, 54, 56.
Feb. 10, 2003 - Student ID and Formula Sheet at the Time of Exam
Dear MS1013 Students:
Please remember to bring your Student ID or Driver's License with you when you come to take the exams. We will have TAs stationing by the classroom door to check IDs of each student, not necessarily for security reason! :-))
Also, you are NOT allowed to bring your own formula sheet or scrap papers. All formulas identical to those in our lecture notes and in the end of textbook will be provided along with your exams. Please make a note of that and pass the words around.
Feb. 24, 2003 - Exam 1 Grades
Dear MS1013 Students:
Exam 1 grades are now posted through WebCT. Please log with your WebCT account to check your grade. If you have questions about your actual exam performance, please see me or David during our office hours to check it out. Thank you for your attention.
Feb. 25, 2003 - Practice Problems for Chapters 5 & 6 of Anderson et. al Textbook, and related parts in Keating's Notes
Chapter 5: All even number questions 2, 4, 6, ...66. Plus 1, 3, 7, 25.
Chapter 6: All even number questions 2, 4, 6, ...46. Plus 1, 13, 15, 27, 29.
Keating's Notes: All questions (Questions 33-76) in Problem Set #2 of Keating's Notes (page 144).
March 11, 2003 - Important: Tutoring Help in Thomas Rivera Center.
Through some hard lobbying, we are now able to convince the administration to provide budgets for tutoring to MS 1013 students at Tomas Rivera Center. The center is located in Rm. UC1.01.02.
Here is the schedule for MS1013 (Statistics) tutoring.
MW 9-12, 2:30-5;
T 10-10-2, 4-8;
R 10-2, 5:30-6:30;
F 9-12.
Please pass the messages to others in our class. Study groups are welcome to come in and work with the additional help of the tutors.
This means from now on, in addition to the help of David (our TA) and me (Professor), you could much easily find helps from the tutors in Thomas Rivera Center too. These tutors obviously got a lot more hours available. Please take advantage of this tutoring service as much as you can. Again, please DO NOT wait till the exam time!
March 12, 2003 - Practice Problems for Chapters 7 & 9 of Anderson et. al Textbook, and related parts in Keating's Notes
Chapter 7: All even number questions 2, 4, 6, ...56. Plus 1, 3, 11 13, 19, 25, 37.
Chapter 9: All even number questions 2, 4, 6, ...68. Plus 5, 25, 37, 47.
Keating's Notes: All questions (Questions 77-115) in Problem Set #3 of Keating's Notes (page 186).
March 12, 2003 - NEW Exam Scantron Form and Instructions
Starting from Exam #2 (March 31st!), we are going to use ParSCORE Test Form No. X-101864, available in the bookstore. Please make sure you have the CORRECT form and your BANNER ID Number ready before the exam. Please click here about the detailed INSTRUCTIONS for using ParSCORE.
March 27, 2003 - Review Session for Exam II
To help our students the most, our TA, David, is going to teach a review session for the upcoming exam. The time and location for the review session are 2-3:15pm, Friday (March 28), BB 2.01.10 (not our regular classroom!). Please take advantage of this if you want to do well in your exams.
April 11, 2003 - Practice Problems for Chapters 10, 11, & 12 of Anderson et. al Textbook, and related parts in Keating's Notes
Chapter 10: All even number questions 2, 4, 6, ...50. Plus 1, 11, 15, 21, 23, 29.
Chapter 11: All even number questions 2, 4, 6, ...46. Plus 11, 13, 19, 21.
Chapter 12: All even number questions 2, 4, 6, ...58. Plus 1, 15, 23, 35, 45, 47.
Keating's Notes: All questions (Questions 116-150) in Problem Set #4 of Keating's Notes (page 234).
May 2, 2003 - Review Session's Time and Location
As announced in class, our TA (David) is going to offer 1 review session slightly before our final exam to help those students who have questions. The time and location are as follows:
11:30am - 12:45pm, Wednesday, May 7th, at BB 2.01.06 (our regular classroom).
Please take advantage of this wonderful opportunity! You won't get another one like this until next semester.
Good luck to all.
Please check back to this page periodically to see any updated news.