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Week 11: 13 - 17 November
Sunday, November 12, 2006
Another week down, and one more to go until thanksgiving. The stats tests from last week looked largely quite good, which makes me happy. And my algebra classes held things together during one of the most difficult topics in all of high school algebra, so they've got a lot to be proud of, too.
Statistics in the Noble progression turns now to a look at probability. This is different from how I've done things in the past, but i think it's going to work out fine. This week, we'll introduce some basic ideas, and get a look at the law of large numbers.
In algebra, we're turning away from algebra and turning to statistics, that seemingly vestigial tail of sophomore math. For me, this is the best, most important, and most useful portion of the course, and it's also the most fun to teach. If it were up to me, in fact, I think i'd teach sophomores a year of stats with maybe a little algebra thrown in where it's neccessary. In any event, we're going to make the best of the time that we have, and look at sampling and presenting quantitative data.
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