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YOUR COURSE MATERIALS Utts/Heckard: Mind on Statistics, 3e You will… — be tested — receive homework assignments — have reading assignments …from these materials

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USER NAME: PASSWORD: INSTITUTION CODE: REGISTERING AND LOG-IN

REGISTERING AND LOG-IN

ENTERING ACCESS CODES

CHANGING YOUR PASSWORD Stat 101, section 6, Fall 2005

COMPLETING ASSIGNMENTS Stat 101, section 6, Fall 2005

SAMPLE ASSIGNMENT Utts, Mind on Statistics, 3e

ENTERING FREE RESPONSES

ASSIGNMENT SUBMISSION

HINTS AND FEEDBACK

REQUESTING HELP Stat 101, Section 6

CLASS CALENDAR

COMMUNICATION Stat 101, Section 6

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WHAT DO I KNOW…PRE-TESTS

WHAT DO I NEED TO LEARN?...LEARNING PLAN

WHAT HAVE I LEARNED?...POST-TEST

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ANYTHING TO HELP STUDENTS WITHOUT COMPUTERS? —Activities Workbook These activities guide you through key features of the text, help you understand statistical concepts, provide hands-on data collection and interpretation team-work, include exercises with tips incorporated for solution strategies, and provide bonus dataset activities.

ANYTHING TO HELP STUDENTS WITHOUT COMPUTERS? —Student Solutions Manual Intended to supplement the brief answers for selected exercises provided in the back of the book. It includes fully worked-out solutions for those exercises, and also provides hints, tips, and additional interpretation for specific exercises.

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