CJFS 3710 Stats, Week 1:

Mission and Overview

1) Take inventory2) Share expectations3) Frame the course4) Offer some challenges

Assignment: get calculator, book, and surf

http://statistics3710.weebly.com

Contact Info1. Name

2. Phone #(s)

3. Email

4. Interest/Post-schooling Plans

5. Unique to help me remember you

6. When you think “Stats”…

7. Besides good grade and it’s over, why after the Final…

What Are “Stats”?1. Numeric Info: “67% of all

prisoners, recidivate after release…”

2. Tools: mean, %, ratio, range…

3. Strategies: systematic ways to problem-solve

4. Field within Math

Course Goals1. Demystify stats: take away their awe

2. Appreciate stats: realize their role and value

3. U2 stats: Use and Understand them

Process of Stats1. Set-up

2. Calculate

3. Interpret

4. Share

* Point: Stats is NOT an instant thing

Math Reviewa) (6-3) + 2(12-16) + (2.7 + 7.3) / 2 = ?

b) 8.42 + 6.819 - 2.1 - 2.78 = ?

c) 4.3 X 17.25 = ?

d) 1/4 = ? or .25 = ? or 25% = ?

e) 90% of 250 = ?

f) V (square root of) 49 = ?

g) 5 squared = ?

h) Rounding, .27 = one signif. digit?

Purposes of Statistics

1. Profile

2. Compare

3. Connect

4. Predict

Learning and Teaching are Best When There is… :

•Joy•Engagement•Relevancy•Curiosity

Learning Should Be Joyous

• “When we learn with pleasure we never forget.” Louis Mercier

• "It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge." Albert Einstein

Engaged, Active Learning is Best

• "Reading is to the mind, what exercise is to the body." Sir Richard Steele

• "Tell me and I forget. Show me and I remember. Involve me and I understand." Chinese Proverb

We Must Relate and Apply What We Learn

• “Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

• Stats are good only if they “…are matched by the desire and ability to find out what they mean and where they lead.” Norman Cousins

Learning Requires Curiosity

• "Not to know is bad; not to wish to know is worse." African Proverb

• "To every answer you can find a new question." Yiddish Proverb