Current Assignments:
Due DateAssignment
Wed Aug 27Read Intro and Section 1.1.
Reading Homework: Section 1.1: Problem 2
Read class handout for class discussion: Which problems are most interesting?
Fri Aug 29Reading Homework: 1.3: #30, p. 53
Read section 1.3
Bring in some junk mail (for class discussion on postnet codes)
Homework (for class discussion if there are questions): 1.1: #3, p. 12; #25, p. 15
Wed Sep 3Do this worksheet handed out in class; check your answers here
Fri Sep 5Writing Assignment 1
Read section 3.1
Reading Homework: Section 3.1: Problem 2 (p. 154)
Mon Sep 8Read section 3.2
Reading Homework: Section 3.2: Problem 2 (p. 172)
Homework: Section 3.1: Problems 3, 5, 15, 17, 19
Wed Sep 10Read section 3.3
Reading Homework: Section 3.3: Problem 2 (p. 193)
Homework: Section 3.2: Problems 3, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23
Fri Sep 12Practice Quiz 1 and Solutions
Mon Sep 15Quiz 1 (over Ch 1 and Ch 3)
Wed Sep 17Writing Assignment 2
Fri Sep 19Read Section 4.1
Reading Homework: Section 4.1, 24
Fri Sep 26Writing Assignment 3
Read Section 4.2
Reading Homework: Section 4.2, 22
Homework: Section 4.1: Problems 1, 3, 5, 7, 15, 17, 19, 25, 37
Mon Sep 29Read Section 8.1
Reading Homework: Section 8.1, 14
Homework: Section 4.2: Problems 3, 5, 9, 11, 17
Wed Oct 1Read Section 8.2.
Reading Homework: Section 8.2: Problem 24
Homework Problems from Section 8.1: 3, 5, 11, 23, 33, 41
Fri Oct 3Read Section 8.3.
Reading Homework: Section 8.3: Problem 14
Homework Problems from Section 8.2: 3, 7, 9, 19, 27, 41
Wed Oct 8Quiz 2 (covering Chapters 4 and 8, and crowd counting)(Practice Quiz 2)
Fri Oct 10Writing assignment 4: Clip a misleading graphic from a newspaper and discuss what's misleading about it.
Fri Oct 10Read Section 9.1.
Reading Homework: Section 9.1: Problem 2
Mon Oct 13Read Section 9.2
Reading Homework: Section 9.2, 2
Homework Problems: Section 9.1, 1, 5, 7, 11, 13, 15, 17, 21
Wed Oct 15Read: Section 9.3
Reading Homework: Section 9.3, 18
Homework Problems: Section 9.2, 1, 5, 9, 21, 29(ab)
Bring a calculator today: This section is computationally intensive
Fri Oct 17Read Section 11.1
Reading Homework: Section 11.1, 14
Wed Oct 22Read Section 11.2
Reading Homework: Section 11.2, 10
Homework Problems: Section 11.1, 3, 9, 15, 17, 19, 21, 25, 29, 31, 33, 37, 39, 43
Fri Oct 24Read Section 11.3
Reading Homework: Section 11.3, 24
Class Discussion: Section 11.2, 4abc, 8ac, 12abcde, 16 (just data values 6.2, 7.1, and 8.4)
Fri Oct 24Writing assignment 5: Problem 41, p. 728.
Wed Oct 29Quiz 3 (covering Ch 9 and 11: Practice Quiz and solutions)
Fri Oct 31Writing assignment 6 (here is a synopsis of 11.3 that may be helpful) (here's some more explanation)
Fri Oct 31Read Section 10.1
Reading Homework: Section 10.1, 4
Mon Nov 3Read Section 10.2
Reading Homework: Section 10.2, 4b
Homework Problems: Section 10.1, 1, 3, 9, 11, 15, 19, 33, 41
Wed Nov 5Read Section 10.3
Reading Homework: Section 10.3, 6
Homework Problems: Section 10.2, 3, 7, 17, 19, 21, 25, 39, 41, 45
Fri Nov 7Writing Assignment 7
Mon Nov 10Quiz 4 covering Ch 10 (Practice Quiz, Practice Quiz Solutions)
Wed Nov 12Read Section 13.1
Reading Homework: Section 13.1, 10
Fri Nov 14Read Section 13.2
Reading Homework: Section 13.2, 8
Mon Nov 17Writing Assignment 8: Choose from among the following three topics:
#45 p. 650, #46 p. 650, or #48(b) p. 693
Wed Nov 19Quiz 5 covering Ch 13.1, 13.2 (Practice Quiz 5 and Solutions: 13.1 #20, #21, #22, #48cd; 13.2 #36, #24)
Fri Nov 21Read Chapter 2.1
Reading Homework: 2.1: #2
Mon Nov 24Read Chapter 2.2
Reading Homework: 2.2: #2
Mon Nov 24Writing Assignment 9: Choose from among the following three topics:
#50, #51, #52, p. 833
Wed Dec 3Writing Assignment 10: Discuss whether or if this course changed how you
think about mathematics. What was your attitude before? What is it now?
Wed Dec 3Quiz 6 on Chapter 2.1-2.2 (Practice Quiz problems: 2.1 5, 10, 13; 2.2 12, 14, 16, 18 Solutions)
Fri Dec 19Make up Writing Assignment (due on or before the final exam time slot):
Which topics did you like the best? The least? Explain.