Week 2
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Please respond to the following:
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- H. G. Wells is credited with saying, “Statistical thinking will one day be as necessary for efficient citizenship as the ability to read and write!” (1).
- Take a position on whether you agree or disagree with this statement, and provide a rationale for your response.
- Be sure to respond to at least one of your classmates’ posts.
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Sources
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- Samuel S. Wilks. 1951. Undergraduate Statistical Education. https://www.jstor.org/stable/2280089
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Week 3
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For this week’s discussion, you’ll post one of the questions that you have worked on, or are working on, in ALEKS. Do not solve it. You just need to post the question as it appears in ALEKS. Take a screenshot of the problem and attach the image to the discussion. Please do not try to copy and post or type out a problem from ALEKS to share it.
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Please respond to the following:
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- Share how this topic relates to the real world or to your current or future career.
- Be sure to respond to at least one of your classmates’ posts. Pick a submitted problem, and share a trick or strategy that you used to conquer that topic
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Week 4
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Statistics is its own language; in fact, it is often called the language of science.
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- Why do you think it is called the language of science? What does it mean to be statistically literate? Why is it important to be statistically literate?
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Week 5
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Charts and graphs are used quite often in newspapers, magazines, books, and various online articles. There are pros and cons to using these types of visual representations.
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Describe one pro and one con for using a graph or chart. Share an example of a time when this type of visual changed your mind about something or gave you a deeper understanding of a topic or current event.
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