Archived-Announcements-2013

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• 27 Jan: some delays with the weekly test and the server ... expect it on Monday (28 Jan).
• 25 Jan: the R code demonstrated in today's class is available
• 24 Jan: the assignment 1 solutions are posted.
• 21 Jan: the second assignment is posted; due on 30 January.
• 20 Jan, 21:30: the weekly test is posted. You should receive an automatic email. If not, please request a link at http://quest.mcmaster.ca
  • The automatic grading part of the software isn't written yet. But the website does display full solutions after the testing period is over. You can use this to estimate your grade for now.
• A good overview of understanding plotting in R is given in this YouTube video.
• 17 Jan: 6C3 students: please email me with your full name and student number. I do not get your registration information from the university. It is your responsibility to get this information to me, so that I can set you up for the weekly tests.
• 17 Jan: Please follow these instructions to submit an assignment electronically. Whether you choose paper (in class) or electronic, assignments are due at 12:30 pm on Friday.
• A tutorial for the course software is now available. It shows how to download and install the software and steps to get started. You'll need this for assignment 1.
• A copy of the tables for the normal and \(t\)-distribution can be downloaded and printed. Bring to the next 2 or 3 classes.
• If you want to receive these announcements on your cell, but don't have a Twitter account, text: follow stats4eng to this number 21212 and you'll get a text message instead of a tweet.
• Solutions for the first test are now available: sign in http://quest.mcmaster.ca/ to compare your answers. In a week or two the system will also automatically grade you (where possible); that feature isn't developed yet.
• Another interesting seminar on campus: John Bianchini, CEO of Hatch, will be talking at the free Chemical Engineering seminar on Thursday, 17 January, 10:30 to 11:20, JHE326H: moved to 28 March.
• Assignment 1 is posted; due 18 January, in class on paper, or electronically. Please do not use the Chem Eng dropbox for assignment submissions.
• The weekly test closes at 6AM on Tuesday morning, 15 January; a few students were under the mistaken impression that they can do the test during the day on Tuesday.
• The weekly test has been emailed to your McMaster email address. Please follow the link and instruction to complete the test. Let me know if you experience any technical difficulties.
  • If you didn't receive the automated email, you can re-request it from http://quest.mcmaster.ca/
  • There was a technical issue that sent a second sign-in email around 11:07 on Monday morning; please ignore that email.
  • If you get the message "Sorry - you are not registered to use the Quest website", then you are not on my official class list. Please email me your full name, student number and McMaster email address.
• Notes for the next section, univariate data analysis, are available.
• Notes for the first section of the course are available: Visualizing process data
• You should probably wait until after the first class before printing the course textbook. I have some advice on what to print.
• The first class is on Tuesday, 08 January, in T13 room 127 at 12:30.
• The course outline is available.