I will use Blackboard just for posting grades.

Do as many problems from the book as possible. The best way to learn quantitative material is to work problems. Although you do not need to turn in every problem, working through them on your own will greatly improve your understanding. Also quiz questions may come directly from the book.

Most sections in the text are followed by Exercises. Answers for these are in the back of the book. I recommend doing these problems as you do the reading, and doing the Review Exercises at the end of each chapter a couple days later, or in preparation for quizzes/tests.

Students who are successful in Stat 101 during the summer typically put in at least 15 hours per week outside of class/lab. Daily preparation is essential. If you fall behind it will be extremely difficult to catch up due to the accelerated summer schedule.

You are strongly encouraged to form study groups and work together. If you need extra help please come to office hours.

Up to 2 late homeworks will be accepted for 50% credit. Late labs will not be accepted, but the lowest lab grade will be dropped. A late final project will have a letter grade deducted, and will not be accepted after Monday, Aug 11 at 10 AM.

Late work due to short-term illness is excepted, if the Duke procedures for reporting it are followed (http://www.integrity.duke.edu/ugrad/student.html)

You are expected to abide by Duke's Community Standard for all work for this course. Violations of the Standard will be reprimanded by failure of this course and will be reported to the Dean of Students for adjudication. Ignorance of what constitutes academic dishonesty is not a justifiable excuse for violations.

For quizzes and exams, you are required to work alone and for only the specified time period. Talking to each other about homework is OK; showing each other solutions is not OK. I recommend working independently on homework because exams will be taken independently and the homeworks are your main preparation. For labs, you are allowed and encouraged to help each other. On the final project, you work and submit results in groups.

The midterm exam is scheduled for Friday, July 16 and will cover all the material up to that day.

2:00-5:00 pm, Saturday, August 7. The final will be cumulative and will potentially include everything in the book, labs, and class.The final exam will be written by faculty in the department, although I will ensure that its content will match with what we cover in the class. This policy is part of ensuring that in different semesters and sections the content and overall difficulty level of Statistics 101 are comparable.

Every effort will be made to mark your work accurately. You should be credited with all the points you've worked hard to earn! However, sometimes grading mistakes happen. If you believe that an error has been made on an in-class problem or exam, return the paper to me promptly, stating your claim in writing. The following claims will be considered for re-grading:

1. points are not totaled correctly

2. the grader did not see a correct answer that is on your paper

3. your answer is the same as the correct answer, but in a different form (e.g., you wrote a correct answer as 1/3 and the grader was looking for .333)

4. your answer to a free response question is essentially correct but stated slightly differently than the grader's interpretation.

The following claims will not be considered for re-grading:

5. arguments about the number of points lost

6. arguments about question wording.

Considering re-grades takes up valuable time and resources that I would rather spend helping you understand material. Please be considerate and only bring claims of type 1-4 to my attention.