The following guidelines will help you get set up with the OLI Probability and Statistics course and get your "statistical software" figured out:
- OLI Account: Now that you have decided to participate in this course, you need to register to use the online course. Enter the admit code, "snieck-12" at the Open Learning Initiatives website, and follow instructions to register for the course. You will need to use the online payment system to pay the $25 fee.
- Statistical Software: Exercises in the online course are designed for use with Microsoft Excel. However, I will provide instructions and support for students using LibreOffice Calc (packaged with the Ubuntu operating system, which is very similar to OpenOffice Calc if you have a previous version). If you do not have Excel and do not already use LibreOffice/OpenOffice products, consider downloading the most recent package from the LibreOffice.org website.
- Prework: Before beginning the course, you may want to review how to use a spreadsheet, including working with cells, formulas and functions, and creating charts:
- Calc Guide Working with Spreadsheets - chapters 1-3, 7 and 8
- Basic Excel tutorial - covers the basics, except pivot table (which won't be needed right away).
Let me know if you have any questions.
Alison
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