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Tests and Quizzes

First Marking Period


Remember, all tests are cumulative throughout the term. Your first marking period grade will average your top 2 exams. Your second marking period grade will average your top 4 exams. Your final grade will average your top 6 exams.

If you were absent for any test and didn't take a make-up exam, that test will be one of the scores dropped.

However, if you miss too many exams, you will have a zero (0) averaged into your grade.





First Marking Period
Homework Assignments


These are the homework assignments for the first marking period:


  • 03/02/07: Finish the Measures of Central Tendecy worksheet.

  • 03/01/07: Go to the Weblog and answer the question on Misleading Statistics. You earn extra credit for each good response to any question on the Weblog.

  • 02/28/07: Complete the Weighted mean worksheet.

  • 02/27/07: Complete the Mean worksheet.

    ENJOY THE BREAK!

  • 02/13/07: Study for the test!
  • 02/12/07: Complete the Bar Graphs pages.

  • 02/09/07: Finish the Car Rental worksheet (pie chart).

  • 02/08/07: Finish the worksheet on pie charts.

    Extra Credit: Go to the following website http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/CircleGraph/?version=1.5.0_02&browser=MSIE&vendor=Sun_Microsystems_Inc.
    Enter in data for home you spend your 24 hours, and print out the pie chart.

  • 02/06/07: Finish the worksheet on pictographs.

  • 02/05/07: Finish the worksheet on reading and interpreting graphs.

  • 02/02/07: Get your supplies: a single-subject notebook, loose leaf, pencils and pens (you should have an extra every day).
    On loose leaf or on the message board: Write one paragraph on "What is Statistics?"


Test and Quiz Grades

The grades below are for the tests and quizzes in the second marking period.
OSIS # refers to the last four digits of your OSIS number.
A grade of "A" or "X" indicates an absence and the test was not taken.
A grade of -5 means that the student was present for the test
BUT handed in a blank paper without a name
or DID NOT HAND IN their paper.
This grade WILL NOT BE DROPPED.


OSIS
#		 Quiz
#1		 Test
#1
0000 00 00

Homework Grading Rubric


All homework receives one of the following grades:
0 Homework was not done at all
U UNSATISFACTORY
Directions not followed
Incomplete (not attempting some problems or problems are not finished)
Major mistakes
Sloppy or unclear
N NEEDS IMPROVEMENT
Attempted procedure resembles solution
Procedure contains many errors or is incomplete
Examples are not labeled with page and problem numbers
S SATISFACTORY
Procedure resembles solution
Contains 2 or more mistakes
Examples are not labeled with page and problem numbers
G GOOD
Majority of problems are solved correctly
Work is shown but missing minor details
Examples are not labeled with page and problem numbers
E EXCELLENT
Exemplary work that goes above and beyond what was expected
Procedure is correct and all details are shown in work
All problems are completed, labeled correctly with page and problem numbers and no errors
Correct answers are circled, underlined or boxed
Solution is accompanied by a sentence
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