Fall Semester 2004


Our first time in lab, Wednesday October 27, 2004
Date
Oct 27, 2004

Due today
Make sure you have the textbook:

Starting today
Become familiar with your text.

Take a look through Chapters 1, 2, 3.

Work through the experiments described in the first two chapters. .

Due next time
  1. Homework One will be collected next time (problem 8 on page 76).
  2. You need to show (and describe) your completed experiment.

Today's grading
There won't be any grading today.

Next time you might receive questions of the following nature:

  1. How do you work with Excel (Kenai Fjords, pp. 15-23).
  2. How do you load the StatPlus Add-In and the Data Analysis ToolPak (pp. 30-33)?
  3. What is AutoFill (pp. 40-42).
  4. How do you insert a formula (pp. 47-51)?
  5. What are cell references (p. 51)?
  6. How do you import data from text files (pp. 62-66, Wheat.txt)?
  7. How do you create charts with the chart wizard (pp. 85-91, BigTen.xls)?
  8. How do you edit charts (pp. 91-97)?
  9. What is a bubble plot (pp. 102-106)?

You should also skim (just briefly look) through pp. 116-140.


Last updated: Oct 29, 2004 by Adrian German for A113