69% on Straighterline Final

[cookderosa]

I've never taken the DSST. Is like CLEP?

exactly like CLEP. Negligible differences- still $80. DSST only has 4 choices while CLEP has 5, but if you took that away you'd be looking at the same format.

Here's my background- I've never taken algebra, not in high school and not in college. But, the very few computations needed for stats/prob were not difficult at all. I started by watching the Learner dot org videos on stats (casually, not taking notes or anything) to see if I even had a shot at learning anything- turns out it wasn't too bad. So, I started ALEKS stats. Just short of stabbing myself in the eye, I gave up and went to the Khan video series on stats/prob. I watched each video and took notes on things that felt important. When I got confused, I paused and rewatched the section. It was really not bad at all. I can't remember why, but the last few videos were either unrelated or something, anyway, so technically I didn't watch the last few. I took the DSST and passed. I went onto grad school that required a course in stats (no prob) and a course in research with stats (no prob) and did my thesis which required data collection and synthesis (no prob!) So, the amount of stats a person learns doing what I did was more than enough. I'll link you to the things I mentioned above.

Learner dot org video series on stats "Against All Odds" Resource: Against All Odds: Inside Statistics

Khan's vids with practice problems: https://www.khanacademy.org/math/probability

DSST exam facts sheet: http://getcollegecredit.com/assets/pdf/d...istics.pdf

As you can see from DSST's own paperwork, you only need about 42% correct to pass: http://getcollegecredit.com/assets/pdf/D...coring.pdf

[dfrecore]

I started ALEKS stats. Just short of stabbing myself in the eye, I gave up and went to the Khan video series on stats/prob. [/url]

Glad to know I wasn't the only one who felt this way!! I took ALEKS Stats and gave up! I'm happy to know that if I do what you suggested, and take the TECEP and don't pass, I can take the DSST instead.

[futuremrsmlb]

I scored a 69% on Straighterline Intro to Statistics final and I asked them if they could round it off to 70%, and they won't. If I got a 69.5% they would, but I got a 69% total. This really sucks. I don't want to pay another $125 to take it again, so I think I'll just go back to Aleks.

Hi, did you use the "ASH100" promo code for a free month at SL? I used it last month. Not sure if its still valid but worth a shot!