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strategy tips for ALEKS Intro to Statistics - wandac - 03-03-2017
I initially posted this is the wrong subject area.
My son is currently 30+ hours into the ALEKS Intro to Statistics initial assessment. It is all foreign to him, but with diligence he's on problem 18/25 of the initial assessment, and with no idea of how he's doing. At this point, the problems are beyond his ability to find anything similar elsewhere on the internet to help him learn how to do the problem. Would it be better to hit "skip" on the rest of the assessment problems and put his time towards assembling a "notebook" of examples, or should he continue to dig and beat his head against his desk in finishing this initial assessment? At this point, he just wants to "get through with it" in the least amount of time possible. I've already informed him that if he ever has to take a class that has statistics as a prerequisite, he must go back and take a full-fledged statistics course to learn this stuff well.
And assuming he does proceed to the pie, should he print every single example problem (or save to pdf?), even examples from the parts of the pie that were considered "mastered"?
Is it ever better to just quit the course (after making a notebook of sample problems) and re-initiate the course to get a brand new assessment, or is it better to trudge through the course and keep taking assessments when the green bar is over 72%?
Looking for the best 'get-er-done' strategy.
Also, the stats calculator in ALEKS is nice. Sometimes he has to log into ALEKS just to access the calculator. Is there a free internet-based calculator that has all those stats functions?
strategy tips for ALEKS Intro to Statistics - melody75 - 03-03-2017
That's a lot of hours spent on the assessment. Just skip it, and go learn the materials from the pie chart. Work on the chart, write down formulas in a notebook, and print/save explanations on the questions that is difficult for him (Remember to label them very specifically). And I think you have a misunderstanding on how assessment work, there is an initial assessment to see where your son is currently at. But you can force an assessment anytime on your master account, so do not reinitiate the course, just let him work through the chart then whenever he feels ready either you force it or wait for Aleks to give you a new assessment.
strategy tips for ALEKS Intro to Statistics - wandac - 03-03-2017
I wanted to add that my son stated that 50% of his initial assessment is hypothesis testing questions.