10-25-2014, 11:40 PM
What also irks me is ALEKS sending me an assessment at 66% when 1. Even if I get all the answers right, I still don't have the 70% I need for my credit. and 2. You have to take the assessment seriously or risk losing your pie progress.
I got through the whole thing in about 6 days (logging 6,7,8 hours most of those days=no life whatsoever). I took 4 assessments. Had a statistics book from the library that was no help, but luckily there are some good ALEKS youtube videos that show you how to find answers with the ALEKS calculator. Also there is a formula spreadsheet on the forum that was very helpful, but you still have to use your brain. Be wary of online calculators. For the more advanced calculations, many of them are off by just .1 or so and ALEKS won't accept the answer because it wants calculations carried out to 4 decimal places and answers rounded to 2-3. Many online calculators only calculate 2 decimal places when you need 4 to get a rounded 3.
I got through the whole thing in about 6 days (logging 6,7,8 hours most of those days=no life whatsoever). I took 4 assessments. Had a statistics book from the library that was no help, but luckily there are some good ALEKS youtube videos that show you how to find answers with the ALEKS calculator. Also there is a formula spreadsheet on the forum that was very helpful, but you still have to use your brain. Be wary of online calculators. For the more advanced calculations, many of them are off by just .1 or so and ALEKS won't accept the answer because it wants calculations carried out to 4 decimal places and answers rounded to 2-3. Many online calculators only calculate 2 decimal places when you need 4 to get a rounded 3.