Jadian said:

That would mean that no person was actually average.  Some average

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Phychotron said:

it's still the first week for me... but today was like 4th grade all over again... We learned what the median, mode, and mean are.        for 63 minutes.   


the instructor is pretty good though, he's old, but he explains everything you need to know, and it does allow for a reasonable learning pace. ... Ive taken up to calc 2 and it seems much easier than trig.

seems like the class has a lot of repitition.    Very cool stuff though, from what i've seen so far. I've been looking forward to taking stats over calculus.

tedious for sure.      if you dont bitch and complain to your friends then you'll do fine... but if you start talking about how hard it is, you'll loose motivation.

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Heh, the first part of stats is always easy, most math classes take the first month or so to rehash the basics that are essential throughout the rest of the class.  Once you start hitting stuff like p and f values, t tests, f test for simple variances... it gets to be a bit more difficult .  However, like with most math, as long as you stay on top of the work and practice problems you'll be ok.

I also agree with whats said about the professor, make an assessment as early as possible about your prof.  If you don't think he'll be able to teach you in a way you can learn effectively with, find another professor.  Ratemyprofessor.com is a pretty reliable site to check before hand if you didn't know.  Find out when the tutor for the class meets (if there is one), this way if you have trouble you can stay on top of it instead of letting it slip away.  Everything on this course builds on itself, so if you don't understand, something as crucial as a p-value for example, you'll struggle the entire course.

Good luck, i managed to pass my stat class with a B and im horrible at math.  I just found a good teacher, buckled down for a few weeks *summer class*, and managed to squeak by in the end.