CJFS 3710 Stats, Week 1: Mission and Overview 1) Take inventory 2) Share expectations 3) Frame the course 4) Offer some challenges Assignment: get calculator, book, and surf

Contact Info 1.Name 2.Phone #(s) 3. 4.Interest/Post-schooling Plans 5.Unique to help me remember you 6.When you think “Stats”… 7.Besides good grade and it’s over, why after the Final…

What Are “Stats”? 1.Numeric Info: “67% of all prisoners, recidivate after release…” 2.Tools: mean, %, ratio, range… 3.Strategies: systematic ways to problem-solve 4.Field within Math

Course Goals 1.Demystify stats: take away their awe 2.Appreciate stats: realize their role and value 3.U2 stats: Use and Understand them

Process of Stats 1.Set-up 2.Calculate 3.Interpret 4.Share * Point: Stats is NOT an instant thing

Math Review a) (6-3) + 2(12-16) + ( ) / 2 = ? b) = ? c) 4.3 X = ? d) 1/4 = ? or.25 = ? or 25% = ? e) 90% of 250 = ? f) V (square root of) 49 = ? g) 5 squared = ? h) Rounding,.27 = one signif. digit?

Purposes of Statistics 1.Profile 2.Compare 3.Connect 4.Predict

Learning and Teaching are Best When There is… : Joy Engagement Relevancy Curiosity

Learning Should Be Joyous “When we learn with pleasure we never forget.” Louis Mercier "It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge." Albert Einstein

Engaged, Active Learning is Best "Reading is to the mind, what exercise is to the body." Sir Richard Steele "Tell me and I forget. Show me and I remember. Involve me and I understand." Chinese Proverb

We Must Relate and Apply What We Learn “Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Stats are good only if they “…are matched by the desire and ability to find out what they mean and where they lead.” Norman Cousins

Learning Requires Curiosity "Not to know is bad; not to wish to know is worse." African Proverb "To every answer you can find a new question." Yiddish Proverb