MATH1725 Introduction to Statistics
MATH1725 Introduction to Statistics
MATH1725 Introduction to Statistics
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Exercise Sheets for <strong>MATH1725</strong>: A new exercise sheet will be commenced every two weeks orso. You will have a fortnight <strong>to</strong> discuss each in your tu<strong>to</strong>rials before having them marked. One ofthe exercises will be marked by a fellow student and some by your tu<strong>to</strong>r!Arrange with your tu<strong>to</strong>r how you are <strong>to</strong> hand-in your completed work.Solution sheets will generally be given out in lectures about a week after the due completiondate. If you cannot understand the solutions, ask your tu<strong>to</strong>r!The exercise start and completion dates are given in terms of lecture number; exercises arestarted after the relevant work has been examined in lectures. Week 1 (lectures 1 and 2) of themodule is the first week after the January examinations, week commencing Monday 26th January2015. (The University designates this as week 14 in the Module Timetable!)Marking of Exercise Sheets – information for students: Exercises I, III, IV and V will bemarked by your tu<strong>to</strong>r who will give you a mark out of FIVE for each piece of work.Exercise II will be marked by a fellow student. Get someone from your tu<strong>to</strong>rial group <strong>to</strong> markyour work. For each question award one mark for a completely correct answer, half a mark if “halfright”, and no marks if the question is not done or is completely wrong. Your <strong>to</strong>tal mark for theseexercises will be out of FIVE. Tell your TUTOR your mark.At the end of the semester, your tu<strong>to</strong>r will give me the mark out of 20 for the four exerciseshe has marked, <strong>to</strong>gether with the mark out of 5 for the exercise your fellow student has marked.Yes, it is easy <strong>to</strong> cheat, but recall Wainwright’s Pennine Way Companion,If you start, don’t give up, or you will be giving up at difficulties all your life.To re-express this,If you mark, don’t cheat, or you will be cheating all your life.And what for? One mark? Even Sir Richard Rich perjured (cheated) himself for more than that!As Sir Thomas More remarked on seeing Rich had been appointed At<strong>to</strong>rney-General for Wales inRobert Bolt’s A Man for all Seasons,For Wales? Why, Richard, it profits a man nothing <strong>to</strong> give his soul for the whole world...But for Wales —!Marking of Exercise Sheets – information for tu<strong>to</strong>rs: Exercises I, III, IV and V will bemarked by the tu<strong>to</strong>r who will give a mark out of FIVE for each piece of work and return themarked work <strong>to</strong> the student. The standard School of Mathematics 0-5 coursework marking schemeused by tu<strong>to</strong>rs is as follows:5 – “Excellent” Substantially correct with only minor errors and well explained.4 – “Good” Very few significant errors, or all correct but not well explained.3 – “Satisfac<strong>to</strong>ry” Good enough <strong>to</strong> pass but with significant errors, or with some significant questionsnot answered.2 – “Unsatisfac<strong>to</strong>ry” Some correct answers, but lots of errors, or many questions not answered.1 – “Very Unsatisfac<strong>to</strong>ry” More or less all wrong, or almost all questions not answered.0 – “No Work Submitted” No work handed in, or handed in after the deadline.For exercise II the students will mark one another’s work. Each question receives one markfor a completely correct answer, half a mark if “half right”, and no marks if the question is notdone or is completely wrong. This exercise will be marked out of FIVE by a fellow student. Thestudents should tell you their mark. If you wish, you can ask your tutees <strong>to</strong> hand in their markedwork for you <strong>to</strong> check.At the end of the semester, please give me the mark out of 20 for the FOUR exercises you havemarked, <strong>to</strong>gether with the mark out of 5 for the ONE exercise the students have marked.Lecture 12