Schedule Notes for MATH 1342

Schedule Notes for MATH 1342

DON'T SPEND more money than necessary for your required materials. Read this entire page carefully before you buy anything. Here is a short version of your choices.

In many programs, MATH 1342 is a good alternative course to MATH 1314, College Algebra. Check the requirements of your program at ACC and at the school to which you wish to transfer. More information about MATH 1342 is available.

Important note about refunds (or lack of them!):
If you buy the StatsPortal software directly from the publisher online, they do have a refund policy for a short period of time as long as you haven't opened too much of the e-book. Read details on their website. (See the link at the bottom of the StatsPortal page and be sure to choose the button to check your eligibility for a refund to see the information there.)
If you buy software from the bookstore, it is not possible to return it once it is opened. If you buy a new text from the bookstore, which is shrink-wrapped with the StatsPortal card inside, it is not possible to return it once it is opened.

Important note about re-using software for another semester:
It is possible to use the purhased software yourself in a subsequent semester if you didn't finish the course the first semester.
As I understand it, your access to StatsPortal is good for a year. However, this is non-transferable - you may not change the email address on your software after you register. So you can't give or sell it to someone else to use. Please note that this means you must use a permanent email address when you register.
If you buy the package with the MINITAB CD, that is yours forever. If you rent MINITAB, that is only yours for the term of the rental.

About textbooks:

Required	Availability	Cost
StatsPortal web portal, which contains the entire textbook as an e-book and many other useful materials	in the package for the course (with hard-copy text and MINITAB 14, which can't be used with Windows Vista) or folder in the bookstore or online purchase	Package with all three items costs about $145 (can't be returned to bookstore once opened) ISBN is 1429203226 or StatsPortal alone costs about $52 from the bookstore (can't be returned to bookstore once opened) or from the publisher online. (Some refunds available. See the website and follow the links labeled "Refunds".)
MINITAB software	MINITAB 14 student edition, perpetual use license, is in the package (use with Windows 2000 or XP. It doesn't claim to be Vista-compatible, but I have successfully installed it on a Windows Vista machine) or rent MINITAB 15 (use with Windows 2000, XP, or Vista) online	Adds about $25 to the cost of the package. (Package for classroom courses, which includes StatsPortal and hard-copy text, but doesn't include MINITAB, costs about $125. Package for DL course, which does include MINITAB 14 student edition, costs about $145) or Online. Rent MINITAB current professional version for $30 for six months from Minitab through e-academy.
Textbook	hard copy or electronic version	New: Both the hard copy and e-book are part of either the package listed above or the package for the classroom course. Used: paper-back copy: approximately $50 used at the official ACC bookstore and about $80 used at Bevo's bookstore. (Does not include any electronic supplements) electronic version: Included in the StatsPortal access electronic version alone: The publisher also sells the electronic version of the book alone, without StatsPortal and all the supplements. Please do not buy this. You need the supplements for this course.

For StatsPortal, the access you purchase is for one user for 180 days. If you don’t finish the course in one semester, you will be able to extend your subscription for that one user an additional 180 days without additional payment (or with a very small handling charge) if you follow their directions. Students who began their access to StatsPortal the previous semester and were not able to finish the course should follow these directions to re-enroll in StatsPortal in their new instructor's course.

StatsPortal includes:

· Complete (electronic) text of the book (Not very suitable for printing. Can only be printed one page at a time.) Basically, if you use only the e-book, you'll need to be online at all times when you are studying for this course or working on homework.

· Links from problems to allow you to just click a link to open the datafile for that problem in a statistics software package.

· Links to more full answers to the odd-numbered problems than the back of the printed text.

· Links to the online tutoring and to the applets and simulations used to illustrate the materials.

Access to the electronic technology manuals, including the MINITAB Manual. (There is no Crunch-It Manual.)

· Access to applets and simulations to explore some statistical ideas. (These applets are mentioned in the text.)

· Access to Crunch-It, web-based statistical software that is similar to MINITAB and can be used to work on problems when you don’t have MINITAB easily available.

· Access to the online tutorials.

· Access to the electronic version of the Student Study Guide.

· Access to self-quizzes.

Last updated August 12, 2011 .

If you have questions about this course, contact the chairperson of the course committee: Mary Parker, mparker@austincc.edu.

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