Directions for Doing CourseCompass MyStatLab Assignments
By Professor S. Gramlich
(updated
The following explains how to navigate through CourseCompass to do your online homework and some helpful advice. The resources in this online course are strategically set up so that you may go directly to attempting the assignments as soon as you login. All assignments must be completed by the last day of the course/semester/session.
Logon to CourseCompass.com and click on DO HOMEWORK in left margin.
Select the Chapter Assignment and question # you want to do.
NOTE: No two Students in the class will get the
same questions.
LEARNING RESOURCES:
There are many resources in the right margin to help you answer the question correctly:
Help Me Solve This, View an Example, Video, Animation, Textbook Pages, and StatCrunch. View these resources FIRST (i.e. read the text pages, watch the videos/animations), learn how to do the exercise, then complete the exercise. Note: After you go through Help Me Solve This, new question numbers will be regenerated.
RECOMMENDED
TECHNOLOGY:
A calculator is mandatory. In addition, I recommend using MyStatLab’s StatCrunch. StatCrunch is a Java based spreadsheet program (similar to Excel) that will allow you to perform most of the statistical routines. You may also use Excel, Minitab, Statdisk, or the Ti Calculator as discussed in the technology sections in your textbook. Excel is available on all CCP computers. I’ve included explanations of using StatCrunch and Excel in the online Notes provided. StatCrunch, Statdisk, and DDXL (an add-in for Excel) can be found in CourseCompass under
Chapter
Contents (in left margin) - Tools for Success.
TABLES: Tables A-2, A-3, A-6 can be found under
Chapter Contents (in left margin)- Formulas and Tables Fold-Out Card.
Also, alternatives to using the Tables (i.e. using StatCrunch or Excel for critical values/ areas under curve/ p-values) are discussed in the online Notes.
ASSIGNMENT GRADING:
Your Grade Will Depend Upon Your Persistence.
If you get an exercise wrong on the 1st try, the computer will give you a few more attempts to get it right. If you get it wrong after a few attempts, you can still get it right by clicking on Similar Exercise and re-doing another similar question. You can even go back and redo questions that you got wrong. Be careful if you go back and redo a correct exercise incorrectly, then it will be marked wrong.
YOU MUST CLICK Save IN ORDER FOR YOUR SCORE TO BE RECOGNIZED. If you don't then your work will not be submitted and your HW score will be 0. If you want to take a break, click Save then come back to doing your assignment whenever you like.
You can also redo an Assignment any time to try to improve your score.
NOTE: Your new score will replace the old score!
To get your Final Average, take the total # of points you’ve earned and divide
by the total # of possible points (Total points will range from 200-250 points). Convert to a %.