1. Check the course calendar for the current assignment and select that Lesson from the on-line menu. One lesson is assigned for each class and begins with a list of specific goals for that lesson.
2. Read the supplemental notes, submitting your answers to the embedded Reading Questions, and review the assigned pages from the auxiliary text. The goals page contains the link to the Supplemental Notes, the primary source for course content information. Related pages in the auxiliary text are also found here. There are Reading Questions embedded in the supplemental notes online to help you focus and get ready for class. As you work through the reading, answer the questions and submit your responses. (See page 8 for more details about these activities.) You should also write down any questions that come to mind as you are reading that you would like to have answered in class.
3. Review the flash cards of vocabulary and symbols. The links for flash cards of new statistical vocabulary and symbols are found on the menu for each lesson. Take the time before class to review vocabulary and symbols. Definitions are all included.
4. Attend and participate in class. It is critical to be prepared for class, and if you have accomplished the previous steps, you should be ready. Class will consist of brief snippets of lecture intended to clarify what students found unclear, followed by activities and practice questions. The activities and questions are designed to provide a deeper understanding of and to give you practice using the concepts and ideas you have studied before class.

Preparing for Lab

1. Turn to the appropriate chapter in the lab manual. The lab manual is designed to prepare you for lab. One chapter corresponds to a lab meeting, with three lab meetings reserved for exams and project presentations. Each chapter is set up the same way, beginning with a list of objectives and the specific workbook lessons that are related.
2. Read the brief review of background theory and summary of important formulas. Work your way through the examples, using Excel as you do so, to be sure you get the same answers. It is critically important that you work through the chapter BEFORE lab. Your lab coach will perform a very brief review at the beginning of the session, but you will be expected to be familiar with the chapter content.
3. Do the pre-lab quiz assigned for the week. The pre-lab quiz has been designed to allow you to gauge your readiness for lab. The questions are the clearest statement of exactly what you are expected to come to class able to do.
4. Attend and participate in lab. Turn in your pre-lab quiz at the beginning of the lab session. Lab will consist of a brief review of workbook and lecture material followed by problem sets that you will work with at the same time as the other members of your team. YOU SHOULD EACH WORK AT YOUR OWN COMPUTER, consulting and checking with one another as you work. Periodically your lab coach will call the class back together to discuss the results and focus on accurate interpretation.