1. De Anza College - CSUEBInterface Eric A. Suess Department of Statistics and Biostatics eric.suess@csueastbay.edu

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3. Introductions • My name is Eric Suess.  I am currently the Chair of the Department of Statistics and Biostatistics and CSU East Bay. • We offer undergraduate service courses in Statistics. • BS Statistics major, minor • MS Statistics, options in Applied, Computational, Mathematical, Actuarial Science • Post-bac Certificates

4. Links: • Dept. of Stat and Biostat http://www.sci.csueastbay.edu/statistics/ • Dept. of Math http://www20.csueastbay.edu/csci/departments/math-cs/index.html • My website http://algebra.sci.csueastbay.edu/~esuess/index.html • How to become at student http://www20.csueastbay.edu/prospective/index.html

5. My interests • Time Series Analysis finance.yahoo.com • Bayesian Statistics • Computational Statistics • Epidemiology • Consulting • Statistics Education

6. MPS Math Performance Success • I have been very interested in your MPS program.   • Supporting the study and success of Math students is a great thing!

7. StatWay Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/statway Overview   The Carnegie Statway™ Networked Improvement Community is focused on statistics, data analysis and quantitative reasoning. These mathematics skills are essential for a growing number of occupations and professions, and are those needed for making decisions under conditions of uncertainty, an inescapable condition of modern life. This is the math that will help students understand the world around them and it is the math they can use right now. Statway™ is designed as a one-year pathway that culminates in college-level statistics. The year-long experience will concentrate on statistical content with requisite arithmetic and algebraic concepts taught and applied in the context of statistics. The Statway™ pathway is structured especially to serve students planning to transfer and continue further studies in humanities or social sciences. Students who have unexpected success in quantitative courses, particularly when their experiences of mathematics has been difficult before, may become emboldened and may decide to take more mathematics.   This pathway includes newly developed curricula as well as an intensive student engagement component within the classroom environment focused on increasing student motivation and tenacity. These supports include the information and the skills needed for academic success as well as tools that will help students to navigate college.   Statway™ online materials were launched in 19 community colleges in five states in August 2011. In addition to lessons and student supports, the pathway includes MyStatway™, online out-of-class activities and homework. These take the place of a textbook, which is not required.

8. What are the things the CSU is looking for in CC Statistics students? • Math 10 http://faculty.deanza.edu/solerfrank/classes/course1 • Math 23 http://faculty.deanza.edu/solerfrank/stories/storyReader$8 • Math Special Project http://faculty.deanza.edu/solerfrank/classlist/ • Transferable units • Major level courses

9. Our Stat 1000 - Elements of Probability and Statistics • Descriptive Statistics: center & variability • Probability • Statistical Inference • Project to collect data • The end of almost all problems has an explanatory sentence

10. Software or Calculator? • MS Excel - free in the MS Skydrive • google docs, spreadsheet, forms • OpenOffice Spreadsheet http://www.openoffice.org/ • Minitab http://www.minitab.com/en-US/default.aspx • SPSS http://www-01.ibm.com/software/analytics/spss/academic/ • Fathom http://www.keypress.com/x5656.xml • Stat Crunch http://www.statcrunch.com/ • JMP, SAS  • R http://www.r-project.org/ • tableau http://www.tableausoftware.com/

11. Software or Calculator? • Statistics Handbook for the TI83    http://education.ti.com/educationportal/sites/US/nonProductSingle/activitybook_83_statistics.html • Nspirehttp://education.ti.com/educationportal/sites/US/nonProductSingle/graphing_course_comparision.html • Microsoft Mathematics 4.0http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVuaRxTNZR8

12. Statistics Support Group for Instructors • Idea Exchange, once a year have a meeting of the minds on curriculum and projects. • Math Special Project course

13. Tutoring • SCAA http://www20.csueastbay.edu/library/scaa/tutoring.html • Tutoring is an excellent job skill for students of Mathematics and Statistics majors • Being able to explain what a mathematical formula means in words and what it is useful for is great preparation for a job interview.

14. Continue the Interaction • Ideas? • my email: eric.suess@csueastbay.edu