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Jacob Ditmars    Effective Reading II 9/15/08             Project #1

1. Book Title- Statistics: informed decisions using data.

2. Total number of units or parts- 4 parts in the book, 15 chapters, 4-7 units per chapter.

3. Number of chapters I must read during semester- 14

4. Throughout this chapter they discuss how to determine the difference between Qualitative and Quantitative variables, discrete and continuous variables, why and how the data is useful and what it can be used for. They also discuss the population and sample and how they largely determine the outcome of the data. At the end of the chapter questions, they touch more on the discrete and continuous variables, and qualitative and quantitative. They however do have a few questions on population and sample.

5. They bold the important vocabulary just as almost every other book does, the words that the chapter wants the viewer to know the most. There are some words that you only learn little on however, they are still important words so the put them in italics. Some of the definitions are also put in separate boxes, which I feel help because it distracts you and focus' your attention on it.

6. They have many examples and also some helpful hints that kind of simply explain the definition, they tell you exactly what you need to know.

7. At the end of each chapter or section there is mainly review questions covering the more important details on the chapter, but they do have questions on the less important details, just not as many. They also have tables in certain spots to help you remember the material better.

8. After the last chapter, it is mainly just review questions on every chapter in the book, they also have tables, charts, maps, a bunch of diagrams and information that explain and quizzes you on what was covered in the book. They also have a large section displaying all the answers to the questions and an index.

Signature Reading

1a) What is the definition of statistics?

b) How does statistics work?

c) Whats the difference between Qualitative and Quantitative variables?

d) What is the difference between Discrete and Continuous Quantitative variables?

Creative Project

1) My personal favorite way of notetaking is by highlighting. It stands out a lot more than underlining because of how bright the color is, it sticks out and I believe that it helps make you memorize the material better. However though, it does single out the material more, so people may skip over the other important information. I don't like the underlining method as much, mainly because sometimes there are just to many underlines and it can be easy to get confused as what goes where. However, often when vocabulary is underlined it can also help quite a bit, most underlined vocab. I feel helps students remember because it points out the word more than the phrase itself. The annotating method I feel is very useful because it simply breaks down the definition into easy, understandable words. I feel though as if it can get to cluttery though, and you may have to annotate to many words depending on the certain section that you are reading. It can also distract away from the definitions themselves so you may miss answers on a vocab test or multiple choice.

3) The ideal way to review for me would be studying for 30 minutes to an hour, for 3 days before the test. I would use note cards, highlighted, or underlined notes, for those help me remember the material the best. Just sitting in a quiet area and reading also help me remember the information quite well.