ANNOUNCEMENTS & ASSIGNMENTS:

Exam Return:   Individual, Group, Average

Remember to post discussions to our Blackboard Discussion list (5% of your grade!)

Preview of Lab Next Two Weeks:
This week until the end of the semester:  Final Lab Project

Final Lab Project Due Dates:
   -Early Bonus (+15 points): Friday November 18, 4pm
   -Due Date: Friday December 2, 4pm
   -If late: -10%, then starting Monday 5 December 4pm -5% per day (4pm deadline).
   -Deadline: Friday 9 December 4pm.  Nothing accepted after this deadline!

    Calendar View of Deadlines

You may go to any lab to get help finishing

Last Quiz Nov 29/Dec 1: (25 multiple choice questions on paper, no group process, take at your own speed within the 75 minute class period).

Websites of the week: How to send a text message as an email, Powers of Ten, Carl Sagan on SETI, Jill Tarter's TED Prize talk, SETI at home, Arecibo Observatory, Will Wright TED talk on the Game Spore

     Mean: the numerical average, used with quantitative.

    Mode: the most often observed value, used with qualitative as well as quantitative.

    Median: The mid-point or middle, used with quantitative continuous.

    Variation: Often more important than the Mean and shown in: Histogram,
                    Inter-quartile range, Box & Whiskers plot, Variance,
                    & Standard Deviation.