freeheelbillie 0 #1 March 17, 2009 Any math wizards out there? I am in an MBA program running a 3.67 gpa half way through. BANG! Stats comes along... HEEEELP...a tutor in Colorado (Denver) would be nice...I ll pay! Gently pushing comfort zones since 1976... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nataly 38 #2 March 17, 2009 Aww man.. I'm an accountant and even *I* don't like stats!! Not calculating them, anyway!! I feel your pain.. As the great Zoolander once said: "Words can only hurt you if you try to read them.".. I suppose the same principle can apply to Maths - numbers can only hurt you if you try to calculate them!!! "There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LisaH 0 #3 March 17, 2009 PM grannyinthesky. She is a college calculus teacher in Idaho. Be yourself! MooOOooOoo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BIGUN 1,314 #4 March 18, 2009 Whereas, I found stats and cost accounting in grad school to be exciting. Part of it is; the Professor. And, on that note, your professor probably has a roster of tutors in their hip pocket. But, take at least one or two classes to see if a tutor is necessary.Nobody has time to listen; because they're desperately chasing the need of being heard. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chiquita24 0 #5 March 18, 2009 I agree with the whole professor thing. I flat out admit I suck at math-not my forte at all. So when I had to take stats in college I thought for sure I was going to fail. But I had a GREAT teacher, who made it fun and made it make sense to me and I did alright! I formed a study group too and that really helped all of us!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
grannyinthesky 0 #6 March 18, 2009 I am actually teacing a Stats class this quarter, but unfortunately I'm not in CO If there is anything I can do to help, PM me and I'll try. Uh, by the way, Stats is sorta fun. But then my students seem to think I have a weird idea about what things are fun. "safety first... and What the hell..... safety second, Too!!! " ~~jmy POPS #10490 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wildcard451 0 #7 March 18, 2009 Is it sad that as a math major, I never took Statistics? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
grannyinthesky 0 #8 March 18, 2009 I liked the Probablilty part of it best, but the upper division version is the fun stuff. The lower division intro course wouldn't do much for a math major."safety first... and What the hell..... safety second, Too!!! " ~~jmy POPS #10490 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,590 #9 March 18, 2009 As an Electrical engineering undergrad, I took "Probabilistic Methods of Signal and System Analysis". The first 6 weeks was statistics, and that was fun. After that it dove into calculus of analyzing signals and made my life hell. (And this was after 4 semesters of calculus and differential equations that I actually liked.) "There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
grannyinthesky 0 #10 March 18, 2009 QuoteAnd this was after 4 semesters of calculus and differential equations that I actually liked.) You mean some poeple actually like difEQ??? Ick"safety first... and What the hell..... safety second, Too!!! " ~~jmy POPS #10490 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LisaH 0 #11 March 18, 2009 Quote Quote And this was after 4 semesters of calculus and differential equations that I actually liked.) You mean some poeple actually like difEQ??? Ick Dayem... that's hot! Be yourself! MooOOooOoo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,590 #12 March 18, 2009 Quote Quote And this was after 4 semesters of calculus and differential equations that I actually liked.) You mean some poeple actually like difEQ??? Ick I took the first DifEq in a summer session taught by a TA. On the first day, this smoking hot little sun-tanned blonde honey wearing shorts, walked in and introduced herself as the instructor, and every guy in the room knew he was going to enjoy the class. Then she mentioned she had just gotten back from her honeymoon, and all our faces fell. But I still enjoyed the class.The second DifEq class was taught by a guy who was a ringer for Abe Vigoda. He had been teaching math for 30 years and was probably the best math instructor I ever had. It was funny after all the horror stories I had heard about DifEq being so much harder than calculus, I found it easier."There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
grannyinthesky 0 #13 March 18, 2009 I just never took any science classes, so even though I could do the math wwithout much effort, I just didn't really see the point. But then, I like the pure theory type stuff like logic and set theory."safety first... and What the hell..... safety second, Too!!! " ~~jmy POPS #10490 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,590 #14 March 18, 2009 QuoteI just never took any science classes, so even though I could do the math wwithout much effort, I just didn't really see the point. But then, I like the pure theory type stuff like logic and set theory. One of the things that really had me PO'd about the school was that they tried to cram about 3 semesters worth of Electromagnetics into one semester, and simultaneously include just enough vector calculus to do the problems. If they had actually been interested it teaching Electromagnetics, (instead of just using it as a weed-out course), they would have had vector calculus as a prerequisite."There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
