Please answer the following survey to the best of your knowledge. An extra five points will be given to you upon completion of this survey. A similar survey will be given at the end of the semester. Hence the name and S.S.# are necessary for the purpose of data recording and for five extra points. The information will be confidential. Only the overall summary will be used for the purpose of improving my teaching. Thank you for your participation.

1. Your major is:__________________________________________________

2. Your grade level is (1) freshman (2) sophomore (3) junior (4) senior (5) graduate

3. What type of computer do you own: (1) PC (2) Mac (3) None

4. Have you installed any computer hardware before, e.g., memory, hard drive, cards, etc.: (1) Yes (2) No

How well do you know how to use the following technology (Items 5-15) using:

(1)Very Good (2)Good (3) Poor (4)Very Poor (5) Don’t know how to use it (6) Never heard of it

_____5. Mac computer _____6. IBM PC/compatible _____7. MicroSoft Word

_____8. Excel Spreadsheet _____9. Minitab Statistical Package _____13. SPSS Statistical Package

_____11. Using e-mail _____12. Creating multimedia presentations

_____14. Integrating graphs, tables into reports.

_____15. At least one of languages: Basic, FORTRAN, C, C+, etc..

What reasons usually motivate you to spend time in learning a new subject using the scale of (for Items 16-21):

(1) Most often (2)Often (3) Sometimes (4) Not at all

_____16. When topics are related to my major. _____17. When the topics are fun.

_____18. When instructors care about my progress _____19. Because most of my friends know it.

_____20. I want to learn it to prepare myself better. _____21. Prepare for quiz, tests that are grade related

Others:___________________________________________________________________________

22. Rate each of the following learning styles that is best for you using the scale:

(1) Very True, (2): somewhat True (3): A little True (4): Not at all

______ Listening to the lecture and note taking _______ Follow the textbook ______ Hands-on activities

______ Use of computer for computation _______Cooperative group discussion ______ In-class exercises

______ Real world projects _______ Do a lot of home works ______ Have a lot of quizzes

Others: _____________________________________________________________________

23. My GPA is (1) < 2.00 (2) 2.00 - 2.50 (3) 2.51 - 2.99 (4) 3.00 - 3.49 (5) 3.50 +

24. I am a (1) Female (2) Male

25. The math courses that I have taken (including high school classes; mark all apply.):

(1) MTH 105 (2) Algebra I (3) Algebra II (4) Geometry

(5) Pre-calculus (6) Calculus I (7) MTH 116 (8) MTH216

26. When was the last time I took a math course:

(1) Last year (2) 2 years ago (3) three years ago (4) four years ago (5) five or more years ago

27. In general, the amount of time I spend for a course per week is about:

(1) 0 - 2 hrs (2) 2 - 4 hours (3) 4 - 6 hrs (4) 6 - 8 hrs (5) more than 8 hrs

28. I plan to spend the amount of time per week to study this course:

(1) 0 - 2 hrs (2) 2 - 4 hours (3) 4 - 6 hrs (4) 6 - 8 hrs (5) more than 8 hrs

1. I think what is taught in this course has no direct relevant connection to SA A D SD DNK

to my daily life.

2. I enrolled in this course because the subject matter interests me SA A D SD DNK

3. Hands-on-activities are essential to learning. SA A D SD DNK

4. You must have a strong mathematics background in order to study statistics. SA A D SD DNK

5. Statistics is a science comprised of a collection of formulae SA A D SD DNK

6. I learn best when information is presented in a variety of formats SA A D SD DNK

7. I expect that much of what I learn in this course will be useful to my career SA A D SD DNK

8. Statistics only deals with abstract math numbers. SA A D SD DNK

9. As a student, I can learn more from this class as an active participant SA A D SD DNK

10. I expect much of the information taught in this course can be learned SA A D SD DNK

from the book by myself.

11. An understanding of statistics is only useful to people whose career are SA A D SD DNK

science-related.

12. Science processes (observation, prediction, analysis, etc.) are applicable to SA A D SD DNK

diverse problem settings beyond science.

13. Other courses are more important to my academic career than statistics SA A D SD DNK

14. Statistics is an inquiry based discipline that only mathematicians SA A D SD DNK

can understand.

15. Students, in general, are afraid of statistics because they are afraid of math SA A D SD DNK

16. Learning statistics will help me understand better about information SA A D SD DNK

in news papers and other media.

17. The real business world uses a lot of statistics for solving problems SA A D SD DNK

18. I usually feel confused and uncomfortable when solving math problems SA A D SD DNK

19. I am good in math, and expect to do well in this class SA A D SD DNK

20. I believe I need statistics in my area of study SA A D SD DNK

21. The best way of learning statistics is to memorize formulas and procedures SA A D SD DNK

22. When I have difficulty understanding math I find help. SA A D SD DNK

23. When I have difficulty understanding math I tend to quit. SA A D SD DNK
24. I get bored when a math professor includes all the detailed steps SA A D SD DNK

when explaining a math problem.

25. For some reason, even though I study, math seems unusually hard for me. SA A D SD DNK

26. I think I could handle more difficult math SA A D SD DNK

27. Female can do as well as male in math SA A D SD DNK

28. Female who enjoy studying math are a bit peculiar SA A D SD DNK

29. I would be proud to be an outstanding student in math SA A D SD DNK

30. I would do as little as possible in math if possible SA A D SD DNK

31. I work hard SA A D SD DNK

32. The teacher taught me well SA A D SD DNK

33. It is just a matter of luck SA A D SD DNK

34. I am good in math SA A D SD DNK

35. I never know how it happens SA A D SD DNK

36. I did not study hard SA A D SD DNK

37. The teacher did not teach it properly SA A D SD DNK

38. It is just a matter of bad luck SA A D SD DNK

39. I am not good in math SA A D SD DNK

40. I am careless SA A D SD DNK