Quantitative Reasoning, Spring 2002, Mary Pat Campbell

Quantitative Reasoning General Info:

Workshop sessions: Fri 9-10:40am, 11-12:40pm
in conjunction with Eileen Rodriguez's QR lecture, Tu/Th 3:30-4:45

Room 507 Warren Weaver Hall
251 Mercer St.
(212) 998-3181
campbelm@cims.nyu.edu

Office Hours: Tue 9:30-10:30am, Wed 9:30-10:30am

Feb 1 - Workshop 1 - Visualization
See here for sample writeup of this lab
Feb 8 - Workshop 7 - Inflation and Constant Dollars
Feb 15 - Quiz 1 on sections 2.2 and 2.3
Workshop 8 - Argon/Potassium radioactive dating
Feb 22 - Midterm Review -Chapter 2, and Section 1.4
Mar 1 - Workshop 2 - read pages 15 - 23, on estimating risk of impact
Mar 8 - Optional - review of midterms, answering questions
Mar 15 - Spring Break
Mar 22 - Workshop 3 - no outline due, just fill out Data Sheet at the end of the workshop to bring in
Mar 29 - Workshop 4, part 1
Apr 5 - Workshop 4, part 2
Apr 12 - Workshop 9
, Quiz 2 on Chapter 3
Apr 19 - Workshop 9 - finishing up,
Reviewing Quiz 2 and probability
Apr 26 - Special outdoor workshop - prep: Find out the following things:
- The height of your eyes from the ground (if you want to be precise, from the center of your pupil to your feet)
- The height of the Empire State Building
May 3 - Semester Review, all papers to be graded must be given to me by that time. We do final grades right after we grade final exams, and I will not accept any papers beyond this date.

Workshop reports are due 1 week after completion of the project. Late work will not be accepted.
If you miss a workshop project, you will not be able to make it up.
Each workshop shall be worth 100 pts per session we work on it. Almost all workshops will be completed in one session.
Each student will write up their own report in their own words. Copying of reports is in violation of NYU's policy on Academic Integrity.

See here for sample outline
See here for a sample lab report
Preparation: Read the Workshop over once in the Project Handbook, and note important concepts, formulas, and questions. You must submit a short outline at the beginning of the workshop as proof of your preparation. This will count for 10% of the Workshop grade.
Problems: Answer questions in the order in which they appear in the workbook. You do not need to restate the question, but you must answer in complete sentences (or a table or figure, if that is appropriate.) Put the answer first, then any relevant work. I want to see all calculations. I will not accept "disembodied numbers". Answering the problems counts for 80% of the Workshop grade.
Summary: At the end of the report, write 2-3 paragraphs summarizing the point of the Workshop, your own personal reaction to the problems, how the problems in this workshop relate to other things in the world. This is worth 10% of the Workshop grade.
Clarity: Keep the reports well organized: keep problems in the order in which they occur in the Workshop, clearly label them, write neatly or type up the report, make statements in complete sentences using standard English grammar and spelling. Everyone has access to computers, so none of these things should be difficult to accomplish.