Reload Frequently

• 8 July 2008. The discussion group for the class has been moved to Google Groups. http://groups.google.com/group/statistics-n21-summer-2008/ You should have received an invitation to join the group on 1 July. The email address at which your received the invitation is the one to use to log in. If that is not a Gmail address, you will need to create a Google Groups identity to read the discussion board or to post to it. If you have a Gmail address but that is not the address to which the invitation was sent, read the previous sentence again: if you are logged into Gmail using an address other than the one to which the invitation was sent, you will not be able to access the discussion board. If you did not receive an invitation, go to the URL for the group and request an invitation. When you post to the group, post to an existing thread—do not start new threads. I will delete any new threads. If you don't know what a thread is, ask a GSI.

• 25 June 2008. Firefox 3 is not completely compatible with the elearning site, and—at least the beta version—is not completely compatible with the homework. I recommend you stick with Firefox 2 for now; I'll try to debug things to make sure that the homework works with Firefox 2. The elearning site is not in my control, though; I hope the vendor will fix things soon.

• 23 June 2008. Please sign up for office hours using elearning.berkeley.edu. You may sign up for 4 hours per week (you get the same four hours every week for the term). You are not required to attend office hours—but they are likely to be helpful!

• Welcome to Statistics N21, the second edition of the first online course offered by UC Berkeley!

  This course has no lectures. It takes place entirely over the Internet, except the final exam (on campus). There are approximately four online assignments due every week. There will be a high ratio of Graduate Student Instructors (GSIs) to students. GSIs will be available by email; GSIs and the instructor will hold online office hours on a sign-up basis. There will be a threaded discussion board. If you will not be within driving distance of campus on 15 August but will be in a major metropolitan area in the U.S., alternative arrangements can be made to take the exam with a proctor.

  To take the class, you need Internet access; you need to use the latest version of the Firefox browser; you need to have the current version of Java installed; and you need to configure your browser to run JavaScript and Java and to accept cookies from the originating server. Typically, this is how the browser is configured when you install it, and no extra effort is needed. See minimum requirements for using SticiGui.