StraighterLine Question

[allvia]

To begin, thanks for all the replies.   These final exams just get me stressed to take because they count so much especially after doing all the coursework.  

I can't help with the question about what to put on your study sheet, but in regard to your comment above, keep in mind that the SL Business Stats final exam is only 250 points of the 1000 points total for the course. So depending on how you've done prior to the final, you may not have to worry too much about the final exam.

In fact, if you're at a 93.4% cumulative so far in the course before the final exam, you've technically already passed the course and the final doesn't matter at all. If you're at 76.7% cumulative in the course, you only need to get a 50% on the final exam to pass the course. Obviously, if you're at 70% in the course before the final exam, you need at least 70% on the final to pass.

Hopefully, that helps lower your stress a bit. I always find it easier to study and retain information when my stress levels are lower.

Good morning Merlin!
It looks though that the final is work 310 points out of 1000.  Where are you seeing the 250 points?  I am currently at 86% percent going into the final which is 592 points out of 690.   I need 108 points out of 310 of the final to pass with a 70%.  That comes down to a 35% on the final which seems to be an easy pass, but with the final being only 40 questions and with the content and with me not being the best test taker, that's where the potential stress comes in haha.   

But if you could, please let me know where you say the final being 250.  That would be great if it is.

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To begin, thanks for all the replies.   These final exams just get me stressed to take because they count so much especially after doing all the coursework.  

I can't help with the question about what to put on your study sheet, but in regard to your comment above, keep in mind that the SL Business Stats final exam is only 250 points of the 1000 points total for the course. So depending on how you've done prior to the final, you may not have to worry too much about the final exam.

In fact, if you're at a 93.4% cumulative so far in the course before the final exam, you've technically already passed the course and the final doesn't matter at all. If you're at 76.7% cumulative in the course, you only need to get a 50% on the final exam to pass the course. Obviously, if you're at 70% in the course before the final exam, you need at least 70% on the final to pass.

Hopefully, that helps lower your stress a bit. I always find it easier to study and retain information when my stress levels are lower.

Hey again,.
I saw the syllabus and I am taking the $59 Business Stat course - the one your referencing is the $129 Business stat course that has the final exam being only 250 points.  I wish the syllabus were the same though

Oh acamp you're correct! - they have changed the StraighterLine's Business Statistics  course syllabus - which means it is likely a completely different version of the course most of us have taken.  It is a different eTextbook as well. The First 6 quizzes are now 115 point, and the final exam is 310

[cookderosa]

I believe that the entire course syllabus has changed.

My son's account (current) has business stats breakdown as the "old" format (final worth 250, each quiz worth 125). The new format for both is 310 final and 115 quizzes.

[acamp]

Good evening everyone,
I am taking my first class on SL while I wait for my final 2 exams on study.com.  Just a question for you all..

I am taking the Business Statistics course.   For SL (or that course specifically if you took it), what are the graded exams based off of?   The chapters in the etextbook, the powerpoints, or something else?  It just seems like a LOT of information for this class and I wasn't sure which source I should pinpoint to successfully pass those exams. 

Thank you!!!!

The final exam questions will come from your earlier test questions.

Hello and thanks for the response.
So just to clarify - the grade is made up of those 6 graded quizzes and then the proctored final exam.  Are you saying that all the final exam questions will come from those graded quiz questions?

If so, since they allow a double-sided sheet of notes for the proctored exam, could I just print out the past graded quiz questions or as many that would fit on the paper?

Thanks again!

I used to print out quizzes for my teens to study from. I have a duplexing laser printer (double sided).  Even if you shrink the font, you're looking at 25 pieces of double-sided paper. Best just to review and study imo.

Hi Jennifer and everyone else,
I have managed to almost memorize all the vocabulary words/terms from the class.  Would those vocab words cover most of the final or a good percentage anyway?   Or from your experience, are SL final exams not so much vocab word type questions?

[allvia]

Good evening everyone,
I am taking my first class on SL while I wait for my final 2 exams on study.com.  Just a question for you all..

I am taking the Business Statistics course.   For SL (or that course specifically if you took it), what are the graded exams based off of?   The chapters in the etextbook, the powerpoints, or something else?  It just seems like a LOT of information for this class and I wasn't sure which source I should pinpoint to successfully pass those exams. 

Thank you!!!!

The final exam questions will come from your earlier test questions.

Hello and thanks for the response.
So just to clarify - the grade is made up of those 6 graded quizzes and then the proctored final exam.  Are you saying that all the final exam questions will come from those graded quiz questions?

If so, since they allow a double-sided sheet of notes for the proctored exam, could I just print out the past graded quiz questions or as many that would fit on the paper?

Thanks again!

I used to print out quizzes for my teens to study from. I have a duplexing laser printer (double sided).  Even if you shrink the font, you're looking at 25 pieces of double-sided paper. Best just to review and study imo.

Hi Jennifer and everyone else,
I have managed to almost memorize all the vocabulary words/terms from the class.  Would those vocab words cover most of the final or a good percentage anyway?   Or from your experience, are SL final exams not so much vocab word type questions?

Now this is a completely different version of the Business Statistics course I completed with SL, but with that said - Knowing the terms and their definitions was very helpful when I took the course.   It does appear that it is still open book, which is good news.  I found searching in the glossary and index a great way to get around.  Sometime the glossary if great when you get a definition type question and you're not sure if it is A or B - looking up the word can often help you rule things out.  Knowing what is wrong can often be more useful than knowing what is correct on a multiple choice exam like these.

I would recommend going over the final summary chapter and the PowerPoint you mentioned.  I would be surprised if it didn't contain helpful information for the final exam.

[acamp]

The final exam questions will come from your earlier test questions.

Hello and thanks for the response.
So just to clarify - the grade is made up of those 6 graded quizzes and then the proctored final exam.  Are you saying that all the final exam questions will come from those graded quiz questions?

If so, since they allow a double-sided sheet of notes for the proctored exam, could I just print out the past graded quiz questions or as many that would fit on the paper?

Thanks again!

I used to print out quizzes for my teens to study from. I have a duplexing laser printer (double sided).  Even if you shrink the font, you're looking at 25 pieces of double-sided paper. Best just to review and study imo.

Hi Jennifer and everyone else,
I have managed to almost memorize all the vocabulary words/terms from the class.  Would those vocab words cover most of the final or a good percentage anyway?   Or from your experience, are SL final exams not so much vocab word type questions?

Now this is a completely different version of the Business Statistics course I completed with SL, but with that said - Knowing the terms and their definitions was very helpful when I took the course.   It does appear that it is still open book, which is good news.  I found searching in the glossary and index a great way to get around.  Sometime the glossary if great when you get a definition type question and you're not sure if it is A or B - looking up the word can often help you rule things out.  Knowing what is wrong can often be more useful than knowing what is correct on a multiple choice exam like these.

I would recommend going over the final summary chapter and the PowerPoint you mentioned.  I would be surprised if it didn't contain helpful information for the final exam.

Hi again!
For the final summary chapter, when you took it, were there other resources on that page for you?  All it has is that final review powerpoint.  I know all the answers to that review powerpoint (about 71 questions) but not sure if that's sufficient to pass.

[allvia]

Hello and thanks for the response.
So just to clarify - the grade is made up of those 6 graded quizzes and then the proctored final exam.  Are you saying that all the final exam questions will come from those graded quiz questions?

If so, since they allow a double-sided sheet of notes for the proctored exam, could I just print out the past graded quiz questions or as many that would fit on the paper?

Thanks again!

I used to print out quizzes for my teens to study from. I have a duplexing laser printer (double sided).  Even if you shrink the font, you're looking at 25 pieces of double-sided paper. Best just to review and study imo.

Hi Jennifer and everyone else,
I have managed to almost memorize all the vocabulary words/terms from the class.  Would those vocab words cover most of the final or a good percentage anyway?   Or from your experience, are SL final exams not so much vocab word type questions?

Now this is a completely different version of the Business Statistics course I completed with SL, but with that said - Knowing the terms and their definitions was very helpful when I took the course.   It does appear that it is still open book, which is good news.  I found searching in the glossary and index a great way to get around.  Sometime the glossary if great when you get a definition type question and you're not sure if it is A or B - looking up the word can often help you rule things out.  Knowing what is wrong can often be more useful than knowing what is correct on a multiple choice exam like these.

I would recommend going over the final summary chapter and the PowerPoint you mentioned.  I would be surprised if it didn't contain helpful information for the final exam.

Hi again!
For the final summary chapter, when you took it, were there other resources on that page for you?  All it has is that final review powerpoint.  I know all the answers to that review powerpoint (about 71 questions) but not sure if that's sufficient to pass.

I don't recall having a final review PowerPoint - not to say it didn't, I just don't recall seeing it.  I would go back over the Q&A from the previous quizzes and the final review PowerPoint. If you feel comfortable with the material on those - you are likely ready for the exam.


You've got this!

[Merlin]

I believe that the entire course syllabus has changed.

My son's account (current) has business stats breakdown as the "old" format (final worth 250, each quiz worth 125).  The new format for both is 310 final and 115 quizzes.

It looks like they may be changing the grading weighting (or revising the content) of a lot of the older courses. A good chunk of SL courses used to have 250 point final exams but I just looked at Cultural Anthropology and Intro to Religion and they're both 300 point final exams now. (Both were still 250 when I last checked in like Feb/Mar.) In both cases, they just transferred 50 points from the midterm to final.

The format doesn't appear to have changed for either of these, so I'm wondering if they are just raising the weighting of the final to reduce the impact of people focusing on the quizzes/exams and dialing it in on the final exams? Either that or they are revising the courses slightly and adjusting the midterm and final to compensate.