549 Week #3

So far much to my surprise I am enjoying the class. It has been a long time since I have had a math class but I am finding it a much better experience then I remembered. I like the fact that I am seeing a practical application for the class in terms of writing my action research paper. Oh, on a side note I am hung up in Full IRB so I am still awaiting the go ahead to begin collecting my data. However, like I said before I am enjoying the practical application of the class. Being a special education teacher I have sat in on countless IEP meetings and explained to parents how to interpret the results of different standardized test scores. I have always relied on my cheat sheets to explain the information and results to the parents. This last week when we started discussing Z scores and standard Deviations many of the things I used to explain made much more sense to me as I now understand how the scores are generated. This will greatly help me in interpreting future standardized test results. Just a question to make sure I understand the Skew concept. When there is a negative Skew that means that the majority of the data falls above the median. Following the reverse then when there is a positive Skew majority of the data falls below the median. Just double checking this concept.