Ugh. I wouldn't have wanted to take statistics like that. I got an A in the course, but I hated it every step of the way. Kaye ----- Original Message ----- From: <maryemerson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2007 12:39 PM Subject: Re: reading books > Hi list, > > I took statistics about 5 years before the speech plus came out, and I > didn't have an optacon until about 5 years after taking the class; had to > do > standard deviations and correlation coefficients by hand with the good old > Perkins and my math skills. Took me all day to get an assignment done.... > But I got an A in the class. I guess the one compensation was that > everybody > else in the class was told to go to the math lab and use electric > calculators since nearly all of them didn't have portable ones yet, so > they > probably had to stand in line all day. Ah, the good old days of 1971! > > Mary > > > To unsubscribe at any time, just send a message to: > > optacon-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the > quotes) in the message subject. > > Tell your friends about the list. They can subscribe by sending a message > to: > > optacon-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "subscribe" (without the > quotes) in the message subject. > > To unsubscribe at any time, just send a message to: optacon-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the message subject. Tell your friends about the list. They can subscribe by sending a message to: optacon-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "subscribe" (without the quotes) in the message subject.