Mathematical Sciences department's Stats VLE is a web-based system
providing you with all the necessary tools to learn basic Probability
and Statistics and practice problem solving on your own. It contains a
variety of computer generated questions covering the course curriculum
as well as all necessary supporting materials: statistical tables,
demos, etc. You may re-run the question-solution cycle as many times
as you feel necessary to deepen your understanding of Statistics and
to practice the techniques. It is complemented by the Study Guide with
necessary theory which is directly accessible from within the
VLE. Before starting a new theme you must read and learn the
corresponding chapter in the Guide.
There are assisted lab sessions and
where you can bring all the questions which you could
not solve by your own. This organisation assumes you have already done
the reading and attempted questions before you may bring your problems
to discussion with the teaching team.
How to Get Started
1. You need to register first to be able to
use the VLE. Ensure that you have a Swedish Person Number
(personnummer), university login and password and a valid Chalmers or GU
email address.
2. Visit http://vle.math.chalmers.se, press Register
button on the login page and fill in the required details.
3. Shortly after completion of the registration process a
password will be sent to the Chalmers email address you specified at the
registration which must be in the domains chalmers.se or gu.se!
4. Retrieve the password from the received
email and log in with it. Once you are in, select MVE055 course and click
Update registrations. There are four alternative one-hour computer lab sessions
on Tuesday: at 10 and 11am or Thursday at 10 and 11am. You need to come to only one of
these. So click on the one you prefer. However the amount of available computers is such
that you should be able (if you wish) to attend all of the sessions.
Similarly, make a choice
for a test sessions. Now you should be brought to your main VLE
page, so proceed to Methods section. Take time to explore VLE's interface.
5. The first thing that you might notice is that there is a very large number of exercises and
that this will be impossible for you to do them all in the given time. Firstly some exercises are doubled
as they are both in English and Swedish and also you are not expected to
do them all. Do the exercises until you are comfortable with the topic! The other thing is that
you need to do your calculations in some software. You may choose whichever one you like however
the suggested software is matlab or R.
Note that the tests and examination will consist of
similar questions in a similar interface, so learn with Stats VLE
and Have fun!