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 discussion hours 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 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 domain chalmers.se!

4. Retrieve the password from the received email and log in with it. Once you are in, select TMS062 course and click Update registrations. There are four alternative one-hour computer lab sessions on Thursday: at 8, 9, 10 and 11am. You need to come to only one of these. So click on the one you prefer. If it is still available due to capacity constraints and the popularity among your peer students, you should be able to find a place at the selected time in at least one of the listed lab auditoria. 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.

Note that the tests and examination will consist of similar questions in a similar interface, so learn with Stats VLE and Have fun!

Prof. Sergei Zuyev