1. The exam will consist of 25 MC questions. It will cover chapters 8, 9, appendix 15a, chapters 17 and 18.
2. As always, you will only be able to view one question at a time. Please do not hit the back button on your Internet browser during the exam for that will kick you out of the exam.
3. Once you complete the exam and hit theSubmitbutton, you will only be able to view your score. Feedback will be offered on an individual basis.
4. The exam will consist of both qualitative and quantitative questions. You will need scratch paper and a calculator during the exam.
5. This is not a proctored exam. Hence, you do not need to use a proctor for this exam.
6. The Bb timer will be set for 1 hour and 15 minutes. You can take the exam during any convenient window on the exam date. The completion deadline is 6:00 p.m. Eastern Time. Since the Bb timer will be set for 1 hour and 15 minutes, theLATESTthat you can begin the exam is 4:45 p.m. Eastern Time. You will be penalized at the rate of 1 point per minute for exceeding the Bb timer.
7. If you have a conflict for the exam date, youMUSTcontact me requesting permission to take the final exam early. Please note that late examsWILL NOTbe permitted.
8. The "feeedback window" is between 8:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Sunday, Dec. 11th. If you would like feedback on the final exam, you must email me during this window and I will reply to your email with the requested feedback. Please note that feedback requests willONLYbeentertained during this two hour window.
9. You are allowed to use Microsoft Excel's data analysis capability on the final exam. Please note thatONLYthe following calculations are Excel compatible: Descriptive Statistics (appendix 15a); correlation coefficient (Ch. 18); and pairwise t-test (Ch. 17). All other calculations need to be done manually.
You should already know how to calculate descriptive statistics using Excel since you have done that twice (GDB 3 and the research paper). To calculate the correlation coefficient as well as the calculated t-statistic for the pairwise t-test, you need to enter the given input data just like with descriptive statistics. For correlation, you will see that as one of the options under the data analysis drop down menu and it is fairly straightforward. For the pairwise t-test, you need to do the following:
A. From the data analysis drop down menu, select t-test: Paired Two Sample for Means
B. Enter the data range from your input sheet
C. For hypothesized mean difference, just enter 0
D. The default setting for the alpha level is .05 (95% significance). You should change it as needed based on the requirements of the problem. Please note that alpha level and p value are synonomous terms and can be used interchangeably.