This is optional. Other instructors give writing assignments where students must interpret results. Some give a take home exam during the term. An instructor may want to use the computer lab as a time to discuss and write about data. Those who take the class on T-TH or late afternoon and evenings will also use the computer labs.
Students can download data sets and programs into their calculators.
The full time instructors who teach statistics are familiar with the programs and with the calculator and will answer any questions that you might have. It is up to the instructor to decide how to use the computer lab. Exploratory data analysis with interesting data sets Simulation of experiments that illustrate the central limit theorem, the normal approximation to the binomial, probability models and the law of large numbers, etc. Writing assignments where students are interpreting, analyzing, or comparing. Linear regression and correlation where much more information is given than with a calculator Projects STA 2023 course information Most instructors give 3 or 4 exams during the term.