[nabs-l] Sociology stats class

[Arielle Silverman]

Hi Amanda. I've taken a lot of stats and tutored it, so if you have
conceptual questions, feel free to contact me off list. Your
accommodations will depend on your particular learning preferences. I
have never gotten much benefit from graphs, so I never had them
transcribed, but instead just focused on learning the mathematical
formulas. Statistics is actually a pretty simple concept overall. You
apply a formula to a set of data and then see if the result you get is
higher or lower than a particular "critical value". There are online
calculators you can use to find out what the critical value is. One
good, accessible site is at
www.graphpad.com/quickcalcs
Excel is also extremely helpful for doing calculations. Your class may
require the other students to use a program called SPSS. This program
is technically accessible with JAWS, but it isn't always reliable with
JAWS and it is expensive to put on a personal computer. Microsoft
Excel and GraphPad Quickcalcs can do almost everything that your
classmates will have to use SPSS for, so I would advise using one of
those programs instead. Best of luck and if you run into specific
issues feel free to email me: arielle71 at gmail.com
Best, Arielle

On 5/13/15, Kaiti Shelton via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Hi, Amanda,
>
> I took a stats course geared towards social science majors and minors,
> so that should cover sociology.  The prof did a fair amount of
> accommodating on his own.  Everything that he could make accessible
> like tables to calculate T and Z scores were done in Microsoft word or
> excel tables.  We had a rotating system where we would trade
> flashdrives each class period so he could put the guided notes
> documents and the graphs he made on the new drive and collect my
> homework.  That system worked pretty well.  When he couldn't make a
> graph or had a test that needed to be done the disability office came
> in.  They also brailled a majority of my homework and took care of
> getting my textbook settled.  The thing I appreciated most was that
> the professor was open to working with them and me.  He was very
> available to explain things outside of class and allowed the testing
> center to have his cell phone number in case I needed to clarify
> something durring an exam.
>
> That's the jist of my stats accommodations.  Good luck; though stats
> is challenging it is a useful course to take.
>
> On 5/12/15, Minh Ha via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> Amanda,
>>
>> I took a stats class for my sociology class last year. I worked with both
>> the prof and the DS office to make it accessible. The ds office sent my
>> textbook out to be brailled because I am really bad at doing math
>> auditorily, and there are diagrams and graphs that are part of the course
>> materials. I also had a note taker and a reader for the class. If you
>> have
>> any more specific questions, I can answer them.
>>
>> Minh
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>> On May 12, 2015, at 8:16 PM, Amanda via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi everyone,
>>> Have you taken a sociology statistics course In university? Was it
>>> adapted
>>> by the prof or the Osd?
>>>
>>> Amanda
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