[nabs-l] Sociology stats class

[cape.amanda at gmail.com]

Hi Arielle,
Thanks. I will definitely be in touch. I'm planning to take it in the fall. What are you doing these days?

Amanda

> On May 13, 2015, at 11:46 PM, Arielle Silverman via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> 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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