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izzanom wrote:I was looking at the rules this year and noticed that it say we can now bring two of "calculators of any type
dedicated to computation." Does this mean we can bring programmable calculators now?

I would imagine so. I would recommend the TI-NSpire for the additional room it allows for notes.

WhatScience? wrote:

izzanom wrote:I was looking at the rules this year and noticed that it say we can now bring two of "calculators of any type
dedicated to computation." Does this mean we can bring programmable calculators now?

I would imagine so. I would recommend the TI-NSpire for the additional room it allows for notes.

I'm fairly certain that "dedicated to computation" means that you are in direct violation of the rules if you store notes on your calculator.

maxxxxx wrote:

WhatScience? wrote:

izzanom wrote:I was looking at the rules this year and noticed that it say we can now bring two of "calculators of any type
dedicated to computation." Does this mean we can bring programmable calculators now?

I would imagine so. I would recommend the TI-NSpire for the additional room it allows for notes.

I'm fairly certain that "dedicated to computation" means that you are in direct violation of the rules if you store notes on your calculator.

So is that what that phrase means? I mostly just ignored it because I had not idea.

maxxxxx wrote:

WhatScience? wrote:

izzanom wrote:I was looking at the rules this year and noticed that it say we can now bring two of "calculators of any type
dedicated to computation." Does this mean we can bring programmable calculators now?

I would imagine so. I would recommend the TI-NSpire for the additional room it allows for notes.

I'm fairly certain that "dedicated to computation" means that you are in direct violation of the rules if you store notes on your calculator.

I think this was on the rules last year also. I think that "dedicated to computation" just means that the sole purpose of the calculator is to calculate equations, excluding any notes the calculator may retain.

Do we need to know famous outbreaks?

megan_scioly wrote:Do we need to know famous outbreaks?

I think we do. (Not sure though)

What are some sample statistics questions I might see on a test in Division C? I've been looking through the tests from last year's test exchange but I haven't seen too many statistics questions.

Nerd_Bunny wrote:What are some sample statistics questions I might see on a test in Division C? I've been looking through the tests from last year's test exchange but I haven't seen too many statistics questions.

There usually aren't that many statistics related questions as it should only make up about 10% of the test. The questions should be your average stats class curriculum plus a bit more, such as chi-squares, using 2x2 tables to find sensitivity, specificity, etc.

Nano1llus10n wrote:

Nerd_Bunny wrote:What are some sample statistics questions I might see on a test in Division C? I've been looking through the tests from last year's test exchange but I haven't seen too many statistics questions.

There usually aren't that many statistics related questions as it should only make up about 10% of the test. The questions should be your average stats class curriculum plus a bit more, such as chi-squares, using 2x2 tables to find sensitivity, specificity, etc.

Ok. Thanks!

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