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\centerline{MONT 106N -- Identifying Patterns}
\centerline{Discussion Day 1}
\centerline{September 18, 2009}
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{\it Mary Arnold and Amanda Cabrera}
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In class on September 18, 2009, you will be responsible for
about 20 minutes of the class period, during which we will
discuss the article ``When Precision is Only 92.11567\% Accurate"
from the ``Numbers Guy'' column in the Wall Street Journal, published
on August 5, 2009.  You can assume everyone will read the article
before class -- the information how to get it is posted on 
the course homepage.  So you don't need to spend a lot of time
summarizing what it says.  Instead, come up with two or three
good questions that you can use to start the discussion, and 
then be prepared to "moderate" (maybe answer some
questions if people have not understood some point, 
call on people who have something to say, and so
forth).

I found this by looking at a listing in \emph{Chance News 53} -- 
see link to this on the course homepage.  You can also
get to the original version of the article from there. You 
will see discussion of the issues in Chance News that may give you a 
few ideas of how to get a discussion started.  And of course, 
you can talk things over with me before class too.
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