class: center, middle, inverse, title-slide # Optional Final Exam ## SDS 192: Introduction to Data Science ###
Shiya Cao
Statistical & Data Sciences
, Smith College
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Fall 2024
--- # Introduction * This optional final exam is an opportunity to reassess standards that you have not received full quiz credit on. If you choose to take the final exam, you only need to complete the sections of the exam associated with standards you wish to reassess, and the score you ultimately receive for a standard will be based on whichever is higher of your quiz score or your final exam score for that standard. --- # Questions Categories .pull-left[ * Question 1-6: Visualization Aesthetics * Question 7-9: Visualization Context * Question 10-12: Composing and Interpreting Plots * Question 13-18: Transforming Data ] .pull-right[ * Question 19-24: Tidying Data * Question 25-27: Joining Data * Question 28-30: Programming in R * Question 31-36: Mapping ] --- # What does Optional Final Exam look like? * Open Monday 12/9 at 9am. * Due Wednesday 12/18 at 2pm. * Similar format, difficulty level, and topics as Quiz 1-3, but different questions. * Open everything and you may use any resource (other than your fellow classmates) to complete them. * Time limit: 3 hours. * Attempt: 1 time. * If you need any accommodations (letter from ODS) for quizzes, please let me know privately ASAP. --- # How should I prepare? * Before starting Optional Final Exam, study and review: * Quiz 1-3 * lectures slides and chalk talks * class exercises (recordings & solutions) * labs (solutions) * assigned readings from the two textbooks * If you have any questions during your study and review: * visit student hours or schedule a time to meet with me * visit drop-in tutoring at Spinelli Center with specific topics you'd like help on --- # After completing my Optional Final Exam * Since students take a quiz at different times, in order to be fair to everyone: * Immediately after the attempt: * Only points you get will be posted on Moodle. * No right or wrong answers or any feedback will be posted on Moodle. * After the exam is due at 2pm on Wednesday, 12/18: * Right or wrong answers and feedback will be posted on Moodle. * Your personal gradebook will be updated after the exam is due. * There will be **no extension** granted for Optional Final Exam.