.. _final-exam-summer: Final Exam ======================================== **Exam Window:** Wednesday, August 5th, 2026 — 24-hour window beginning at 2:00 PM EDT **Duration:** 140 minutes once you begin **Format:** Online proctored via Respondus LockDown Browser with webcam monitoring .. warning:: The Final Exam time limit (140 minutes) is longer than Exam 1 and Exam 2 (80 minutes each). Plan your testing block accordingly — you will need approximately 2.5 hours of uninterrupted time once you launch the exam. .. admonition:: Final Exam Procedures :class: important **Exam overview and timing** - The final exam is a **comprehensive assessment** with exactly **140 minutes** once you launch. - The exam window is **24 hours**, opening Wednesday, August 5th at 2:00 PM EDT. - It covers the full scope of the course, with an approximate emphasis of: - **Post-Exam 2 material:** ~60% - **Earlier material (Exams 1 and 2):** ~40% - **One attempt only** — you cannot pause, exit, and restart. - The exam will **auto-submit** when time expires. **Exam format** - The exam begins with objective questions: - Approximately **5–10 True or False** questions, **2 points each** - Approximately **4–10 Multiple Choice** questions, **3 points each** These questions will mix post-Exam 2 and earlier material. - The remaining questions are **free response**. - Unless stated otherwise, report **numeric answers to four decimal places**. **Graphs, work requirements, and interpretation** - If graphs are needed, they will be **provided** within the exam, except you may be asked to **interpret a modified boxplot or power curve** on scratch paper. - All provided graphs will be **labeled appropriately**. - Any numbers you use that are **not provided** in the question (and not computed in a prior part) must have **supporting work shown on scratch paper**. - A **correct answer without work is considered incorrect**. **Code recognition** - You will **not** be required to write code. - You **will** be required to **recognize code and interpret output**. **Allowed materials** - **Any printed or handwritten materials** you have prepared — notes, formula sheets, completed homework, printed slides. There is no quantity limit; bring what helps you. - A **scientific calculator** is required (physical or the built-in LockDown Browser calculator). .. admonition:: A Strong Recommendation on Preparing Materials :class: tip While there is no limit on the quantity of printed or handwritten materials you may bring, **students who perform best on these exams typically rely on one or two well-organized crib sheets — not a thick stack of notes.** The reason has less to do with the exam itself and more to do with how you prepare for it. **The act of compressing the course material is part of studying.** When you force yourself to fit the most important formulas, definitions, procedures, and worked examples onto one or two pages, you are doing the cognitive work that builds real understanding: - You decide what matters most and what is redundant. - You rephrase ideas in your own words. - You connect related concepts so they live near each other on the page. - You notice gaps in your understanding — the topics you cannot summarize are exactly the ones you do not yet know. A student who walks into the exam with a binder full of unfiltered notes has not done this work. Under time pressure, they spend precious minutes searching for the right page, often miss what they need, and have not internalized the material well enough to recognize when a formula applies. **Recommended approach:** - Build no more than two crib sheets (front and back) for each exam as you go through the chapters. - Reorganize it once or twice as you review — the second pass is usually where the real learning happens. - Use boxes, headings, color coding, or whatever visual structure helps you find things in under five seconds. - Treat the crib sheets as a study product. If you can explain everything on it to a peer without looking at anything else, you are ready for the exam. You are welcome to bring additional printed or handwritten materials as a backup. But if your primary plan is to "look it up during the exam," you will not have time, and the looking-it-up habit will fail you on many questions as they require judgment and understanding rather than recall. **Equipment and environment** - **Computer:** Desktop or laptop (Windows or macOS). Tablets and Chromebooks are NOT supported. - **Webcam:** Must show your face and writing area throughout the exam. - **Microphone:** Required for audio monitoring. - **Internet:** Stable 2 Mbps connection or better. - **Testing space:** Private, quiet, well-lit room with no other people present. - **No headphones or earbuds.** - **No second monitor** — disconnect or disable. **Not allowed** - Digital materials displayed on any screen (PDFs, the digital textbook, slide files, typed notes on the computer). - AI tools of any kind, including Ask Anna, LatticeAI, ChatGPT, Claude, or browser-based assistants. - A second monitor or any other connected display. - Phones, tablets, smartwatches, or other electronic devices. - Communication with anyone during the exam. - Leaving the camera view. About the Final Exam ------------------------------------------------------------------ The final exam is a **comprehensive cumulative assessment**, covering the full scope of the course. .. admonition:: Content Distribution :class: note - **Post-Exam 2 Material:** Approximately 60% - **Early Course Material:** Approximately 40% This structure ensures a thorough evaluation of your understanding of the entire course content. Final Exam: Help Session by Heekyung Ahn and Hyebin Han ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .. raw:: html
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- `Exam Help Session `_ Required Review Materials ------------------------------------------------------------------ .. important:: You need to **review** materials from all parts of the course: - :doc:`Exam 1 ` - :doc:`Exam 2 ` Essential Documents ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .. important:: Start by reading the **Exam Procedures** section above before reviewing other materials. - `Exam Objectives `_ (Non-Exhaustive List of topics) Comprehensive Final Exams ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ These exams cover the entire course content and best represent what to expect: .. list-table:: Comprehensive Final Exams :widths: 20 25 25 30 :header-rows: 1 * - Semester - Exam - Solution Key - Worked Solutions * - Fall 2024 - `Final Exam Fall 2024 PDF `_ - `Solution Key PDF `_ - :ref:`final-fall2024` * - Spring 2025 - `Final Exam Spring 2025 PDF `_ - `Solution Key PDF `_ - :ref:`final-spring2025` * - Fall 2025 - `Final Exam FALL 2025 PDF `_ - `Solution Key PDF `_ - :ref:`final-fall2025` .. toctree:: :hidden: :maxdepth: 1 final_fall2024 final_spring2025 final_fall2025 Study Guide Resource ------------------------------------------------------------------ Since the final exam is cumulative, it is important to figure out how to determine when to use each method. .. admonition:: Interactive Study Guide :class: hint A question/answer form has been created to help guide you in creating your own flow charts for the final exam: `Interactive Probability and Statistical Inference Guide `_