Compute This B

[EpicFailure]

Our State competition is this weekend. Does anyone have overall tips about this event? Also, is it true that when you look for a range of data, you shouldn't put the years in the search term?

Put the year!!! And make sure you do the graphical problem first, unless you can't! It really helps. Guess if necessary, don't forget URLS! In the graph make sure you have a title: Who, What, Where and When! Use the find tool! (Control+F) Use specific wording when searching ex: What is the mental being of a person with the disease? Use the find and put in MENTAL! Hope this helps

Thank you for the information.

Does anyone know which types of software we're going to use for Nationals? Will they post it on the website or send the info to coaches?

[stephritz929]

Our State competition is this weekend. Does anyone have overall tips about this event? Also, is it true that when you look for a range of data, you shouldn't put the years in the search term?

Put the year!!! And make sure you do the graphical problem first, unless you can't! It really helps. Guess if necessary, don't forget URLS! In the graph make sure you have a title: Who, What, Where and When! Use the find tool! (Control+F) Use specific wording when searching ex: What is the mental being of a person with the disease? Use the find and put in MENTAL! Hope this helps

Thank you for the information.

Does anyone know which types of software we're going to use for Nationals? Will they post it on the website or send the info to coaches?

I don't know if this is the same as software but I'm pretty sure we get a choice between a Mac or a PC.

[knittingfrenzy18]

As to software, you should be using Microsoft Excel, right?

And I have no idea about Mac vs. PC, or even Linux (I don't think they'll make you use that...)

[Lady Epidemic]

Also, is it true that when you look for a range of data, you shouldn't put the years in the search term?

When I did the event at regionals, putting the year range in actually provided a huge setback. The year range was somehting like 2002-2010. So, that was included in all of my search terms. After wasting at least 10 minutes searching, I finally took the year range out, and found what I was looking for. The year range for the CDC webpage was something like 1991-2010, so even though I only needed data from the year range on the sheet, including that in the search terms meant I couldn't find what I was looking for. However, I realize that some event supervisors will ask for the full year range provided on the CDC site, so I'd recommend searching once or twice with the year range, then take it out.

[EpicFailure]

I don't know if this is the same as software but I'm pretty sure we get a choice between a Mac or a PC.

As to software, you should be using Microsoft Excel, right?

And I have no idea about Mac vs. PC, or even Linux (I don't think they'll make you use that...)

By the type of software, I meant the version (year) of Word/Excel, and I.E./Firefox/Chrome. It says in the rules manual that the tournament director should post the info at least 30 days before the competition.

[hpfananu]

I don't know if this is the same as software but I'm pretty sure we get a choice between a Mac or a PC.

As to software, you should be using Microsoft Excel, right?

And I have no idea about Mac vs. PC, or even Linux (I don't think they'll make you use that...)

By the type of software, I meant the version (year) of Word/Excel, and I.E./Firefox/Chrome. It says in the rules manual that the tournament director should post the info at least 30 days before the competition.

I sent in a clarification yesterday. I think last year they posted it around this time but I wasn't on the event so I'm not sure.
I think they'll have 07 hopefully...maybe not 10 but at least 07.

[stephritz929]

Oh no...if we can't use a Mac or Excel 10..............I'm not sure how similar 07 and 10 are to each other but if they're a lot different....we're screwed. We've been practicing and gotten so familiar with Excel 10

[number_cruncher]

Excel 07 & Excel 10 are very similar. The main difference is the print functions, but graphing, data table & calcs are all similar.

Paste functions are also different. You really have to watch the "auto-fill" paste in Excel '10. It can mess you up.

[number_cruncher]

From the science olympiad national tournament website

Compute This – Division B




Description: This event integrates Personal Computing (PC) technology, the Internet, and quantitative data analysis. Teams are presented with a problem that requires quantitative data capture from the public Internet and the organization and presentation of data in a graphical format. Short answer questions related to the problem are also included. Event Resources

Event Staff:

Location: Engineering Building I, Room 257 (ENGR-257)

Room Details: Computer lab with tables and computers. Computers have Office 2010, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Access. Includes IE9 and Google Chrome.

[stephritz929]

phew! thank you! i hope these are the same for states! Fridayyyy