Chapter 8 Handouts Posted

I have posted the slides for Wednesday's class. You can download them here.

Exam I Grades Posted

The points for Exam I are posted on Blackboard. There were a few questions that a relatively large percentage of the class missed, so I calculated the points as the number of correct answers divided by 46.5.

With the curve, the statistics for the exam are:

Mean	79
StDev	12.74
Min	47
Max	105
Mode	82

The grade distribution is provided below. There were an equal number of A's and D's and F's, making it a pretty good normal distribution, although skewed slightly toward the higher end. This is about what you would expect from an exam.

Wednesday's Exam

As we discussed in class, Wednesday's exam will cover Chapters 1-7. There are no slides for Chapter 1, but there may be a few questions from the notes on the first day of class. (If you missed that class, you should get the notes from a team member or classmate).

The breakdown for the exam will probably be around 10% from chapter 1, 40% from Chapters 2-5 and 50% from Chapters 6-7.

I am putting a copy of an older edition of the textbook on reserve in the library, so if you don't have a textbook, you can check it out for two hours during library hours. I can't guarantee you won't miss anything with an older version, but it should be OK. (It should be available this evening.)

Use your PowerPoints as a study guide, but definitely look over the chapters in the book to understand the material in more detail.

Chapter 6-7 Handouts Posted

The handouts are posted for Chapters 6-7. You can download them here.

We'll also have our first group presentation on Wednesday.

Chapter 2-5 Handouts Posted

The handouts for Wednesday's lecture (Chapters 2-5) is available for download here.

There are quite a few slides, but we won't go over them one by one. It's as much a study guide as anything else.

If you have any problem downloading, please email me. I was having some server issues, but I believe I fixed them. I have been able to download with no issues; for some reason the Powerpoint file seemed to be causing problems. That's why the handouts are in PDF.

Case Assignments

I have assigned the cases requested so far, and the list is below. I haven't gotten a request from Groups 6 and 9, so basically you can choose between the remaining cases (first-come, first-served):

• Case 3-1 (Oct. 21)
• Consumer Insight 16-1 (Nov. 18)
• Consumer Insight 18-1 (Dec. 2)

Here are the case assignments:

• Group #1: Case 3-7 (Yaris) (Oct. 7)
• Group #2: Case 3-6 (Revlon For Men) (Oct. 21)
• Group #3: Case 3-3 (Jack Links) (Oct. 14)
• Group #4: Consumer Insight 8-1 (Sept. 30)
• Group #5: Consumer Insight 8-2 (Sept. 30)
• Group #6: TBD
  
• Group #7: Case 2-7 (Mosquito Magnet) (Sept. 16)
• Group #8: Case 3-2 (Levis) (Oct. 7)
• Group #9: Consumer Insight 13-1 (Nov. 4) (Updated 9-30)
  
• Group #10: Case 3-9 (Preventive Care) (Oct. 14)

It looks like everyone chose to present in September or October ... I hope I didn't scare you by saying that the grading would be more stringent in later cases. By early October, it will have pretty much leveled out.

Your Case Selection

As discussed in class, I have created a form that will allow you to rank your Top Five preferred cases. Just drag the cases to the order you prefer. It's sort of like a Netflix queue. Don't worry about ranking below the top five ... I will ignore everything below #5.

If there are ties, the time submitted is the tie-breaker. Remember, only one submission per group, please. If one group turns in multiple requests, I'll use the most recent one.

The form is available here.