Laptops & Headphones

Recently someone asked if they should bring their laptop and headphones to every class meeting. The realistic answer is: probably.

Here's the bottom line: At almost every class session we'll view a spreadsheet construction movie and you'll be provided some time to work on your own spreadsheets. Some of you may want to review part of the movie on your own during this time—and thus headphones are needed. Most of you will want to do spreadsheet construction work on your own computer—and thus a laptop is needed.

All that said, if you want to buddy up with someone in class so you share a laptop and headphones then that's fine. It will mean you'll need to add to your own spreadsheet later at home, but that's not a real problem and in fact might be beneficial for learning the material well.

Put differently, if you want to work with at stats buddy then only one of you need to bring a laptop/headphones combo. If you'd prefer to work on your own then, well, bring your own gear.