Stat 243Z (Phillips)

For now, there is almost nothing here: just links to WeBWorK and Canvas, and my email address and email instructions.

Quick links:

• Canvas. (Still primitive, but the syllabus, used lecture files, and some other things are there.)
• Instructor link to WeBWorK. Students (these instructions have not been tested; I hope they are correct): go to Canvas, then Assignments, then WeBWorK, then choose the WeBWorK assignment you want to work on. "Week1-Wed" has been posted there, but its due date has been changed to Thursday.

A preliminary version of the syllabus is here.

To block "return receipt email", "self destructing email", phishing, etc., I use an email program which does not understand html (web page code). It also organizes incoming messages by date, not sender. Not following the instructions below may result in your email being unreadable, or simply being overlooked and not read.

Email. The subject line of your message must start with "S243Z", followed by your last name, then first initial, then the actual subject.

When emailing me, please use plain text (7 bit ASCII) only. That is, only the characters found on a standard English language keyboard; no curved quotation marks, curved apostrophes, accented letters, Greek letters, etc. In particular:

• No html encoded (web page format, or "styled") messages. See "Configuring Mail Clients to Send Plain ASCII Text" for how to turn off html. (The University of Oregon webmail program is apparently capable of sending plain text email.)
• See writing mathematics in plain text email.
• No binary files or attachments (except by prior arrangement). When they are accepted, see the restrictions on formats, file names, etc. (pdf).
• No Microsoft Word or Powerpoint files. I do not accept these under any circumstances, since they can invade privacy and I don't have software that reads them.
• No mime encoding or other encoding of ordinary text messages.

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This page maintained by N. Christopher Phillips, email. Please email plain text (7 bit ASCII) only (no web page coded files, Microsoft Word documents Powerpoint documents, binary characters, etc.; see above for more).

Last significant change: 3 January 2026. (Routine updates to course materials as the course progresses are not considered "significant".)