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Re: cases in outline?

Post by Amy wineBerry » Wed Oct 06, 2010 9:23 pm

goosey wrote:out of curiousity, what program do you use for flowcharts?
id like to make some but am technologically challenged
Keeping it simple with excel after I do a rough sketch by hand. Granted, if I'm feeling really adventurous, I may take it back to elementary and get a large sheet of paper and neatly draw it out...I'm never really that adventurous though :|

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Re: cases in outline?

Post by goosey » Wed Oct 06, 2010 9:24 pm

how do you do this on excel?

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Re: cases in outline?

Post by Amy wineBerry » Wed Oct 06, 2010 9:39 pm

goosey wrote:how do you do this on excel?
I was fortunate enough to learn in high school after having a class devoted to excel. Also, I had to make them when I worked. I'd refer to ehow.

Mac: http://www.ehow.com/how_5049897_create- ... t-mac.html

PC: http://www.ehow.com/how_4743385_make-fl ... excel.html

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Re: cases in outline?

Post by rando » Wed Oct 06, 2010 9:55 pm

How many profs will take points off for not including cases on your exam?

Exactly.

Include cases in your outline. Cite them on the exam. Even if you don't get explicit bonus points, your prof may subconsciously boost you. There is no good reason not to include cases.

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Re: cases in outline?

Post by Whatisthis » Sat Oct 09, 2010 3:47 pm

If you don't cite to a case, what do you do?

Do you just state the rule without any support?

I just finished my 2nd week of school, so I'm still new to the process, but I assumed you had to support a rule on an exam.

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Re: cases in outline?

Post by kalvano » Sat Oct 09, 2010 3:58 pm

Whatisthis wrote:If you don't cite to a case, what do you do?

Do you just state the rule without any support?

I just finished my 2nd week of school, so I'm still new to the process, but I assumed you had to support a rule on an exam.

I think they assume if you know the rule, you know where it came from.

Barring instructions otherwise, I don't see any reason not to cite a case that is directly on point with a hypo fact. Even if you don't have to, I doubt many professors would object.

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Re: cases in outline?

Post by uci2013 » Sun Oct 10, 2010 12:44 am

goosey wrote:out of curiousity, what program do you use for flowcharts?
id like to make some but am technologically challenged
Freemind. Can be used on any OS as far as I can tell.

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