Week 5: Forum Assignments

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Week 5: Forum Assignments

Student Topics and Questions

Each week you are required to actively participate in the Student Topics and Questions area of the Discussion Forum by midnight Saturday. This can be:

Introducing at least one additional conversation related to this week's learning outcomes. This can be a comment about this week's topics or a question you have.

Responding to questions posted by your classmates in the Week 5 Forum, if you know the answer.

Posting a meaningful reply within a conversation thread started by another student.

Replies must go beyond "good post" or "I agree". Your reply must add something substantive to the conversation.

Discussion Questions

Question 1:

By midnight Thursday, post an answer to the following discussion question:

Describe a real world application for a Map that uses hashing.

Explain what algorithm would be good to generate a hash code for your example.

Post your answer to the Week 5 Forum under the Discussion Question 1 topic.

Question 2:

By midnight Thursday, post an answer to the following discussion question:

Present an example of at least one of the hashing methods listed in online Content sections 5.5.1, 5.5.2, and 5.5.4.

Define the constraints (hash table size, etc) and what type of data key you will use.

Then present at least two sample keys and explain what address they would map to.

NOTE: You must choose a method that has not yet been posted, until all methods have been demonstrated at least once. Then choose one that has only been presented once, etc.

Post your answer to the Week 5 Forum under the Discussion Question 2 topic.

NOTE: Your discussion question examples must be unique from any example presented in the course content or readings, and also must not have been posted by another student.

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Weekly Feedback

By midnight Sunday, you must write a Weekly Feedback Summary that includes answers to the following:

What did you find most affirming and helpful this week?

What did you find most puzzling or confusing this week?

What about the class this week surprised you the most? (This could be something about your own reactions to what went on, or something that someone did, or anything else that occurs to you.)

Anything else that you might like to add about this week.

Post your feedback to the the Week 5 Forum under the Weekly Feedback topic.

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