- Make a tree diagram for flipping a coin 4 times.
- Score 1 point for each head.
- Calculate the mean (x-bar) and standard deviation.
- Find three sites that give polls for your undecided state.
- Keep track of when they unanimously announce that a winner is predicted
- When this happens, cut/glue/mark the state and its electoral votes on our class chart
- Collect more information about your pollster and its polls. Be prepared to plot your polls on Thursday or earlier.
Sunday, September 28, 2008
(17) DUE: Monday, October 6
(16) DUE: Friday, October 3
- Write up what you have learned about:
- Empirical vs. Theoretical data
- Simulations vs. Tree diagrams
- Normal distribution and how it relates to 2-dice sums
(15) DUE: Thursday, October 2
- Read Normal Distribution and Standard Deviation Facts (2 pages).
- LEARN!
- On your histogram for 100 datapoints, mark x-bar, x-bar + or - 1s, x-bar + or - 2s, and x-bar + or - 3s.
- Calculate percentage within 1s, 2s, and 3 s
(14) DUE: Wednesday, October 1
- Complete 100 datapoints.
- Make a histogram of the data.
- x-axis: possible outcomes (2 - 12)
- y-axis: frequency (fill one box per datapoint)
- Make table
- 1st row: Possible outcomes (2 - 12)
- 2nd row: Frequency (counts)
- 3rd row: percentage of total number of datapoints (round to tenths)
- NEAT. Colorful.
Sunday, September 21, 2008
(12) DUE: Monday, September 29
- Dollars for Education Investigation
- You may work with others, subject to the rules on Academic Honesty
- COMPARE and CONTRAST the Eastern and Western states. Don't just list statistics.
- Hand in:
- Cover problem
- Typed report
- Dataset sheet
- Back-to-back stemplot
- Signed Academic Honesty
- Make sure your compare Massachusetts to both the Eastern and Western states
- Are you proud/happy that you live in MA re: support of public education?
(11) DUE: Friday, September 26
- Histogram, Boxplot, and Stemplot TEST
- Prepare ONE 5 X 7 notecard with any thing you want on it to help you on the test.
- You may want TI-83 calculator steps
(10) DUE: Thursday, September 25
- Do problem (4) SAT
- Write up notes on histograms, boxplots, and stemplots
- Explain CUSS for each
(8) DUE: Tuesday, September 23
- Do problem (1) Fitness, and (2) Babe Ruth on histograms and stemplots
(7) Due: Monday, September 22
- Choose:
- Watch NUMB3RS @ 10 pm Friday night on channel 4
- Write a one line synopsis of the story
- Write a paragraph about the math
- Go online and find an election poll taken within one week.
- 6Ws and your opinion
(5) Due: Thursday, September 18
- Graph time to school in a back-toback stemplot with the sides being:
- Public transportation
- Car
(4) DUE: Wednesday, September 17
- Graph histogram and boxplot for class data on STAT paper handed out in class:
- Number of siblings
- time to schoool
- Shoe Size
Saturday, September 6, 2008
(3) DUE: Tuesday, September 23
- Polling experiment
- Put 20 objects (all the same size) in a bag: 11 of one color and 9 or another color. (Paper will do, but game pieces, buttons, Fruit Loops, etc. might be better. Just make sure that you can't tell them apart when they are in the bag.)
- Pick 10 out, one at a time and replacing after each pick.
- Record the percentage of the MAJORITY (the one with the 12) color.
- Example: You have 12 red and 8 white. You pick 3 red and 7 white. Answer: 30%.
- Bring your data to school so we can analyze it.
(2) Due: Monday, September 22
- Find your own article in a newspaper or online
- If you look online, possible keywords: election, polls, voting
- Paste it to a sheet of paper
- List and explain the 6 Ws
- Who did they survey?
- What did they ask them?
- When was the survey done?
- Where were the people who were surveyed from?
- Why (the motive) was the survey done?
- How was the survey taken?
(1) DUE: September 12
- Read your statistics survey article. Write a brief summary (2 - 3 sentences) that your table partner can read and know what the article said.
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