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Bell work. Answer the following question on your own; What is the mean in the chart above? What is the median in the chart above ? http ://www.learner.org/courses/learningmath/data/session10/part_b/indexk2.html. What is a statistical question?.
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Bell work Answer the following question on your own; • What is the mean in the chart above? • What is the median in the chart above? http://www.learner.org/courses/learningmath/data/session10/part_b/indexk2.html
What is a statistical question? A statistical question is one that can be answered by collecting data and where there will be variability in that data.
Which of the following is a statistical question and why? 1. How many days are in February? 2. How old is your favorite pet? 3. How old are the students in this class? 4. What percent of people like chocolate? 5. Do you like chocolate? 6. How many walls are in this room?
Are there any questions about the characteristics of a statistical question?
What is a the difference between a sample and the overall population? Turn to your partner and discuss
Fifteen 8th grade students were surveyed about the benefits of early release days. • Identify the sample. • Identify the possible population.
Turn to the person nearest you and discuss which of the following would be a good sample for the student population of this school? • All of the students who went to the Winter Concert. • The students sitting in the 4th seat of all the classrooms. • The students who take a bus to school. • The students who are serving detention today.
A hypothesis is Asupposition or proposed explanation made on the basis of limited evidence as a starting point for further investigation.
Are there any questions about hypothesis or how to generate a hypothesis?
Survey questionnaires present a set of questions to a subject who with his/her responses will provide data to a researcher.
Histogram • Circle graphs/ Pie chart • Bar graphs • Stem and leaf plot • Dot plot • Scatter plot
histogram http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Histogram
Circle graph/ pie chart https://www.google.com/search?q=circle+graph&espv=2&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=Se6qU5COJK_fsATs_IDwDA&ved=0CJ0BEIke&biw=1517&bih=
Bar graph http://www.enchantedlearning.com/math/graphs/bargraph/
Stem and leaf http://www.shmoop.com/basic-statistics-probability/stem-leaf-plots.html
Dot plot http://www.mathsisfun.com/data/dot-plots.html
Scatter plot http://www.sixsigmatrainingconsulting.com/uncategorized/scatter-plots-for-visualization-of-relationships/
Aninference is an idea or conclusion that's drawn from evidence and reasoning. An inference is an educated guess based on the data. www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/inference
What inferences can be made about Blood Donors? http://www.ck12.org/book/Basic-Probability-and-Statistics-A-Full-Course/r4/section/7.2/
What inferences can be made about students favorite color? http://www.enchantedlearning.com/math/graphs/bargraph/
What inferences can be made about sports? http://www.mathsisfun.com/definitions/pie-chart-pie-graph.html
What inferences can be made about the profits of this company? http://mste.illinois.edu/courses/ci330ms/youtsey/barinfo.html
Are there any questions about how to make inferences from different types of graphs?