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Estimate and plot the ages of various celebrities, analyze data points, and compare your guesses to actual ages.
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Estimating Age Write down the age of each of the following people in the x column on your paper. Make your best guess!
How well did you estimate? Write down the actual age of each of these personalities in the y column on your paper.
Actual Ages • Tiger Woods – 33 -- December 30, 1975 • Oprah Winfrey – 55 -- January 24, 1954 • Michael Jordan – 46 -- February 17, 1963 • Steve Carell – 47 -- April 16, 1962 • Brad Pitt -- 46 -- December 18, 1963 • John Grisham --54-- February 8, 1955 • President Obama – 48-- August 4, 1961
Actual Ages • Ringo Starr – 69 -- July 7, 1940 • Cameron Diaz – 37-- August 30, 1972 • Tom Cruise -- 47 -- July 3, 1962 • Serena Williams – 28-- September 26, 1981 • Nelson Mandella -- 91 -- July 18, 1918 • Garth Brooks -- 47 -- February 7, 1962 • George W. Bush -- 63 -- July 6, 1946
Actual Ages • Taylor Swift – 19 -- Dec. 13, 1989 • Kanye West – 32 -- June 8, 1977 • Robert Pattinson – 23 -- May 13, 1986 • Lady Gaga – 23 -- March 28, 1986 • Derek Jeter – 35 -- June 26, 1974 • Miley Cyrus – 17 -- November 23, 1992 • Nick Jonas – 17 -- Sept 16, 1992
Scatter Plot Draw a scatter plot of your guesses and actual age for each celebrity. x = your guess y = actual age Remember to label the x and y axis and title the graph!
Scatter Plot • What observations can be made about the scatter plot? • What would the scatter plot look like if you guessed all of the ages correctly?
Comparing our Guesses What would out line look like if we guessed everyone’s age correctly?? Plot that line on your scatter plot
Analyze Data • What do we know about data points that were plotted below our y = x line? • What do we know about data points that were plotted above our y = x line? • What if our points lie on the line? • How accurate were you compared to your partner?
HOMEWORK Come up with 3 more celebrities to add to my list. You must provide their name and birthday (including year) They can be young, old, or even fictional as long as they have an “age” to guess.