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Friday, November 22, 2013

Fresh Start Monday!

I hope you all aced the test today!

***If you were absent today please make up the test during study hall or lunch (Monday or Tuesday) or after school (Monday).***

On Monday we'll begin our new unit--we've been doing tons of work analyzing data--with our next unit, we'll start to explore where all that data comes from and how it should be gathered.

This weekend, please complete the chapter 11 reading questions provided in class. This will count as a quiz grade (and is collected Monday)--get a 100%!

Don't forget we'll really wrap up unit 2 on Tuesday with our matching vocab test.

Here are the questions for the weekend (in case you lost your paper):

Chapter 11 Reading Questions: These will be collected and graded for completion on Monday.
1.       Statistically speaking, what does it mean for something to be random?
2.       What are pseudorandom numbers?
3.       On page 259 there is a sentence highlighted in blue; this is an incredibly important idea—it describes the importance of randomness. Please copy this highlighted sentence in the space below. (On a side note, the tidbit about shuffling below is pretty interesting…check it out if you like!)
4.       Read the outline of a simulation, starting at the bottom of page 259-261. Use this information (and the bolded words on page 260) to complete the table below:

Definition:
Example (based on the example on page 259):
Simulation


Component


Outcome


Trial


Response Variable











5.       List/describe the 7 steps for creating a simulation (outlined at the bottom of page 260). (We’ll be writing simulations in this chapter so this is pretty important). Read the “step-by-step” example on page 262 to see another example of these steps in action.
6.       Write the steps you will follow (on your calculator to generate random integers (yellow box on page 263!). In other words, what buttons do you press? When you choose randint( what do you have to type in?
On separate paper, please complete page 266: 1,3, and 4 (the questions are written below, so you won’t need your book):
1.        Is a coin flip random? Why or why not, in your opinion?
3.       Many states run lotteries, giving away millions of dollars if you match a certain set of winning numbers. How are those numbers determined? Do you think this method guarantees randomness? Why or why not?
4.       Many kinds of games people play rely on randomness. What are (at least) 3 different ways commonly used to achieve randomness?

In other words, pretend you’re trying to choose who will drive to the movies amongst 5 friends. What are at least 3 different ways you can randomly choose a driver?

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

What do you want us to put in the blank space for number four AP Stats. Do u want us to make up our own example or copy the ones from the book

Anonymous said...

What do you want us to put in the blank space for number four AP Stats. Do u want us to make up our own example or copy the examples from the book