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Tuesday, September 4, 2018

Tuesday Homework, Upcoming Quizzes

Tonight please complete the following in your textbook--and check your answers for the odds!

Page 65: 7, 22 (period A: I took out #19 AND change 21 to 22)

  • For #7a, "Describe this distribution," I want you to write a few sentences describing what this graph tells you about the sugar content (as a % of weight) of these brands of breakfast cereals...
    • Some ideas to consider:: what is the range of sugar content? What is the median sugar content? What amounts of sugar content do cereals cluster around?
  • For #22 please create a histogram--use a bin width of 10
Page 94: 23, 42
  • For 42, ignore the directions--I want you to use this data to create a boxplot

We will start class tomorrow with our "Analyzing Context" quiz (just like the homework due today)--come ready to earn an A!

And on Thursday we'll start class with our first (multiple choice) vocab quiz (chapter 2)--the vocab list is below!
  • All or some of these words will be on your vocab quiz, which is entirely multiple choice
  • You will be given the word and asked to choose the best definition, or given the definition and must choose the correct term
  • Data
  • Categorical Data/Variable
  • Quantitative Data/Variable
  • statistic(s)
  • Statistics
  • relative (just means to use %'s!)
  • What statistics are used to summarize quantitative data?
    • Which are measures of center? Of spread?
  • What graphical displays are used with quantitative data?
  • What statistic is used to summarize categorical data?
  • What graphical displays are used with categorical data?
  • Response variable(s): this is what we are measuring or recording in a study
  • Experiment
  • (Sample) Survey
  • Observational Study

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