Test Topics, Announcements, and Such...

Alright...just finished whipping up your multiple choice and free response tests, so I got the plan figured out for the rest of the week.

Wednesday: In class, we'll go to the computer lab and work on our SAT projects. I'm going to have to take some time making announcements and talking about some other things, so we'll be here Thursday as well.

Thursday: We'll be in the computer lab working on our SAT projects.

Friday: On Friday, you'll get your take home test, and can use the period to work on either this, or finish up your SAT paper. Use the whole period though...I'll be getting a list of people who waste the time and they'll be getting a "0." If you work, you get a 5/5 for that day.

And onto your test....

You will get the take home portion Friday and it is due Monday. It includes 17 multiple choice questions, each worth 2 points. It also includes 2 open ended questions (both with parts a,b) based on all this Normal model stuff, for 16 more points. So part 1 is worth 50 points, and DUE MONDAY. Simply working on this will inherently force you to study for Monday.

On Monday, you have the in class portion. You have 3 pages...each page has 2 questions on it, and you have to pick one. So, doing the math, that's 6 questions you get and you have to do 3. You'll have to work quickly, so get to class as early as possible, sit down, and get started. Each of the three questions will be worth 12 points, for a total of 36.

I've also got a bunch of AP questions for tomorrow and Thursday's review sessions to help us prepare.

For MONDAY, you need to know the following topics:

• Determining independence--analyzing a contingency table and using percentages to decide if two variables are associated or independent (check out chapter 3).
• Graphing--you need to know how to make categorical displays (bar graph, pie chart), and DEFINITELY a boxplot. Don't forget histograms and stemplots (stem and leaf)
• Comparing distributions--SOCS (using appropriate vocabulary, talking about mean or median for center, and talking about range/standard deviation/iqr for spread)
• Measures of center and spread (mean, median, midrange, range, IQR, standard deviation)
• When do we use each measure based on the shape of a distribution?
• How does the shape of a distribution affect the mean?

To review, look at the "Part 1" review in your textbook that follows chapter 6. We've covered up to this point. Use your resources to study--your text has good examples, as well as calculator procedures. Look online at this blog--check out practice tests. This is big, our first test.

Impress me right of the bat like I know you can. To be honest, like I expect you to.

Homework!

Homework tonight....

30, 32, 41, 43, 45.

We'll have a review after school both Wednesday and Thursday to wrap up the chapter We'll go through some AP problems, talk about how to write and analyze statistically, and get ready for the test....

Which will start Friday, with a take home/in class/open notes multiple choice section. Don't waste your class time though, b/c not only will you have to finish this for homework, but you'll be finishing up your SAT essays.

On Monday we'll have the open ended portion of our exam--I'll give you (probably) 5 free response AP questions and ask you to do 3. Study! Once the exam is made, I'll post a list of topics to study as well.

Homework!

Chapter 6 exercises (p. 125?): 24, 27, 29, 31, 33

Weekend!

Yay! Friday! Homework for the weekend, all classes, is chapter 5, 17, 18, 19, 21, 23, 25.

Sorry it's so late...

I apologize for the late update...hw tonight was the following:

Periods C,E: 1,3,5,4,8

Period F: 1,2, 14, 16

HW

Page 124 (chapter 6) problems 7 - 15 (odd).

Tuesday 9/22 and Monday 9/21

Sorry I blew it yesterday...your homework was to complete the chapter 5 quiz worksheet handed out in class.

As for today, periods C and E should read chapter 6. Remember, you can take notes if you like, and if so, you may use them on a potential reading quiz.

Period F, since you got the shaft on the textbooks, you're all set--no hw. Don't get used to it though, you just got lucky.

And tomorrow we get moving on chapter 6. What a great day. Way better than the Big E (I know, I've done chapter 6 and was at the Big E Sunday, there's no comparison).

Friday, September 18

Alright, here's the deal:

Period C: Today in class we'll work through some matching exercises with boxplots/histograms; for homework, you should complete the 10 multiple choice questions given in class, as well as the two boxplot AP problems (on the same sheet as our flexibility histogram quiz).

*If I suspect cheating on the AP problems (it's pretty easy to tell), your paper will simply be trashed.*

Periods E,F: Today we'll complete two AP problems in class, and for homework you have 10 multiple choice and one open ended question (handed out in class).

When we return Monday we'll begin looking at standard deviation, the Empirical Rule, and get into z-scores. Yessssssss. And it's the last chapter before our exam!

Parent's Night!

Big day today! Hopefully I'll get the chance to meet some of those parents/guardians and tell them how fantastic you all are. I was very impressed with your work today on the boxplot/histogram matching--that stuff's not easy. You'll see tomorrow when we hit up two more AP Problems.

Yesterday's (Wednesday) review session went well. Thank you very much to those of you who came! I know some people have after school obligations--no problemo. Just talk to me and I'll help you anytime. For those of you who have study halls/lunch during periods C, E, or F, anytime we're doing something you find tough feel free to come to one of those periods and see the Stat lesson a second time--it will probably help. And otherwise, I'm in my room B, G, and F. Always down to help.

Onto tonight's homework (for periods E and F since C got lucky with that assembly). Complete problems 27 and 28, as well as the "Olympics" problem on last night's worksheet. We'll do some boxplot AP problems tomorrow, and get crackin' on standard deviation and standardization on Monday (then it's test time--yay!).

Let's keep up the good work. You've all impressed me thus far with your consistency in homework and effort, and I have faith we can continue until the AP exam and all rock 3's, 4's, and 5's for scores.

And tomorrow's Friday!

HW: grapes, ozone, and #26 on the new sheet, 13 and 14 on last night's

Monday, 9/14

Got the first AP problem done today....that's a big day in the world of AP Stat.

Homework tonight: page 91: 3ab, 5a and range, 6, 7abc, 11ab.

For the homework, do all the parts that ask for median, mean, and range (what we've discussed in class so far). Tomorrow we'll start with the IQR, 5 Number Summary, and get into boxplots and standard deviation.

Thurs. 9/10/09

Yooooo...finally done with the graphs after tonight...time to get to some more intense stuff.

Your homework tonight is to complete the Quiz A/Quiz C worksheet. Not a quiz grade, just plain ol' homework. Do it up, b/c histograms are probably the most important thing we've discussed so far. We'll be using them all year, and you DEFINITELY will have a test question about them.

(And on Monday you'll probably have a pop quiz--1 AP problem [I mentioned it as a potential test question in class]--make sure you can draw a histogram and talk about SOCS!)

Wednesday, 9/9/09

So many 9's today!

HW: Chapter 3, page 65: 3, 4, 5, 7, 17, 22

For number 22, try to sketch a histogram rather than stem and leaf (since you did that in 17).

Good luck! Tomorrow I'll show you how to do some of this on your calculator.....save some time.....sorry.

Tuesday, Sept. 8

HW: Complete the multiple choice packet we started in class, and don't forget to skip short answer #10 (about job status and transportation I believe).

Thursday, Sept. 3

Homework: take home quiz on chapter two, handed out in class. Don't forget!

We got a chance to get into chapter 3 today...we'll get through that tomorrow, ideally, and then we can start doing some actual math when you return Tuesday.

First Post! Second day!

Sooooo....homework tonight....problems 13, 14, 15, 17, 19 on the w/sheet I gave you (which is page 17 in the book you'll receive soon). Remember, you need to find the following:

Who? (What is the source of our data...ie, in problem 13, where do we get the weight, sex, neck size, etc. from?)

What? (What information did we gather? And for each, is it quantitative or categorical)

When? Where? (Easy)

Why? (If it doesn't say, think of a logical reason...why would we want to know all this stuff?)

How? (Did we just look up information in a record/database? Survey? Experiment? Observational study?)