ANNE M. HOLLAND MEMORIAL LIBRARY

at Our Lady of the Elms High School

PROBABILITY, STATISTICS, & FUNCTIONS CHAP. 1-3 PROJECT

100 points:

5 minute Oral Presentation (25 points) 

                                Written Report (75 points)

Assigned:  10/31/06  Due Dates & Points:  20 points:
Topic and data file for approval (10 points) due 11/4/06
Bar or Pie chart and Histogram drafts (10 points) due 11/6/06 (you    need to pick up my comments by the end of the day 11/6/06)

  Suggested references:  

http://www.infohio.org- Use Britannica Encyclopedia, Newspaper database to look for raw data.

 
www.lib.stat.cmu.edu/DASL  

 
www.census.gov Census data good source of raw data

 
www.amstat.org (the article Community Service Statistics Project by Anderson and Sungur that was provided can be found at                                                             www.amstat.org/publications/tas/anderson.pdf

                                 

Use your service project from theology class or other subject as your topic.  I will pair up the students with a classmate by similar topics.  Each pairing will turn in one written report and do one presentation together.  Your final report and presentation will need to use descriptive and inferential statistics, follow the guidelines below, and will need to include the following items and terms: (the points are the breakdown for the report and presentation)

Y   Must use class time in library to work on this project (10 points)

Y   A few typed paragraphs should be sufficient.  There is no exact length, and make sure to follow the guidelines you would use to write a paper for English class (MLA) (5 points)

Y   Hand or computer generated charts and graphs (5 points)

Y   Use the internet or other sources as resources and make sure to cite in your report (10 points)

Y   Use either a univariate or bivariate data set.  You must manipulate the data to have – one categorical data set, and one numerical data set, either discrete or continuous (10 points)

Y   The data must be displayed in frequency distributions (2) – make sure there is enough data to analyze (5 points)

Y   A bar or pie chart is required for the categorical data (5 points)

Y   A histogram is required for the numerical data (5 points)

Y   Summarize the Community Service Statistics Project by Anderson and Sungur article (5 points)

Y   Summarize your topic (5 points)

Y   State whether the data found supports or refutes your reason for choosing your topic  (the date of the data my be a factor)(5 points)

Y   State the population and sample in your data file, how it was collected (i.e. random, stratified, bias, . . . ), or state if the information is unknown and how that may impact the data and conclusions (10 points)

Y   Analyze and draw conclusions – comment on the data and charts and graphs (i.e. how categories related, histogram shape, outliers) (10 points)

Y   Discuss if any design principles used or not and how this may have an impact on the results (10 points)

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