Name _______________________________ Date ____________ Block ____
Chapter 5 – Descriptive Statistics
Objective(s): Students will collect, present, analyze, and interpret data; Explore broad aspects of
descriptive statistics; Use the GDC to construct box-and-whisker plots and parallel box plots
Day 1 10.23
Opening Question: How does statistics affect the world in which we live? Give
examples of types of data that various organizations collect and analyze.
Class Topics:
Describing Data
Presenting and Interpreting Data
p110
p112
(The Pea Problem)
Grouped Discrete Data
p117
Homework
Classwork
– Exercise 5A: 1 a-j, 2a (only choose 2 from #1a-j) 2b (only choose 2 from #1a-j)
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Exercise 5B: 1 and 6
Class Activity- Collecting, Organizing, and Interpreting Data
Mini Group Project: 2 students per group
Ask your classmates a question that will allow you to collect categorical or quantitative data such as:
Organize and display your data using a method discussed in class. Be prepared to present your
findings to the class. Your presentation should include: question asked, data analysis, and
construction of graph along with a verbal explanation of the graph. List any generalizations and/or
predictions you can make from your findings, if any? Tell what each member contributed to the
activity.
*Note: A rubric with more specific guidelines will be given.
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DUE: Nov. 5 - Day 5
Homework – complete CW, p 119 – Investigation 2, Exercise 5C: 1, Class Activity
Topics for Note-taking: class, class interval, interval data, relative frequency, cumulative frequency,
cumulative relative frequency, histogram, frequency polygon, measures used for the middle of a
distribution, bimodal, Greek letter sigma, midpoint of a class interval, methods for computing the
median of grouped continuous data-p137, percentiles
Day 2 10.25
Class Topics:
Continuous Data
Frequency Distribution Tables
Summarizing the Data
GDC-Mean, Median, Mode
p121
p123
p128
Classwork/Homework – Exercise 5E: 5; 5F.1: 4a-c, 7,11; 5F.2: 2, Class Activity
Topics for Note-taking: range, lower quartile, upper quartile, interquartile range, five-number
summary of a box plot, computing outliers with boxplots-p147,
Chapter 5 Syllabus Continued…
10/30 & 11/01
Days 3 & 4
Class Topics:
Measuring the Spread of Data
Box-and-Whisker plots
Statistics Using Technology
Parallel Box Plots
GDC-Box Plots
p141
p146
p155
p158
Classwork: Make sure data for Class Activity is collected for Day 4 Presentation
Homework: 5G: 1, 3, 5; 5H:3; 5J.1 a-d; 5K: 3 and 4
Day 5
11/05
Class Presentations
Classwork: Students will use rubrics to assess oral presentations.
Homework: Read about standard deviation, p149-154
Topics for Note-Taking: standard deviation, dispersal of data, become familiar with variables of
standard deviation formula for ungrouped and grouped data, class midpoint, variance, coefficient of
variation
Assignment: 5 I.1: 2, 4a-b, 6; 5 I.2: 3
11/08 & 11/13
Days 6 & 7
Class Topics:
Standard Deviation
Complete Presentations w/ Rubrics
Review of Chapter 5
Classwork Assignment: Review Set 5A _____________________________
Review Set 5B _____________________________
Homework: Study for test
Day 8
11/15
Class Topics/Discussion:
A Possible Project p160
Review of Chapter 5
HW Quiz Chapter 5
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