UNIT 3 STATISTICS PROJECT
Topic Ideas
1. Height (in inches)
2. Number of Siblings
3. Number of Pets
4. Number of Languages Spoken
5. Number of A’s and B’s during First Semester
6. Number of Pops you drink in a day
7. Number of text messages you send in a day
8. Number of Twitter followers
9. Number of tweets made per day
10.Number of Facebook friends
11.Number of hours playing sports or being physically active per week
12.Number of fast food meals you eat in a week
13.How many hours of T.V. you watch per week
14.How many hours do you spend doing homework each week
15.Number of extracurricular activities you are involved in
16.Number of hats you own
17.Number of pairs of shoes you own
18.Number of jeans you own
19.Number of hours spent with friends per week
20.Number of hours on electronic games per week
21.Number of books read in a year
22.Allowance amount per month
23.Number of songs on your music player (iPod, mp3 player, phone)
24.Number of pictures on your phone
25.Number of times you come in for academic help after school in a month
26.Number of bottles of water you drink per day
27.On a scale from 1- ‐10, rate your freshman year of high school so far
28.Number of hours of sleep you get on most weeknights
29.Number of minutes per day you spend on your cellphone (talking, texting, apps, Internet, etc.)
30.Number of years you have lived in Des Moines (only ask freshmen to be consistent)
UNIT 7 STATISTICS PROJECT
Instructions
Task 1
Select a topic from the list of available project ideas (Link is on its learning). Use that topic to write a survey question that can be asked in your sample to get the results necessary to complete the tasks of this project.
Create a Google Form that indicates your question and a column showing the results of each person in your sample.
Your sample size must be a minimum of 20 people, and your tally sheet must include labels and units. You will begin collecting data from your present math class. All data should be collected by the time your class meets again on “Block Days.”
Task 2
Part A –
You will tabulate (organize using a table) your data results from your sample of 50
or more.
Part B –
These results should then be presented in a Horizontal Line of Data. An example is given below.
Data Set:
0, 1, 1, 1,2, 4, 6, 6, 7, 7, 7, 9, ,9, 10, 10
Part C –
Using your sample data results, you will find the statistical distribution. Range Find the difference between the maximum and minimum of the data. Outlier Find the data point that is clearly separated from the rest of the data.
Task 3
Create a circle/pie graph of your results with appropriate colors and labels/units. Use proper headings and number formats.
