Inferential Stats 8/30/2013

http://flowingdata.com/2013/08/20/where-non-english-language-is-spoken-in-the-us/

What does this graph tell you?

If you were an educator, how could you use this data?

If you owned a retail business, how could you use this data?

What mistake might a person make in interpreting the meaning of the graph?

Stats Chapter 2 Notes

PowerPoints

Stats Resource

2013 Grad Report

Week of 8/19-8/23

Statistics

Monday

Nielsen Ratings p. 15; 1-8

Tuesday

1.3 Sampling and Experiment Design
p. 21; 9-25, 28

Wednesday/Thursday

p. 23;1-2
Chapter 1 Practice Test
Review in Class

Friday

Chapter 1 Test

Pre-AP Algebra 2

Monday

Pre-Req Skills Quiz (No Homework)

Tuesday

Work on Paired Activity 1.2. For homework, finish whatever not completed in class on Activity 1.2 (Solving absolute value equations and graph and solve one variable inequalities)

Wednesday/Thursday:

Large group discussion of Activity 1.2
Solving and graphing absolute value inequalities and compound inequalities...Worksheet

Friday:

Jigsaw Activity on Functions - Day 1

Pre-AP Algebra 2 Alternative Assignment for Friday

If you had to leave early for the discipline assembly and missed the group activity, here is your assignment in place of that... https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B1_qk-5PZmjPbEwtaW13TEExMlU/edit?usp=sharing

***On the last part...the fractions are horrendous.  If you convert to decimals, round to 3 places.

Challenge Problem

A man walks two-thirds of the distance across a railroad bridge

 

 

from point A to point B when he sees a train approaching at the

rate of 45 mph. He does a very quick calculation and realizes that

if he runs at a certain speed, let’s call it r, he can make it to either

end of the bridge and avoid the train. What is this value of r?

Stats ch 1 Power Points

Here are slides for Chapter 1...when you click on the link it will take you to a page where you can download or view them...it will be for the whole chapter...scroll to section you need.
http://cwx.prenhall.com/bookbind/pubbooks/esm_larson_elemstats_2/chapter1/deluxe.html