October 2011
Intermediate to advanced
752 pages
22h 56m
English
Content preview from Workshop Statistics: Discovery with Data, Fourth Edition
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List of Activities Using Student-Generated Data
The following activities/exercises ask students to analyze data about themselves and their classmates that they collect in the Collect Data section of the topic.
| Penny Thoughts | 2-1 |
| Student Travels | 2-3 |
| Generation M | 4-14 |
| Memorizing Letters | 5-5, 7-15, 8-13, 9-19, 10-9, 22-3, 23-3 |
| Lifetime Achievements | 6-3, 6-6, 24-18 |
| Watching Films | 6-17, 6-18 |
| Age Guesses | 8-20, 20-13, 20-14 |
| Salary Expectations | 8-26 |
| Social Acquaintances | 9-8, 9-9, 10-13, 10-14, 19-9, 19-10, 20-12 |
| Candy Colors | 13-1 |
| Calling Heads or Tails | 15-10, 17-14, 17-15, 24-19 |
| Flat Tires | 17-3, 17-10, 17-16, 24-17 |
| Sleeping Times | 19-4, 19-5, 19-12, 19-19, 20-2 |
| Close Friends | 22-1, 22-5, 22-22 |
| Chip Melting | 23-2, 26-20, 29-15 |
| Heights, Handspans, and Foot Lengths | 26-5, 29-12, 29-13, 29-14 |
In the following activities, students perform simulations on their own and then combine their results with those of their classmates.
| Sampling Words | 4-1, 4-2, 4-3, 4-4, 4-7, 4-8, 8-9, 9-15, 10-23, 14-6, 20-26 |
| Testing Strength Shoes | 5-1, 5-2, 5-3 |
| Dolphin Therapy | 5-25, 21-1 |
| Random Babies | 11-1, 11-2, 14-8, 16-17, 20-16, 20-22 |
| Coin Ages | 12-16, 14-1, 14-2, 19-15 |
| Penny Activities | 16-9, 16-10, 16-11, 17-9, 18-14, 18-15 |
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