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Data Analysis - AP Statistics ActivityData Analysis - AP Statistics Activity
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Fort Bend Independent School District
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11th - Higher Ed
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21 days
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Data Analysis - AP Statistics

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What better way to study survey design than to design your own survey! Bring a versatile data analysis project to your AP Statistics class, and encourage them to apply the practices from their instructions to a real-world survey project.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

data collection, data analysis, mean, standard deviation, five-number summaries, box and whisker plots, histograms, stem and leaf plots, statistics

Additional Tags

math

Instructional Ideas

  • Use as a culminating project for a data collection and analysis unit
  • Assign the project as a group activity, and provide a list of potential populations to analyze
  • Combine with social studies or sociology to analyze a specific topic or concept

Classroom Considerations

  • Meant to be a long-term project
  • Provides specific dates

Pros

  • Directions are outlined well and expectations are clear
  • Provides a grading outline for straightforward assessment
  • Sets reasonable expectations and deadlines for different stages of the project
  • Does not detail a specific topic to research, making the project as flexible as you need it to be

Cons

  • None

Common Core

HSS-ID.A.4 HSS-IC.B.3

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