UNIT 7 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

Over  the  following  week  you  will  complete  a  statistics  project.  Each  day  you  will  complete  another  section.  On  
the  final  day,  you  will  compile  all  the  data  collected  and  analyzed  onto  a  poster  board.  
   
 
 
Task  1  
 
You  will  select  a  topic  from  the  list  of  available  project  ideas.  Each  student  in  your  class  will  have  a  different  
project.  You  will  then  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  tally  sheet  that  indicates  your  question  and  a  
column  showing  the  results  of  each  person  in  your  sample.  Your  sample  size  must  be  a  minimum  of  50  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  “Day  2.”  
 
 
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  stem  and  left  plot.  An  example  is  given  below.      
 

Rewrite  by  
putting  the  
data  in  order  

 
 
Part  C  –  Using  the  stem  and  leaf  plot  data  and  your  sample  data  results,  you  will  find  the  statistical  
distribution.  Follow  the  sample  below.  In  addition,  include  the  range  and  any  outliers  (if  any).  
 
 

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         Poster board should be brought to school.      

 
Create  a  circle/pie  graph  of  your  results  with  appropriate  colors  and  labels/units.  Use  proper  headings  and  
number  formats.  An  example  is  given  below.  
Task  4  
 
Part  A  –  Create  a  histogram  or  bar  graph.  Use  appropriate  intervals  and  proper  chart  formats  with  headings  
and  labels  (including  units).    An  example  is  given  below.  
Part  B  –  Create  a  box-­‐and-­‐whisker  plot  of  your  results.  Be  sure  to  include  all  parts  of  the  five-­‐number  
summary  and  all  appropriate  labels.  An  example  is  given  below.  

(Median of 1st half of data)

(Median of 2nd half of data)

Task  5  
 
Part  A  –  Write  a  minimum  of  a  five-­‐sentence  summary  of  your  findings.  Use  the  following  questions  to  guide  
you  in  writing  this  summary.          
 
1. What  conclusion  can  you  make  based  on  the  results  you  collected?  
2. Do  you  think  there  were  any  variables  (reasons)  that  might  have  made  your  results  what  they  were?  
3. Based  on  the  survey/data  sampling  you  collected,  do  you  believe  it  is  a  good  representation  of  the  
students  at  LHS?  
4. Based  on  the  survey/data  sampling  you  collected,  which  method(s)  of  representation  best  fits  your  
data  and  why?  
5. After  completing  this  assignment/project,  are  there  any  areas  of  statistics  that  are  still  not  clear  to  
you?    Be  as  specific  as  possible.  
 
 
Part  B  –  Organize  all  components  on  a  poster  board  for  your  final  project  grade.    Your  poster  board  should  
include  the  following:  
• The  survey  question  (as  the  title)  
• Your  initial  table  with  the  data  results  you  collected  
• A  list  of  the  five  statistical  measures  
• All  four  charts/graphs  that  were  created  
• Your  project  summary      
 

UNIT 7 STATISTICS PROJECT RUBRIC

    0   1   2   3   4  
S-­‐ID2a   LT1:  Data   No  data  or  data     Sample  size  is         Sample  size  
collection   sample  is  less   20  –  49     50  
  than  20  
LT2:  Stem-­‐and-­‐ No  display     Set  up  properly     Set  up  
Leaf   with  errors   accurately  with  
no  error  
LT3:  Statistical   No  statistical   1  or  2  statistical   3  statistical   4  statistical   All  5  statistical  
Measures   measures   measures   measures   measures   measures  
correctly   correctly   correctly   correctly  
calculated   calculated   calculated   calculated  
S-­‐ID2b   LT4:  Pie  Chart   No  chart     Set  up  correctly     Set  up  correctly  
with  no  label   with  label  
LT5:  Histogram   No  chart     Set  up  correctly     Set  up  correctly  
with  no  label   with  label  and  
and  intervals   intervals  
LT6:  Box  and   No  display     All  parts     All  parts  
Whisker   included  with   included  with  
no  labels   labels  
S-­‐ID3   LT7:  Summary   None   1  –  2  sentences   3-­‐5  sentences   3-­‐4  sentences   5-­‐sentence  with  
but  not  specific   but  not  specific   with  reflection   reflection  of  
to  data   to  data   of  data   data  
LT8:  Poster     None     All  7  parts     All  7  parts  
displayed  with   displayed  with  
no  heading  and   heading  and  
neatness   neatness