Have you ever wondered how statistics are calculated? Have you ever wondered who is part of the 100 people they ask questions to for Family Feud's answers?
The questions are hard, but the answer is simple. Statisticians collect information by asking questions to a random group of people to get their opinion on a particular topic. (College and Career Readiness Alert!! You can be a statistician too when you grow up. Check out this link for more info:
Be a Statistician.) We put ourselves into the action by collecting data from the other classes in Hulet and creating a graph book. We worked on bar graphs, double bar graphs, line graphs, double line graphs, pictographs, stem and leaf plots, line plots, and charts! It was difficult gathering the information, but we did it!
Not only did we work on our mathematical skills, but also on our personal skills. For instance, when you walk into another teacher's classroom you must be polite and ask if this is a good time. Students demonstrated skills in using a clear presentation voice when they were reading questions to the classroom. They also had to work together as a team. Once the scores were tabulated, we noticed some discrepancies (differences) so the group had to compare their data to see where the error occurred. As you can see, standards are not the only things we learn at school!
Take a look at our groups gathering data and collecting information.
A special thanks to the teachers that allowed us to poll their students!
