Maryland data project, Assignments of Mathematics

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Project Overview
For this project you will collect a random sample from the Census at School database. You will be
looking at the Maryland Census Data for ninth through twelfth grade students. Upon downloading your
data you will choose two sets of ๎˜quantitative data (i.e. foot length and height) ๎˜suitable for
comparison. Each set of data ๎˜must๎˜ include ๎˜25 ๎˜individuals.
Project ๎˜MUST๎˜ Include:
โ—An introductory narrative (MINIMUM 200 Words)
โ—‹State the 2 sets of data collected
โ—‹Why have you chosen them?
โ—‹Appropriate Academic Vocabulary
โ—‹Grammatically Correct Sentence
โ—Actual Data
โ—‹Website you acquired data from
โ—‹Spreadsheet of data
โ—Appropriate Graphs (MUST CHOOSE 2 from List Below)
โ—‹Stemplot
โ—‹Boxplot
โ—‹Dotplot
โ—‹Scatterplot
โ—‹Histogram
โ—‹Pie Chart
โ—Summary Statistics
โ—‹Measures of Center and Spread
โ—‹Comparison of 2 Data Sets
โ—Narrative Comparison (MINIMUM 200 Words)
โ—‹Appropriate Academic Vocabulary
โ—‹Grammatically Correct Sentences
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Project Overview

For this project you will collect a random sample from the Census at School database. You will be looking at the Maryland Census Data for ninth through twelfth grade students. Upon downloading your data you will choose two sets of quantitative data (i.e. foot length and height) suitable for comparison. Each set of data must include 25 individuals.

Project MUST Include:

โ— An introductory narrative (MINIMUM 200 Words) โ—‹ State the 2 sets of data collected โ—‹ Why have you chosen them? โ—‹ Appropriate Academic Vocabulary โ—‹ Grammatically Correct Sentence โ— Actual Data โ—‹ Website you acquired data from โ—‹ Spreadsheet of data โ— Appropriate Graphs (MUST CHOOSE 2 from List Below) โ—‹ Stemplot โ—‹ Boxplot โ—‹ Dotplot โ—‹ Scatterplot โ—‹ Histogram โ—‹ Pie Chart โ— Summary Statistics โ—‹ Measures of Center and Spread โ—‹ Comparison of 2 Data Sets โ— Narrative Comparison (MINIMUM 200 Words) โ—‹ Appropriate Academic Vocabulary โ—‹ Grammatically Correct Sentences

How to Collect a Random Sample:

  1. Use this link โ—‹ Census at School
  2. Sample Size โ—‹ Select 25
  3. State List โ—‹ Click on Maryland box
  4. Grade Level โ—‹ Click on 9, 10, 11, and 12 boxes
  5. Gender โ—‹ Select ALL
  6. Data Collection Year โ—‹ Select ANY YEAR YOU WANT
  7. Click Submit
  8. Choose Download Data โ—‹ You WILL SEE an OVERWHELMING SPREADSHEET โ—‹ Pick 2 QUANTITATIVE VARIABLES โ—‹ DELETE all other columns โ–  refer to (insert link) to see how to delete unwanted columns

Introductive Narrative (Guiding Questions)

Which 2 quantitative variables did you choose? Why did you choose these variables? What makes them quantitative variables?

Summary of Statistics (Guiding Questions)

Using shape, outliers, center, and variability to describe the 2 sets of data.

Narrative Comparison (Guiding Questions)

Explain the similarities and differences you observed between the 2 sets of data