Part 1 Pitching Machine
- Download and complete this activity. (attached as Pitching Machine Activity)
Part 2 Characteristics of visual displays
- Read Graph Characteristics. https://lms.naz.edu/pluginfile.php/1747098/mod_ass… When we describe patterns in quantitative visual data displays, we talk about four characteristics: center, spread, shape, and unusual features. This page provides more details and examples of those features.
- After reading the above document, download the word document chart (attached as GraphFeatures) complete it. This chart is based on the matching activity from the previous week. Please see these class notes (attached as notesweek4.pdf) for answers and explanations in matching dotplots and variables.
Part 3 using technology to determine descriptive statistics
1. Download this word document. (attached as ChartIdentifying Characteristics2)
2. Watch this video https://lms.naz.edu/pluginfile.php/1747100/mod_ass… which uses these datahttps://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1tp1rTgVVVB… and this applet http://www.rossmanchance.com/applets/Dotplot.html to explain how to complete the assignment.
3. Complete the word document
Part 4 interpreting centers and spreads
- Watch these two mini lectures about centers and spreads (video 1, https://lms.naz.edu/pluginfile.php/1747101/mod_ass… video 2, https://lms.naz.edu/pluginfile.php/1747101/mod_ass… and slides https://lms.naz.edu/pluginfile.php/1747101/mod_ass…)
- After watching the mini lectures, answer the following questions in the online textbox:
(a) What did you learn?
(b) What questions do you have?
Part 5 PAT2 Pilot (let me know when you reach this part)
Go back to this discussion board and take each group member’s survey. (let me know when you reach this part)
You may give truthful or non-truth answers when you take their survey. This round is only a pilot, so statistics will not be computed.
As you take their survey, focus on methods of best practice and reducing bias.
Make sure the survey has:
- a title,
- a brief introduction that includes relevant contact details, intent of survey, anonymity,
- and any relevant instructions
- a ‘thank you for participating’ after you submit your answers,
- you are not required to sign in to the survey (emails are not collected)
- survey questions are not required to be answered
In the last survey question (which should ask for feedback), provide feedback on the above, AND on any or all of the following:
- Sensitive topics and the optional responses
- Question order – “priming”
- Response order
- Asking to recall facts
- Limited responses
- Leading questions
- Anchoring questions
- Word connotation
- Double barrel questions
- Double negative questions
- Uninformed questions
- Ambiguous questions
See videos and slides for more details. https://lms.naz.edu/mod/assign/view.php?id=1265825