Welcome to AP Statistics with Mrs. McNelis

* Please find your seat (name on note card)

• Please take a textbook from the counter at the back of the room

• Please look over the book for any problems

• Record your book number and any problems on the sheet being passed around.

* Grew up in Philly and NJ

* Went to Virginia Tech

* Enjoy running (half marathons, 10K, etc.)* Coach XC* Teach AP Stat, Stat & Data Analysis, and Applied Math

* Graduated with degree in Math, minors in Spanish and Statistics

* Gathering & analyzing data

* Making conclusions from data… both small and broad

* Combination of Math and Writing

* 3 ring binder* Book* CALCULATOR: 83+, 84, or 84+

* Personal Responsibility & Respect* College student behavior* Cell phone policy

* Tough grading… picky!

* WILL prepare you for the exam (whether you are taking it or not)

* FAST PACED!* Work Load (College level)

* FRIDAY, MAY 10th, 12:00 pm

* Review sessions at night in April* Strongly encouraged to take exam* College credit, saving $, etc.

* Absences, Lates, Cuts

* Amount* Grading* Late assignments:

CW = ½ credit

* Announced/unannounced

* Calculators- allowed on all, cleared before & after

* Amount (3) * Grading & Lateness

* MC & FR* Re-tests

* Final Exam = 14%, all MC

* Core Assessments = 3% each, in class

* Before school

* After school certain days (check first)

* 1st block

• Marking Period:• HW = 10% • Classwork = 20%• Quizzes/Tests/Projects = 70%

* MP1 = 40%* MP2 = 40%* Final Exam = 14%* Assessments = 6%

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PRE- ASSESSMENT

Please get out a piece of paper, put your name at the top

Complete the following on the paper

1) CREATE A BAR CHART FROM THE FOLLOWING DATA.

Party affiliations in a sample of Bucks County residents:

D R D D R

R R R I RR D I I R

R R D R D

2) CREATE A PIE CHART FROM THE FOLLOWING DATA.

Ratings from a sample of 2007 movie releases:

G G PG GPG-13

R G R PG-13 RPG-13 PG-13 R G PGPG PG PG-13 G G

3) CREATE A STEMPLOT FROM THE FOLLOWING DATA:

A small sample of pitch speeds from an MLB pitcher.

95 101 87 89 9293 94 92 98 9591 90 88 79 90

4) WRITE DOWN HOW OLD YOU THINK I AM.

Hint: I have graduated from college (22) and am younger than 45.

• Read pages 2-3. Flip through the book when done.

• What did you notice about this textbook compared to textbooks from other math classes?

Textbooks!

• Three parts of a complete answer. The tell part is usually the most important!

• Great examples to follow when doing your homework and classwork.

• Will be used as closure activities

Important Parts of this Textbook

• Great section for helping you not make common mistakes.

Chapter Summary

Definitions with page numbers

Think; Show; Tell again

Chapter 2 - Data* Read p. 7 to middle of p. 9 in the book

Summary:* Context of the data is absolutely essential before we do anything!

* The W’s (and H): Who, What, When, Where, Why, How

* Data tables help organize the data

* Each row of a data table is called an individual case

* Individuals do not always mean people

* Cases are usually from a SAMPLE of a larger POPULATION (hopefully representative)

* Individuals = the things that we want to collect data from. People, animals, cars, etc.

* POPULATION = ALL individuals that we want to conclude about

* SAMPLE = small group of the population that we actually collect data from. Use this data to conclude about the population

• Read to middle of p. 11• Variables are the “WHAT” of the data- things

that were observed or collected.• Two types of variables:1.Categorical: variable that names categories

(words or numeric)2.Quantitative: variable with numeric values,

makes sense to take an average (must have units)

- Examples: Colleges/Universities

- p. 17 #13-18

- Take online Quia survey by midnight tonight! See wikispace for link!

- Read Ch. 1 -- 3 - Print Ch. 3 notes for tmrw! (if you want them)- Print formula sheet for the course- Last page of fact sheet filled out & signed- DUE

FRIDAY

Homework