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Cayugan Crested Platypus
(Source: http://www.jstor.org/pss/2401613)
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Cayugan Crested Platypus
Historical brood sizes
Number of Eggs
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
% of Nests
2/13 1/13 1/13 1/13 1/13 1/13 1/13 1/13 1/13 1/13 2/13
Card Q/K A 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10/J
Cayugan Crested Platypus
1. How many eggs do you expect to find in a nest?
2. What brood sizes would be alarming?
3. How many nests to find 20 eggs?
Cayugan Crested Platypus
1. Collect data
2. Enter in spreadsheet
3. Organize
4. Summarize
5. Analyze
6. Draw conclusions
Cayugan Crested Platypus
1. What would happen if we looked at average brood sizes for each researcher?
2. Collect “actual” data… is there cause for concern when you compare it to the historical data?
Playing the Lottery
(Source: http://blog.pennlive.com/midstate_impact/2008/05/large_LOTTERY_WINNER.jpg)
Playing the Lottery
1. Collect data
2. Enter in spreadsheet
3. Organize
4. Summarize
5. Analyze
6. Draw conclusions
Designing Elevators
(Source: http://www.thyssenkruppelevator.com.cn/china/images/product/elevator.JPG)
Designing Elevators
• 1-Person Elevator
• 10-Person Elevator
• 30-Person Elevator
How heavy should the counterweight be?
What would a histogram of n-person elevator weights look like?
Spider Bites…
+ = ?
Are “Peter Parkers” more likely to turn into superheroes?
(Source: http://elementaryteacher.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/spiderman1.jpg)(Source http://z.about.com/d/chemistry/1/0/T/q/chemistrygeek.jpg)
Spider Bites…
• Gene expression– Blue: – Purple:
• Two populations:– Peter Parkers: X– Everybody Else: <blank>
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