Week 7

Monday

No School - Low Temperatures

Tuesday

 

No School - Low Temperatures

 

Wednesday

Bell Ringer

    Questions over Chapter 3

  • Objectives

    • Assess Ch 3 Objectives
  • Agenda

    • Bell Ringer
    • Ch 3 Exam
    • Closure
  • Assignments:

Ch 4 Vocabulary

 

Thursday

 

Bell Ringer

Review Ch 3 Exam

Objectives

    • Identify the population and sample in a statistical study.
    • Identify voluntary response samples and convenience samples. Explain how these sampling methods can lead to bias.
    • Describe how to obtain a random sample using slips of paper, technology, or a table of random digits.
    •  Distinguish a simple random sample from a stratified random sample or cluster sample. Give the advantages and disadvantages of each sampling method.
    • Explain how undercoverage, nonresponse, question wording, and other aspects of a sample survey can lead to bias.

Agenda

      • Bell Ringer
      • Watch the video on Samples and Surveys http://www.learner.org/courses/againstallodds/unitpages/unit17.html
      • Read the information on this link Sampling types - you can also use section 4.1
        • Define each of these in a Google Doc- share with Mr Wissing
        • Simple Random Sample
        • Stratified
        • Systematic
        • Convenience/Volunteer
        • Mulitstage sample
      • Choose students from Seward High school (use the Excel file: here is a tutorial on random sampling in Excel video) to survey using each of these methods. Pick a sample size of 5 students of each sample type below:
      • Put each of you students picked by each type in a word document and type a paragraph telling how you got each sample - (Sampling students from SHS)
        • Simple Random Sample
        • Stratified - 5 of each stratus (gender or grade level)
        • Systematic
        • Convenience
      • Closure

Assignments:

Ch 4.1 exercises pg 229+ 3,7,11,17,19,23,25,31,33,35

 

 
 

Friday

No School

 
 
 

 

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