6.8.1 and 6.8.2

​UNIT 8: LESSONS 1 - 2
Let's answer a few poll questions first. There is a time limit because we have TONS of valuable information to learn today!

Poll

How long does it take you to travel to school each morning?

• between 1 minute and 5 minutes

• between 5 and 10 minutes

• between 10 and 15 minutes

• between 15 and 20 minutes

• over 20 minutes

Poll

How do you travel to school most days?

• walk

• vehicle

  (car or truck and so on)

• school bus

• other

​The next few slides will be questions. After answering the question, write on a whiteboard if the question can be NUMERICAL or CATEGORICAL.

N for NUMERICAL C for CATEGORICAL

Poll

Do you have any siblings?

• YES

• NO

Open Ended

How many hours of sleep do you usually get when you have school the next day?

Open Ended

How important are the following issues to you?

Rate each on a scale from 0 (not important) to 10 (very important).

1. a. Reducing pollution

2. b Recycling

3. c. Conserving water

Poll

If you could meet any one of these celebrities, who would you choose?

• a city or state leader

• a champion athlete

• a movie star

• a musical artist

• a best-selling author

Open Ended

 Other than traveling from school, what do you do right after school on most days?

45 seconds to answer!

Multiple Choice

Which is the best definition of CATEGORICAL data?

• A set of data has values that are numbers.

• A way to represent data on a number line.

• A set of data that has values that are words instead of numbers.

Multiple Choice

A set of this type of data has values that are numbers.

• numerical data

• categorical data

• dot plot

• area

Multiple Choice

1. Determine if the following would be an appropriate label to represent the data in the dot plot? Be prepared to explain your reasoning after all answers come in.

2. 1. Number of children per class.

• Yes, it would be an appropriate label for the dot plot.

• No, it would NOT be an appropriate label for the dot plot.

Multiple Choice

Would this be an appropriate label for the dot plot shown:

Distance between home and school, in miles.

Can a person live really close to school and it not take 30 seconds to get there? YES

• YES

• NO

Multiple Choice

Would this be an appropriate label for the dot plot shown?
Hours spent watching TV each day.

• YES

• NO

Multiple Choice

Would this be an appropriate label for the dot plot:

Weight of elephants, in pounds.

• YES

• NO

Multiple Choice

Would this be an appropriate label for the dot plot shown:

Points received on a homework assignment.

• YES

• NO

Multiple Choice

What does each dot represent?

• one person

• one plant

• one centimeter

Multiple Choice

How many plants have a height of 5 cm?

• 0 plants

• 1 plant

• 3 plants

• 10 plants

Multiple Choice

How many plants are 2 cm tall?

• 0 plants

• 1 plant

• 2 plants

• 3 plants

• 4 plants

Multiple Select

Tyler asked 10 students at his school how much time in minutes it takes them to get from home to school. Determine if each of these dot plots could represent the data Tyler collected.

Choose the ones that COULD represent the data.

• A

• B

• C

• D

Multiple Choice

What is your favorite breakfast food?

• answers will give CATEGORICAL data

• answers will give NUMERICAL data

Multiple Choice

Decide if the responses will produce numerical data or categorical data ...

How many different teachers do you have?

• CATEGORICAL DATA

• NUMERICAL DATA

Multiple Choice

Decide if the responses will produce numerical data or categorical data ...

1. How many minutes did it take you to get ready this morning?

2. (From waking up to leaving for school)

• CATEGORICAL DATA

• NUMERICAL DATA

Multiple Choice

1. Here is a survey question. Match the question to a data set that could represent the students’ answers.

• Question 1: Flip a coin 10 times. How many heads did you get?

• Data set A

• Data set B

• Data set C

• Data set D

• Data set E

Multiple Choice

1. Which data set could the following question represent?

2. How many books did you read in the last year?

• Data set A

• Data set B

• Data set C

• Data set D

• Data set E

Multiple Choice

Which data set could this question match:

What grade are you in?

• A

• B

• C

• D

• E

Multiple Choice

Which data set could this question match?

How many dogs and cats do you have? (REALISTICALLY SPEAKING!)

• A

• B

• C

• D

• E

Multiple Choice

Which data set would this question match:

How many inches are in one foot?

• A

• B

• C

• D

• E

Open Ended

2 minutes is all you get!

HOW ARE THE 3 STATISTICAL QUESTIONS ALIKE as in WHAT answers you would get for the questions when compared to the non examples?

Open Ended

HOW ARE THE 3 NON-STATISTICAL QUESTIONS ALIKE?

2 minutes is all!

Multiple Choice

Read the question. Think about the data you might collect to answer it and whether you expect to see variability in the data.

How many minutes does it take students in my class to get ready for school in the morning?

• Yes- Variability

  No- Not a Statistical Question

• Yes- Variability

  Yes- Statistical question

• No- Variability

  No - Not statistical question

• No - variability

  Yes- statistical

Multiple Choice

How many minutes of recess do sixth-grade students have each day? 

• Is variability expected in the data?

• Is the question statistical?

• YES

  YES

• YES variability

  NO statistical

• NO

  NO

• NO variability

  YES statistical

Multiple Choice

1. Do all students in my class know what month it is?  

• Is variability expected in the data?

• Is the question statistical?

• YES

  YES

• Yes variability

  No statistical

• NO

  NO

• No variability

  Yes statistical

Multiple Select

Choose all of the statistical questions:

2 minutes

• What fraction of 

  the people in 

  your school wear glasses?

• How many 

  centimeters 

  tall is the door 

  of your 

  classroom?

• What is the 

  average age 

  of 

  teachers at your school?

• What is a 

  typical 

  number of 

  students per class in your 

  school?

• What is the 

  most common favorite color for the 

  students in 

  your class?

Multiple Choice

What day of the week is today?

• Statistical Question

• Not a Statistical Question

Multiple Choice

How old is the principal at your school?

• Statistical Question

• Not a Statistical Question

Multiple Select

2 minutes on timer

• A

• B

• C

• D

• E