A Framework for Statistical Reasoning

Millions of Americans start their mornings with a good cup of coffee! Here is the nutritional information from some of the most popular drinks at Joe’s Coffee House! What do you notice?

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What do you notice about the coffee?

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What do you wonder?

Identify the individuals in this data set.

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Categorize the variables in this data set and classify each as either: categorical or quantitative.

Groups:

(a) Categorical

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(b) Quantitative

• Drink

• sugar

• Size

• Calories

• Caffeine

• type

Choose one of the categorical variables and create a bar chart. Variable Chosen: __________________________

Sketch Bar Chart below and describe what you see.

The Pew Research Center asked a random sample of 1502 U.S. adults about their cell phone ownership. The frequency table summarizes the responses. a. Using www.statsmedic.com/applets, Sketch a relative frequency bar chart and segmented bar chart to display the distribution of phone ownership among all 1502 people in the sample. Describe what you see.

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This side-by-side bar chart displays the distribution of cell phone ownership for each of the four age groups. Compare the distributions of phone ownership.

Describe the story this side-by-side bar graph tells. Be sure to write the store in context.

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