PROBABILITY & STATISTICS - Freehold Regional High School District

Freehold Regional High School DistrictProbability & StatisticsUnit #10: Independent ProjectEnduring Understandings: Technology is integral to the study of statistics.Proper experimental design is necessary to ensure non-biased results.Essential Questions: What types of technology is used for statistical analysis?In what ways can technology be useful when designing your own experiment?What considerations should be made when designing an experiment?What does it mean for results to be considered biased?Unit Goals: Students will create a project utilizing many of the topics covered in the course.Students will utilize technology, such as spreadsheets, graphing calculators, and graphing software to analyze data and create their project.Duration of Unit: 3 weeksNJCCCS: 4.4 A 1-6, 8.1A 1-3; B 1; D 2, 9.1 B 1; E 1-2Guiding / TopicalQuestionsHow does one ensure properexperimental design?Content, Themes, Concepts, and SkillsReinforce steps to proper experimental design.InstructionalResources andMaterialsCurrent textbook andresource bindersTeachingStrategiesLecture and classdiscussionAssessment StrategiesProject assessmentsHow does one ensure non-biasedquestions and/or results?How can one use spreadsheets tocreate meaningful displays of data?Discuss hidden biases and review student generatedquestions prior to their being utilized in theexperiment/survey.Demonstrate how to use Excel or any similar program tocreate graphs from data.InternetMagazinesNewspapersVideosGraphing CalculatorsStudentinvestigationactivitiesNotebook assessmentsResponses to discussionquestionsJournal assessmentsStudent response systemsfor immediate feedbackSuggestions on how to differentiate in this unit:• Students will work individually, engage in cooperative learning, and utilize discovery learning on certain activities.• Through the use of lectures, the internet, and interactive whiteboards, students will be exposed to various teaching methods to appeal to visual, auditory, andkinesthetic learners.• Students will be given copies of data sets and other important notes.17