Statistics Summer Assignment 2010
These 3 easy projects will give you a taste of what is to come in AP Stats. If you have a question,
please email me at bbailey961@charter.net.
Project 1: Roll That 6
In Statistics, gathering data and interpreting what you gathered
is where we start the year off. Here is an easy project to get you started.
1. On a piece of graph paper, draw a horizontal line and
number each column of boxes from 1 - 12
2. Roll a die until you roll a 6. Keep count on how many times you have to roll before you
got a 6. Place an x in the box above that number on your graph paper.
3. Repeat this rolling experiment until you have done it 30
times. You will end up with towers of x's on your graph paper.
4. Once you have done all of your rolling, take a look at the graph
you have created. Describe it, focusing on where you think the "center" is, what is its shape, and how spread out it is.
5. Your friend
rolls the die, and it takes him/her 6 rolls before they get a 6. Does your data suggest that this is a common result, an infrequent
result, a rare result, or something in-between?
6. If you were to do this whole thing a second time, how different do you believe
your results would be? Do steps #1 - 4 once more. Describe any differences between the first time and second time.
Project 2: Need
more M & M's
1. Go to the store and buy a small bag of M & M's. Buy whatever flavor you like. (If for some reason you hate
M&M's, you can use Skittles instead.)
2. Before you eat them, count how many are in the bag and how many of each color there are.
Find the percentage of each color in your bag.
3. Repeat this a few more times during the summer (Once every other week would be fine).
You need to get the same type of M & M's each time.
4. Right before school is about to start, add up the total for each color
for the entire summer and calculate the percentage for each. Make a pie-chart or bar graph with these percentages.
5. Based on your
results, which color do you feel they make the most of. How about the least of.
Project 3: Do you want to take a survey?
1. Find a
survey question that interests you, along with the results of it. (Look online, newspapers, magazines, cable news programs, etc.)
2. Ask at least 50 people (friends, family, enemies, whomever) the same survey question and record their results. Also record if they
were male or female.
3. Compare your results with the original results. If there is a big difference, come up with some ideas on why.
Also, is there a big difference between the answers the males gave and the answers the females gave. Again, come up with some ideas
about why there is a difference.
During the summer, go to
www.mrbsupersite.com to keep up with summertime updates.
THAT IS IT!! NOW, WASN'T THAT EASY?!
