YKSD-AGS HSGQE Assignment Guide and Key Points
Chapter 13 "Data, Statistics, and Probability"
Lesson 1 "Bar Graphs"
Turn to Page 399 Look at the picture on the facing page and predict how it relates to Number Systems.
On Page 399 Read the short introduction to Chapter 13
On Page 399 Read the goals you will achieve this Chapter 13 .
Look through Pages 400-401 for the green boxes in the margin. Learn the meanings of the vocabulary words.
Find a place to keep notes on Chapter 13 . Jot down the meanings to the words.
Read through pages 400-401.
Do you understand how each example works? (contact Melinda Lewis with questions mlewis@yksd.com)
Complete the even numbered problems from exercises A and B from page 401. (This is for practice you will be graded only on the quiz and tests)
(Compare your answers with these. If you missed more than 1 then do three more from that section until you get them right.)
Do you know the vocabulary words? (See Key Points below for help)
Take the quiz on Lesson 1 "Bar Graphs" (You may use the book, notes and Key Points for help on the quizzes. NOT ON TESTS!)
Review answers on the quiz and print it out. This will be very useful when you are studying for the test.
Lesson 1 Key Points
Vocabulary Terms
Statistics - Numerical facts about people, places, or things.
Data - Information given in numbers
Bar graph - A way of comparing information using rectangular bars
Interval - Set of all numbers between two stated numbers
Section Review Answers
Did you learn these Objectives?
Can you organize and interpret data in a bar graph?
Lesson 2 "Frequency Tables"
Look through Pages 402-403 for the green boxes in the margin. Learn the meanings of the vocabulary words.
Jot down the meanings to the words in your notes for studying before the test.
Read through pages 402-403.
Complete the even numbered problems from exercises A and B on page 403 (This is for practice you will be graded only on the quiz and tests)
(Compare your answers with these. If you missed more than 1 then do three more from that section until you get them all right.)
Take the quiz on Lesson 2 "Frequency Tables" (You may use the book, notes and Key Points for help on the quizzes. NOT ON TESTS!)
Lesson 2 Key Points
Frequency - the number of times an event, value, or characteristic occurs
Frequency table - A chart showing the number of times something happened
Tally - A mark of each count
Are you able to organize and interpret data in a frequency table?
Lesson 3 "Circle Graphs"
Look through Pages 404-405 for the green boxes in the margin. Learn the meanings of the vocabulary words.
Read through pages 404-405.
Complete the even numbered problems from exercises A and B on page 405. (This is for practice you will be graded only on the quiz and tests)
(Compare your answers with these. If you missed any do three more from that section until you get them all right.)
Take the quiz on Lesson 3 "Circle Graphs" (You may use the book, notes and Key Points for help on the quizzes. NOT ON TESTS!)
Lesson 3 Key Points
Circle graph - A way to present information using the parts of a circle.
Did you learn this Objective?
Are you able to read and analyze data in a circle graph?
Lesson 4 "Histograms"
Look through Pages 406-407 for the green boxes in the margin. Learn the meanings of the vocabulary words.
Write down the meanings to the words in your notes for studying before the test.
Read through pages 406-407.
Complete the even numbered problems from exercises A and B on page 407. (This is for practice you will be graded only on the quiz and tests)
Take the quiz on Lesson 4 "Histograms" (You may use the book, notes and Key Points for help on the quizzes. NOT ON TESTS!)
Lesson 4 Key Points
histogram - A bar graph that displays data in equal number groupings with no spaces between the bars.
Can you read and analyze data from a histogram?
Are you able to draw a histogram using data from a frequency table?
Lesson 5 "Scatterplots"
Look through Pages 408-409 for the green boxes in the margin. Learn the meanings of the vocabulary words.
Read through pages 408-409.
Complete the even numbered problems from exercises A, B, and C on page 409. (This is for practice you will be graded only on the quiz and tests)
Take the quiz on Lesson 5 "Scatterplots" (You may use the book, notes and Key Points for help on the quizzes. NOT ON TESTS!)
Lesson 5 Key Points
Scatterplot - A graph in which the points plotted show the relationship between two variables.
x-value - The value of a given point on a horizontal number line on a coordinate plane; the first number in an ordered pair of coordinates.
y-value - The value of a given point on a vertical number line on a coordinate plane; the second number in an ordered pair of coordinates.
Can you read and analyze data on a scatterplot?
Lesson 6 "Mean"
Look through Pages 410-411 for the green boxes in the margin. Learn the meanings of the vocabulary words.
Read through pages 410-411.
Complete the even numbered problems from exercises A, B and C on pages 410-411. (This is for practice you will be graded only on the quiz and tests)
Take the quiz on Lesson 6 "Mean" (You may use the book, notes and Key Points for help on the quizzes. NOT ON TESTS!)
Lesson 6 Key Points
None
Did you learn this Objectives?
Did you compute the mean of a set of data?
Lesson 7 "Median"
Look through Pages 412-413 for the green boxes in the margin. Learn the meanings of the vocabulary words.
Copy down the meanings to the words in your notes for studying before the test.
Read through pages 412-413.
Complete the even numbered problems from exercises A and B on page 413. (This is for practice you will be graded only on the quiz and tests)
Take the quiz on Lesson 7 "Median" (You may use the book, notes and Key Points for help on the quizzes. NOT ON TESTS!)
Lesson 7 Key Points
Median - The middle value in an ordered set of data.
Are you able to compute the median of a set of data?
Lesson 8 "Mode"
Look through Pages 414-415 for the green boxes in the margin. Learn the meanings of the vocabulary words.
Read through pages 414-415.
Complete the even numbered problems from exercises A and B on page 415. (This is for practice you will be graded only on the quiz and tests)
Take the quiz on Lesson 8 "Mode" (You may use the book, notes and Key Points for help on the quizzes. NOT ON TESTS!)
Lesson 8 Key Points
Mode - The value or values that occur most often in a set of data.
Measures of central tendency - The mean, median, and mode of a set of data
Are you able to compute the mode of a set of data?
Lesson 9 "Range"
Look through Pages 416-417 for the green boxes in the margin. Learn the meanings of the vocabulary words.
Read through pages 416-417.
Complete the even numbered problems from exercises A on page 417. (This is for practice you will be graded only on the quiz and tests)
Take the quiz on Lesson 9 "Range" (You may use the book, notes and Key Points for help on the quizzes. NOT ON TESTS!)
Lesson 9 Key Points
Range - The difference between the greatest and least values in a set of data.
Can you compute the range of a set of data?
Lesson 10 "Box-and-Whiskers Plots"
Look through Pages 418-419 for the green boxes in the margin. Learn the meanings of the vocabulary words.
Read through pages 418-419.
Complete the even numbered problems from exercises A and B on page 419. (This is for practice you will be graded only on the quiz and tests)
Take the quiz on Lesson 10 "Box-and-Whiskers Plots" (You may use the book, notes and Key Points for help on the quizzes. NOT ON TESTS!)
Lesson 10 Key Points
Box-and-Whiskers plot - a way to show the spread of data in a set of numbers.
Lower extreme - The least value of a set of data.
Upper extreme - the greatest value of a set of data.
Lower quartile - the median of scores below the median.
Upper quartile - The median of scores above the median.
Are you able to interpret and construct box-and-whiskers plots?
Lesson 11 "The Probability Fraction"
Look through Pages 420-421 for the green boxes in the margin. Learn the meanings of the vocabulary words.
Read through pages 420-421.
Work through the even numbered problems in exercises A and B from page 421. (This is for practice you will be graded only on the quiz and tests)
Take the quiz on Lesson 11, "The Probability Fraction" (You may use the book, notes and Key Points for help on the quizzes. NOT ON TESTS!)
Lesson 11 Key Points
Probability - The chance or likelihood of an event occurring.
Outcome - A result of a probability experiment
Are you able to use the probability fraction to determine the probability of an event?
Lesson 12 "Dependent and Independent Events"
Look through Pages 422-425 for the green boxes in the margin. Learn the meanings of the vocabulary words.
Read through pages 422-425.
Complete the even numbered problems from exercises A, B, and C on pages 424-425. (This is for practice you will be graded only on the quiz and tests)
Take the quiz on Lesson 12 "Dependent and Independent Events" (You may use the book, notes and Key Points for help on the quizzes. NOT ON TESTS!)
Lesson 12 Key Points
Dependent event - In a probability experiment, the outcome of one event is affected by the outcome of any other event.
Are you able to recognize events in a probability experiment as dependent or independent?
Can you calculate the probability of successive events that are dependent or independent?
Lesson 13 "The Fundamental Principle of Counting"
Look through Pages 426-427 for the green boxes in the margin. Learn the meanings of the vocabulary words.
Read through pages 426-427.
Complete the even numbered problems from exercises A and B on page 427. (This is for practice you will be graded only on the quiz and tests)
Take the quiz on Lesson 13 "The Fundamental Principle of Counting" (You may use the book, notes and Key Points for help on the quizzes. NOT ON TESTS!)
Lesson 13 Key Points
Fundamental principle of counting - A general rule that states if one task can be completed a different ways, and a second task can be completed b different ways, the first task followed by the second task can be completed a*b or ab different ways.
Are you able to apply the fundamental principle of counting to determine the total number of arrangements or possibilities?
Application of Math from Chapter 13
Read from the top of page 428 and study the example.
Read the directions to the exercises and complete them. (This is for practice you will be graded only on the quiz and tests)
Take the quiz on Applying Chapter 13 , "Tally Up" (You may use the book, notes and Key Points for help on the quizzes. NOT ON TESTS!)
Application 1 Key Points
Are you able to test a hypothesis using data and graphs?
Preparing for Chapter 13 Test
Turn to Pages 430-431 and work through all even numbered problems, (2,4,6,8,...).
Check your answers with these. (This is for practice you will be graded only on the quiz and tests)
If you missed more than 4 problems work through all the odd numbered problems on pages 59-61.
Check your answers with those in the Chapter 13 Review answers.
If you missed more than 4 problems this time contact your instructor for extra help: mlewis@yksd.com.
Take the Chapter 13 Test "Data, Statistics,and Probability"
Review the answers then print the results for your records.
Congratulations you finished Chapter 13 !!