Name: _________________________ Due Date: ______________

Statistics Project
For this project you will work together with 3-4 classmates to design and carry out your
own survey or experiment. After completing your data collection and analyzing your results, you
and your group will turn in one portfolio with all the required information. You will have class
time to work on this.
General Procedure
You will be working in groups of 3-4 (chosen by the teacher) for this project.
Each group will create a survey, experiment, or observational study (to be verified by
your teacher).
Each group will make three conjectures about their survey topic / activity before
surveying (what they think they will find . . .). Turn this in (but also keep a copy of your
conjectures) prior to your surveying students.
Considering the types of sampling weve discussed in class, decide how best to collect
data for your survey or experiment. You will need to collect at least 35 data points.
Once youve finished collecting all your data, each group will analyze the datayou
must use all of the following and may add more if you like:
Measures of Central Tendency (Mean, Mode, and Median)
Calculate the standard deviation and use it and the mean to describe your normal
distribution curve. Create a bell-curve and label all necessary points
Create a box-and-whisker plot. (Find and label the minimum, maximum, Q1, Q2,
Q3, and any outliers)
Describe and evaluate your means of data collection and discuss any possible
biass (How did you pick your sample? Possible biases? Overrepresentation?
Underrepresentation? In short, evaluate your sampling methods)
Include 5 informative facts/discoveries you learned from the data, including some on
standard deviation and some contrasts between groups. At least one should incorporate
finding the probability using a z-score. Explain what your conjecture was and did you
reach your conjecture (explain possible reasons)
Relate to current events (find at least 1 article)
Final projects should be typed and should include a title page and a table of contents.
Each student must also submit a short paragraph explaining and evaluating their group
members participation.

This Project will count as 65 test points and is due on _____________________.

 Rubric

Portfolio:
Title page, table of contents and portfolio 5 points
Testable Question and Null Hypothesis 5 points
Data Collection 10 points
How did you pick your sample? Possible biases?
Overrepresentation? Underrepresentation?
In short, evaluate your sampling methods
Measures of Central Tendency 5 points
Variation and Standard Deviation 5 points
Shows calculations by hand
Includes a bell-curve of data
Box and Whisker plot 10 point
Minimum, maximum, Q1, Q2, Q3
Were there any outliers?
Graph
Z-test 5 points
Five Informative Facts 5 points
Incorporates Z-score
Explanation of conjectures and results 10 points
Is there evidence to reject the null hypothesis?
Use confidence intervals
Margin of Error
Relates to current event 5 points
Total: 65 points

**Teacher will reduce points for late work, lack of collaboration, or any breaks of
confidentiality**
Possible Topic Ideas
Here are some ideas to get your creative juices flowing. Feel free to also choose a topic not on
the list. Remember to get your topics approved before starting.
- Sleep: https://dailyreckoning.com/the-eye-opening-statistics-on-sleep/
- GPA or grades
- Trash use
- Bullying
- Sex
- Body image
- Hours worked in outside job per week
- Study habits
- Phone use habits:
https://www.prdaily.com/Main/Articles/Eyeopening_stats_reveal_the_extent_of_our_sma
rtpho_14170.aspx
- Average Instagram posts per week
- Average sports played (can talk about concussions) like average concussions per football
team (tie to physical education importance in school or something)
- Average weather over last 10 years (global warming)
- Terrorist attacks reported
- Reading average books read (Tie to literacy rates)
- Health insurance
- Income (minimum wage)
- Weekly or monthly allowance (learning to be financially independent)
- Average songs listened to per day (tie to importance of music in bring people together or
X)
- Plane crashes
- Gun violence
- Age of marriage globally
- Unemployment

http://www.buffaloschools.org/webpages/kkajfasz/files/algebra%202%20probability%20and
%20statistics%20project_doc_outline.pdf