Class 6

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Class 6

• Please bring your updated agenda and contact log
  to the front table and staple. Also take a
  Graphing Standards W.S. Data Analysis
  W.S.Thanks!

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Dale Carnegie Speeches Today

• Adam Biswanger
• Matan Cafri
• Caroline Golach
• Emma Kinzer
• Katie Lewinski
• Jennifer Ong
• Amanda Stessen
• Sam Underwood

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Statistics Paper Grades

• Min 3
• Max 10
• Mean 6.73
• Median 7
• Mode 8

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Statistics Paper Problems

• Messing up target population, sampling frame and
  sample
• Doake toothpaste thing is a control group
• Confusing scaling a graph with scaling numbers
• Confusing the train crash with scaling numbers
• Confusion over cause and effect
• What in the world is a geometric mean?

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Messing up target population

• TARGET POPULATION The group you want your
  results to be representative of.
• SAMPLING FRAME A list of all the units in the
  target population.
• SAMPLE The units for which you have collected
  data from the sampling frame. In a survey, the
  people who responded.

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Target Population vs. Sampling Frame vs. Sample

• Example A survey about the drinking habits of
  fraternity and sorority members at Syracuse
  University
• Target Population
• Sampling Frame
• Sample

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Use of a Control Group

• Can anyone tell me what a control group is?

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Confusing scaling a graph with scaling numbers
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Scaling Numbers

• Total Traffic Deaths, Selected States, 1985
• Source National Safety Council. The World
  Almanac and Book of Facts. New York Newspaper
  Enterprise Association, 1986. p. 781.

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Scaling Numbers

• Traffic Death Rate per 100 Million Miles Driven,
  Selected States, 1985
• Source National Safety Council. The World
  Almanac and Book of Facts. New York Newspaper
  Enterprise Association, 1986. p. 781.

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Confusing the train crash with scaling numbers
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Confusion over Cause and Effect
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Codebook

• http//classes.maxwell.syr.edu/paf315/code.htm

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Reminders

• Due in 2 weeks, 10/21
• Rough Draft

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Graphing Help

• Stop in during Shannons office hours, MAX 102
• Monday, 12PM-2PM
• By appointment
• You get to practice today!!

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Graphing Exercise

• Working in groups you will
• Complete each question in the exercise
• Get approval from Coplin or Shannon before moving
  on to the next question
• Follow sample finding format in guide
• Make sure each graph follows Coplins standards
  (as simple as possible)
• Well work in MaxPal

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Groups for Exercise