Statistics and Probability

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StatisticsandProbability
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Overview

• During this activity you will roll virtual dice
  and keep track of your results in an Excel
  spreadsheet.
• On the next slide you will find the links to the
  record keeping spreadsheet and interactive dice,
  along with further instructions.

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Resources andDirections
Click here to go back if you need to see
the overview page.

• Record Keeping Spreadsheet
• Interactive Dice
• Download the spreadsheet and save it to your
  desktop.
• Roll the dice 25 times.
• Record your results as you go.
• Save and print when you are done.
• Dont forget to put it in my
• hand-in folder.

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Now Lets Play in PowerPoint

• Click esc to get the PowerPoint to edit mode.
• Copy your bar graph from Microsoft Excel by
  holding down ctrl, clicking the mouse on the
  graph, and click copy.

• Delete the text on the slide and paste your graph
  by holding down ctrl, clicking the mouse, then
  click paste.
• Point the mouse where you want to type and click
  to answer each question.

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Analyze Your Results
Before you edit this slide, click esc on your
keyboard.

• What is the range of your data?
• How do you find the range?
• What does the mode tell you about your data?
• One interesting fact about my data is

Delete this text box and paste your graph here.
You will need to resize it.
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When you finish, click File then Save and
then File and Print. Then hit the slideshow
button at the bottom left of the screen.
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Creating a Circle Graph

• On the next page, use your data to create a pie
  chart like the chart on the right.
• Double click on the blank bar graph and enter the
  data into the spreadsheet.
• When your data is entered, click graph then
  quit and return to learning activity.
• Finally, compare and contrast bar graphs and
  circle graphs by answering the questions.

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Bar Graph vs. Circle Graph
Before you edit this slide, click esc on your
keyboard.

• How are the bar graph and the circle graph alike?
  
• How are the bar graph and the circle graph
  different?

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When you finish, click File then Save and
then File and Print. Then hit the slideshow
button at the bottom left of the screen.
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There are 5 snap cubes in a bag. The colors are 2
red, 1 blue, 1 green, and 1 yellow. What is the
probability that you will pull a red cube?
Are you ready to take a Statistics and
Probability quiz? Here it is!

1. 2/5
2. 1/5
3. 5/5

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You are correct!!Go to the next slide.
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Incorrect
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• What is the range?
• 14
• 6
• 3

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• What is the mean?
• 6.75
• 6.50
• 6.25

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• What is the color that is liked the most?
• Yellow
• Blue
• Green
• Red

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• What is the color that is liked the least?
• Green
• Yellow
• Blue
• Red

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• What is the mode?
• 10
• 8
• 4
• No Mode

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• How many people are represented in this bar
  graph?
• 30
• 27
• 20

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Mary has 6 jellybeans in a bag. She has 3 red, 1
green, 1 black, and 1 yellow. She chooses a
jellybean without looking.What is the probability
that Mary picks a red jellybean?

1. 3/6
2. 1/6
3. 2/6

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You are correct!!Go to the next slide.
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When you are done

• When you finish your quiz you can play these
  games
• Line Plots
• Probability
• Mean, Median, Mode and Range 1
• Mean, Median, Mode, and Range 2
• Tables
• Bar Graphs

Youre done!
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PowerPoint Creators

• Jackie Mueller
• Kristen Bennett
• Janet Johnston
• Katie Stanton
• Click here to see our resources and citations