Topic 14/16 Project

Due Date:

This assignment will be counted as a test grade.

Part One: You will create two line plots.

1. Decide with your partner (if you are working with one) what
you want your survey questions to be. One must be a
question that can only be answered with a numerical value.
(5 points)
Examples: How tall are you in inches? How old are you in months
or weeks? How many siblings do you have?
Your other question does not have to be answered with a
numerical value but it can be if you would like.
Examples: What is your favorite candy bar? What is your favorite
sports team? What is your favorite pizza topping? (if you choose a
question like this you may want to give people a choice of 5 or 6
options in order to narrow down your data).
**Once you have both of your survey questions you must get
them approved by a teacher.
2. You and your partner will need to survey at least 25 different
people for each question. You may use the same people for
both questions if you wish. (10 points)
3. Record your data in a frequency table. (5 points)
4. On a large piece of construction paper or on a poster board,
create a line plot for each frequency table. Be sure to include
a title and proper labels. (20 points)
5. For the question that has a numerical answer, you will need
to find the mean, median, mode, and range of your data.
(20 points)
a. Mean: the average of your data.
b. Median: The value directly in the middle when you line
up your data in order from least to greatest.
c. Mode: the data value that occurs the most often.
d. Range: the lowest value in your data subtracted from
the highest value.

Part Two: You will create a graph using a coordinate grid.

1. You and your partner will create a scenario you can graph on
a coordinate grid. (5 points)
Examples: (you may use one of these if you wish)
How many shots can you make in a basket/hoop in 10
seconds? 20 seconds? 30 seconds? Etc.
How far can you run/walk in 1 minute? 2 minutes? Etc.
How many marshmallows can you eat in 20 seconds? 40
seconds? 60? etc.
How many pages of a book can you read in 2 minutes? 4
minutes? 6 minutes? Etc.
If you roll a die 30 times how many 1s, 2s, 3s, 4s, 5s, 6s
did you roll?
**If you need help coming up with a different scenario you may
ask a teacher for help. Once you have come up with a scenario
you would like to graph, you must check your scenario with a
teacher.
2. Complete your scenario with your partner or on your own.
Record your results on a piece of paper. (5 points)
3. Graph your results on a coordinate grid. Your controlled
value (ex. Amount of time) will be your x value. The results
(number of baskets made, marshmallows eaten, etc.) will be
your y value. (25 points)
4. You must have at least 6 points on your graph.
5. Make sure you title your graph and label your x and y axis.
6. Make your graph look presentable. You may want to mount it
on a piece of construction paper or glue it on your poster
board with your line plots.
7. Lastly, tell whether or not you notice a trend or pattern with
your graph. If so, what is it? (5 points)

Finally, you will present both your line plots and graph to the class
and explain your results. (This will count as a separate
classroom grade worth 10 points).
Part One Example:
Question: how many TVs do you have in your house?
Frequency Table:
Number of TVs

Tally

Frequency

1
2
3
4
5
6

2
0
4
4
9
6
Line Plot:
Number of TVs people own

x
x
x
x

# of TVs

Finding mean, median, mode, and range:

Mean: Add up all of the values in your data. Divide by the number of values
in your data.
1 + 1 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 4 + 4 + 4 + 4 + 5 + 5 + 5 + 5 + 5 + 5 +5 + 5 + 5
+6+6+6+6+6+6=?

Median: Line up the values in your data in order:

1
6

1
6

3
6

3
6

The median is 5 because it falls exactly in the middle.

Mode: the value in the data that occurs most often.

is the mode. It occurs

times.

Range: Take your highest value and subtract the lowest value in your data.

61=5
5 is the range

Example Part Two

Scenario: How many glasses of water drank in a certain number of hours.

Data Collected:
1 hour: 2 glasses
2 hours: 4 glasses of water
3 hours: 6 glasses of water
4 hours: 8 glasses of water
5 hours: 9 glasses of water
6 hours: 10 glasses of water

x coordinate: Hours
y coordinate: # of glasses drank
Coordinates: (1, 2), (2, 4), (3, 6), (4, 8), (5, 9), (6, 10,)
Graph:

Trend: The pattern or trend that my graph shows is as the number

of hours increase the number of glasses of water increase by about
1 or 2.