Photo essay of presentations in statistics

This term featured eight open data exploration presentations, one more than in the prior term, spring 2019. At the end of the term the students responded that they had learned the most when preparing and presenting. The presentations have become a core element of both instruction and assessment in the course. The following is a glimpse into some of the presentations.

The first day of class each student was given a bag of MMs and told to prepare a presentation for Friday based on the following questions:

  1. Before opening your bag, determine the weight of each bag.
  2. Does the weight match the weight printed on the bag?
  3. How many M&Ms in your bag?
  4. Is the number of M&Ms the same in each bag?
  5. What might be the average number of M&Ms in a bag?
  6. How many colors are there in a bag?
  7. How many MMs of each color are there?
  8. Which color is there the most of?
  9. Make a chart showing the number of MMs of each color in a bag. If you are working with a partner, make a chart for each bag.
  10. Is the number of MMs of a particular color the same in every bag?

Lynn


Valiva and Atasha have sorted their MMs by color

JR and Don study the information on the bag

Mermi and Sharon report their findings

Letisha and Ashley
 
The second presentation of the term was a look at the basic statistics for resting heart rates versus post-exercise heart rates.

Zianne
 
The third presentation explored the relationship between drop height and bounce height for a small plastic ball.

Jolynn and Michelle
 
Dickson and KP
 
Shawna Mae

Kawika and Letisha
 
Roxsan and Jolynn, five marbles demonstration

FiboBelly ratio presentations: could the class sample come from a population with a mean ratio of 1.618?

Atasha and Sharon 

Sharon

Valiva and Shawna Mae

Valiva

Roxsan weaving a mwarmwar of Hedychium coronarium


Evans and Kilisou
 
Zianne
 
Zianne covers basic statistics for females and males including confidence intervals


Plastic in amphipods explored whether amphipods in the different oceanic trenches had differing amounts of plastic found in them.

Millanie Mae "Mulan"



Belinda and Winona

Boxplots for the amphipod plastic content
 
Kathrine and Ethan
 
Ashley and Letisha


Atasha
 
Zelain on the relationship between carbon dioxide and local temperatures



Marciarose and Ladonna
 
Mermi and Millanie Mae Mulan cover carbon sequestration under trees

Zelain

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