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Use Google Sheets to create your bar charts and pie charts for this assignment.
1) Many students at SRHS were given a questionnaire regarding their interests outside of school. The results of one of the questions, "Favorite After-School Activity?", are shown in the table below.
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a) Create a bar graph for this data.
b) Why is a pie chart also appropriate for this example?
c) Calculate the percent of total for each category and the central angle for each category.
d) Create a pie chart for this data.
2) Based on what you can see in the graph, write a brief description of what it is showing. This should be at least three sentences and in context.
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3) Type of Pet? Use the data we collected from our class survey.
a) Construct a frequency table to show the Type of Pet data from our class.
b) Use Google Sheets to create a bar graph that shows the types of pets the students in our class have.
c) Write a brief description of what your graph shows.
4) Favorite Season? Use the data we collected from our class survey.
a) Construct a frequency table to show the Favorite Season data from our class.
b) Use Google Sheets to create a pie chart that shows the favorite season of the year for the students in our class.
c) Write a brief description of what your graph shows.
5) Look at the school lunch graph that was created by some students:
a) In what way is this graphical representation misleading? Explain.
b) Create a better graphical representation for this same data.
6) Favorite Foods?
a) Construct a frequency table to show the Favorite Food data separately for males and females for our class
b) Use Google Sheets to create two pie charts that compare the favorite food types for the boys and girls in our class. The charts should 'match' as much as possible-- they should be the same size and use the same colors, fonts, etc.
c) Write a brief description comparing the boys and girls choices for favorite food. Look for similarities and differences.
7) The following table has Minnesota Wild statistics for 2010-2011, for some of the Wild players. Thirteen variables are listed across the top and have been highlighted.
a) Identify the individuals.
b) Identify what each variable is (Example GP = games played). You may need to do some research.
c) Classify each variable as numerical or categorical?
Review Exercises
8) John forgot to study for his history quiz, so he will guess on each question. The quiz has 5 true-false questions and 5 multiple-choice questions (with 4 choices each). He will guess an answer for each question. In how many possible ways might John answer all of the questions?
9) What is the probability that John will get all of the questions correct?
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