Course Description
Students develop strategies for collecting, organizing, analyzing, and drawing conclusions from data. They learn to communicate statistical results, both in speaking and writing and to articulate and defend their data collection methods and analysis. Graphing calculators and other statistical software enhance students' ability to visualize data distributions and calculate important numerical results. Students display data, calculate statistics, and interpret their results in clear, non-technical language. Successful students become comfortable with a moderate degree of formal vocabulary, algebraic notation, and mathematical abstraction, but for the most part, the problems encountered will involve real-world data taken from published sources: students learn to interpret poll results reported in the daily news and gain a deeper understanding of how studies using the same data can produce conflicting conclusions. Assessments include projects, homework, quizzes, and major tests. A graphing calculator is required for this course. Prerequisite: Completion of Algebra IIÂ
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