Process

As a team you will need to brainstorm possible topics to investigate.

Remember that you will be informing the public about your findings. Try to make it appealing!

Some Ideas...

Sports Salaries

Stock prices

Top websites visited- # of hits

Amount of sugar in popular cereals

Salaries of Celebrities

Population growth

Calories in favorite foods

Top movie gross

Price of movie tickets each year

Amount of $ spent on plastic surgeries

Relevant Weather Data

Crime statistics



Together, visit some of the websites below to find the data you are going to use and interpret:

Print out this worksheet and complete it together once you have decided on a topic and found your
data.

Helpful Websites
Library of Data Sets Exploring Data
Sports DataMore Sports World Fact Book
Other Data Resources Statistics.com

Each team member will have their own responsibilities.

Click on the links below to read about the two roles and decide who will fulfill which.

Background ResearcherStatistics Researcher