Statistics Researcher

Read this article about statistics and how they can be misleading. Print this worksheet and complete it before going any further.

By now you and your partner should have chose a topic and found your data on the Internet. You are responsible for recording your data and citing the website where you found it. You will then set up the Excel file where you and your partner will be working with and analyzing your data. Title your project, input all the data into the cells and save your work.

Guiding Questions

Where did you data come from?

How do you know if your source is reliable?

Is the information up to date?

Make sure you print and complete this worksheet before opening up Excel.

Use this link for steps to open Excel and create a file. Some of you know how to do this already.

Good Luck Statisticians!

"It is proven that the celebration of birthdays is healthy. Statistics show that those people who celebrate the most birthdays become the oldest"

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