September 18, 2009
ANALYZING DATA – THE
BEGINNING
Objectives
Content Objects
Students will review dividing fractions.
Students will review ways to display data.
Student will looks at ways to analyze data.
Language Objectives
Students will gather and analyze data and
write up what they learned from it.
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Look at this data set
2008-2009 Trail Blazer
Brandon Roy
LaMarcus Aldridge
Travis Outlaw
Steve Blake
Rudy Fernandez
Greg Oden
Joel Przybilla
Nicolas Batum
Sergio Rodriguez
Jerryd Bayless
Channing Frye
Shavlik Randolph
Ike Diogu
Michael Ruffin
Martell Webster
Points per game
22.6
18.2
12.8
11
10.5
8.9
5.5
5.4
4.5
4.3
4.2
1.8
1.4
0.6
0
Points per game
25
20
15
10
Points per game
5
0
Ike Diogu
Channing
Points per game Martell
1%
Webster
Frye
Shavlik Randolph
0%
4%
2%
Jerryd Bayless
Sergio Rodriguez 4%
Michael Ruffin
1%
4%
Brandon Roy
20%
Nicolas Batum
5%
Joel Przybilla
5%
LaMarcus Aldridge
16%
Greg Oden
8%
Rudy
Fernandez
9%
Steve Blake
10%
Travis Outlaw
11%
Types of averages
Mean: average of all data (add all items
together and divide by the number of items)
Median: middle number, when the number are
lined up from least to greatest
Mode: more frequently appearing number
2008-2009 Trail Blazer
Brandon Roy
LaMarcus Aldridge
Travis Outlaw
Steve Blake
Rudy Fernandez
Greg Oden
Joel Przybilla
Nicolas Batum
Sergio Rodriguez
Jerryd Bayless
Channing Frye
Shavlik Randolph
Ike Diogu
Michael Ruffin
Martell Webster
AVERAGE
Points per game
22.6
18.2
12.8
11
10.5
8.9
5.5
5.4
4.5
4.3
4.2
1.8
1.4
0.6
0
7.45
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value.
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Content Objects
Students will review dividing fractions.
Students will review ways to display data.
Student will looks at ways to analyze data.
Language Objectives
Students will gather and analyze data and
write up what they learned from it.