* Please find your seat (name on note card)

Please take a textbook from the counter at the back of the room Please look over the book for any problems Record your book number and any problems on the sheet being passed around.

* Grew up in Philly and NJ * Went to Virginia Tech * Enjoy running and sports * Coach XC * Teach AP Stat, Stat & Data Analysis, and Applied Math * Graduated with degree in Math, minors in Spanish and Statistics

* Level of the course FAST- PACED!!! Work load (HW, reading book) Level of material * EXPECTATIONS: * Do HW* Be prepared * Read book* Attendance * Ask questions

* Gathering & analyzing data * Making conclusions from data… both small and broad * Combination of Math and Writing

* Tough grading… picky! * WILL prepare you for the exam * Policies…. FACT SHEET

* 3 ring binder * Book * CALCULATOR: 83+, 84, or 84+ * Expectations (we’ve talked about) * Food * Cell phones * Dress code

* Absences, Lates, Cuts * Amount: HW & CW * Grading: HW = 5 points CW = varied * Credit: HW = completeness CW = correctness * Late assignments

* Announced/unannounced * Calculators * Hats/sunglasses * Amount (3) * Grading * Lateness

* Final Exam = 14%, all MC, in January * Core Assessments = 3% each, in class * Before school * After school Thursdays * 4 th block

Marking Period: HW = 15% Classwork = 15% Quizzes/Tests/Projects = 70% * Borderline grades (79.48%) * MP1 = 40% * MP2 = 40% * Final Exam = 14% * Assessments = 6%

* WEDNESDAY, MAY 16 th, 12:00 pm * Review sessions at night in April * Strongly encouraged to take exam * College credit, saving $, etc.

PRE- ASSESSMENT Please get out a piece of paper, put your name at the top Complete the following on the paper

1)CREATE A BAR CHART FROM THE FOLLOWING DATA. Party affiliations in a sample of Bucks County residents: DRDDR RRRIR RDIIR RRDRD

2) CREATE A PIE CHART FROM THE FOLLOWING DATA. Ratings from a sample of 2007 movie releases: GGPGG PG-13 RGR PG-13 R PG-13PG-13 RGPG PGPG PG-13 GG

3) CREATE A STEMPLOT FROM THE FOLLOWING DATA: A small sample of pitch speeds from an MLB pitcher

Read pages 2-3. Flip through the book when done. What did you notice about this textbook compared to textbooks from other math classes? Textbooks!

Three parts of a complete answer. The tell part is usually the most important! Great examples to follow when doing your homework and classwork. Will be used as closure activities Important Parts of this Textbook

Great section for helping you not make common mistakes.  Chapter Summary  Definitions with page numbers  Think; Show; Tell again

Chapter 2 - Data * Read p. 7 to middle of p. 9 in the book * Context of the data is absolutely essential before we do anything! * The W’s (and H): Who, What, When, Where, Why, How * Data tables help organize the data * Each row of a data table is called an individual case * Individuals do not always mean people * Cases are usually from a SAMPLE of a larger POPULATION (hopefully representative)

Read to bottom p. 11 Variables are the “WHAT” of the data- things that were observed or collected. Two types of variables: 1.Categorical: variable that names categories (words or numeric) 2.Quantitative: variable with numeric values (must have units) - Examples: Colleges/Universities

-p. 17 # Take online Quia survey by 10pm tonight! See wikispace for link! -Read Ch Print Ch. 3 notes if you want them! -Print formula sheet for the course -Last page of fact sheet printed and signed- DUE FRIDAY Homework