Objectives Statistics

Below are the objectives that will be covered for the statistics unit. All of these objectives will be covered on the final exam.

Organize, present, and interpret data in the following forms

• Frequency Table
• Bar Graph
• Double Bar Graph
• Line Graph
• Histogram
• Stem and Leaf Graph
• Circle Graph
• Box Plot
• Scatter Plot

Identify deceptions in visual displays of data

Describe the population and their properties are to be analyzed

Select an appropriate sampling technique

Understand the measures of central tendency and be able to determine the

• Mean of the a data set
• Median of a data set
• Mode of a data set
• Range of a data set
• Mid-range of a data set
• Variance of a data set
• Standard deviation of a data set

Recognize characteristics of normal distributions

Understand the 68-95-99.7 Rule

Find scores at a specified standard deviation from the mean

Use the 68-95-99.7 Rule

Covert a data item to a z-score

Understand percentiles and be able to draw the normal graph

Compute the correlation coefficient

Write the equation of the regression line

Use technology to find

• The measures of central tendency
• The standard deviation
  
• The correlation coefficient
  
• The equation of the regression line