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How far are you away from home?
For Instructors: Do you have the pass
code for this activity?
For Students: Have you read the
Instruction
for Participation page?
The Problem
The Admission Office of this university is considering
revising the policy of recruiting students. As a
first step in this process, the university wishes to find
out from how far students are coming and their reasons
for choosing this university. You are assigned this
project to assist the university in collecting the data,
analyzing the data, and making a report of your findings.
Objectives
1. Learn the importance of proper measurement.
2. Learn the concepts of central tendency and variation.
3. Learn the concepts of distribution and the
shape of distribution.
4. Learn to construct and interpret graphical methods and numerical summary
techniques.
5. Learn to construct and interpret two-way
tables.
Key Concepts
Random sampling, measurements, stem-and-leaf plot,
histogram, center, mean, median, mode, variation, standard
deviation, variance, distribution shape, skewness, box plot
and
two-way tables.
Other Related Topics
The data collected from this activity can
also be used for the following topics later in this course:
• Estimation and Confidence Intervals
• Hypothesis Testing
• Analysis of Variance
• Cross-tabulation of Chi-Square Tests
Required Equipment
• Pass
code for this activity (provided by the instructor)
• Internet connection
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