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Instructors' Guide for Facilitating
Activity Vote
Activity Vote: Which party will you vote
for?
Required Equipment.
- A pass code.
Note: If your class intends to use the data collected by
other classes, you do not need a pass code.
- Computer with internet connection.
Activity
This activity is designed to introduce the estimation
and hypothesis test for population proportion. Who will you
vote for? What issues are important to you: education,
economy or international policy? Students will conduct a
survey. The data can be used also for comparison of two
proportions.
Suggested Approach and Some Tips for
Facilitating This Activity
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Describe
this activity as a scenario.
Who will you vote for? Do you vote based on party
preference or candidate credentials? Is education an
important issue to you? Is domestic economy more
important or international policy? Don't forget your
right to vote.
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Decide to
have your class:
- Participate in this voting survey
(pass code is required. Go to step 3)
OR
- Use the data collected from other
classes (No pass code needed. Go to step 4)
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Engage
students in the data measurement and data collection
stage.
- Ask students if they vote and
discuss why they do or do not vote.
- Ask students to conduct the survey
at their best knowledge and tell them the survey is
anonymous. The data collected will be used for
teaching/learning of statistical techniques.
- Direct students to the "Add Data"
page of this activity:
- Click on "Data Entry",
select activity vote.
- Click on "Add Data" to
conduct the survey.
- A pass code is required. If
you do not have a pass code,
please register.
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Direct
students to the Data Download
page.
- If you are on the activity vote
main page, click on "select Data" to download the
data.
OR
- Click on "Data Download", select
Activity vote, click on "Select Data" to download a
data set.
- You may download the entire data
set on a subset. Ask students to follow your
instructions.
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Direct
students to analyze the data.
• You may use the software at your local computer lab.
• You may use the online software, "Crunch_It"
at
http://www.statcrunch.com/. For first time
users you need to sign on to
the
site. Please
stress that
students need to remember their
own ID and
password.
Direct students to input
the data and analyze the data. Be more
focused on what
tools are to be used for analyzing this distance data based
on
the purpose of this activity.
• The following is a suggested list of problems to be
answered using this :
Suggested Questions for Classroom Activities
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Assessment:
Suggested Questions for Classroom Activities
Suggested Questions for Homework and Projects |
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