August 2013 uestions for discussion

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  What is your sample size? Does it represent your school community?
  
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  Prepare questions for the survey (making sure that you ask two categorical and two numerical based questions).
  
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  Make some predictions or hypotheses for each of the questions.
  
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  What sort of results do you think you will get?
  

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  Collect and record the data accurately from each student in your class.
  

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  Present the data you have collected (using Excel either in a bar or column graph or frequency table).
  

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  What did you discover from your survey?
  
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  Refer to the evidence when explaining the results from your survey.
  
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  Identify any patterns or trends in your results.
  
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  Prepare a written conclusion based on the data you have collected.
  

Make a class glossary, using the following words, making sure that the definition relates to data collection and analysis (consider putting together a glossary before holding the classroom survey).

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