Categorical Data: Data relating to groups of the population that do not have to do with measurement Examples: Hair color, Gender, Favorite Food Can be numbers that have no value such as zip codes, social security numbers, etc Quantitative Data: Data relating to measurement. Always has units Examples: miles, yrs, hours, etc
Don’t forget to label the x axis and the y axis Make sure your y axis goes up by consistent scale # of ______ depends upon who the data is about Different categories Don’t forget a title
Favorite Type of Music # of student s Rock42 R & B60 Country15 RockR&BCountry # of students Student’s favorite Type of Music
RockR&BCountry # of students Student’s favorite Type of Music What type of music is liked best? (highest bar) R & B Total People in survey? (add up from bars or table) =117 What % of people like country =.1282 = 12.8%
PumaNikeVans # of students Student’s favorite type of shoes Which type of shoes do students like most? Why How many people took this survey? What % of people like Nike? Show your work
PumaNikeVans # of students Student’s favorite type of shoes Which percentage of people like Vans, show your work
For problems that you missed you must make corrections and describe what you misunderstood If you got 100% then it is your task to help people around you fix their misconceptions If you didn’t take the quiz, work on getting the assignment done
Important things to remember!!!! Pie charts always must add up to 100%. If they are over or under they are wrong You must have a key or label each piece of the pie with both the percent and which category the section represents The sections must be the right size. Example 5% should not be the largest section on your pie chart if you have sections that equal higher percentages!
Type of Music# of students Rock42 (42/117).3589 = 35.9% R and B60 (60/117).5128 = 51.3% Country15 (15/117).1282 = 12.8% Total % 1: find your total number of people in the table 2: Find the Percentage for each category 3: Make your pie chart 4: Make a key or label sections 5: Don’t forget a Title!!! Favorite Music Rock 35.8% R and B 51.3% Country 12.8%
Red: Copy table onto mini poster and find the total number of people Blue: Find the percent of people in each category and show how you did this on the poster Green: Make a pie chart for the data and put on poster Person #3: Check to make sure the pie chart has a title, the sections are labeled and that that percents round up to 100% Favorite Soda# of people Mountain Dew56 Cherry Coke25 Sprite15 Orange12 Rootbeer12 Pepsi10 +5 extra credit if your pie chart is appealing to look at and has a picture on it that relates to the data
Favorite Pet# of students Cat59 Dog84
Favorite Pet# of students Cat59 Dog84 Fish25 Find the percent of people that like each pet. Round your decimals to the nearest tenth
1.Find Marginal Distribution based on category stated 2. Make your scale for the bar graph. Make sure the y scale is % all the way up to 100%. DON’T FORGET A TITLE 3. Plot each category. Use different colors or patterns to represent the different groups
BoyGirlTotal Lucky Charms 48 (48/60).8= 80% 12 (12/60).2= 20% 60 Cheerios24 (24/50).48 = 48% 26 (26/50).52 = 52% 50 Total Find the marginal distribution based on Favorite Cereal, round to the nearest 10th Gender Favorite Cereal
100% 80% 60% 40% 20% Lucky Charms Cheerios
100% 80% 60% 40% 20% Lucky Charms Cheerios Categories down here are always the one your found the marginal distribution of ( in this case cereal) Gender vs. Favorite Cereal Key Boys Girls
All section match up on all bars (both have a 40% for boys and a 60% for girls 100% 80% 60% 40% 20% Lucky Charms Cheerios Categories down here are always the one your found the marginal distribution of ( in this case cereal)
Find Marginal Distribution based on hair color and then make a segmented bar graph 1’s do brown hair 2’s do blonde hair 3’s do red hair 4’s do black hair 1 st Period2 nd periodTotal Brown Blonde Red Black Total Class Period Hair color
Starting on Thursday we will be working on a two person project so today Pick your partner Come up with two categorical questions you could ask other students in a survey Make sure 1 question only has two choices!!! The other question should have at least 3 choices Fold a piece of paper in half hot dog style Write one question on the left with the two choices. Make sure you write pick 1 Write the other question on the left, make sure you write pick 1
On your whiteboard make a segmented bar graph for the following table Explain whether this bar graph displays independence Find marginal distribution based on coat color CatDogTotal Brown Black Total Pet Coat color