GW38; Sampling Distributions vs Data Distributions-- payton s, heidi s

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Table Number:__1________ Group Name: _______C__________ Group Members:_____________________ ____________________ ____________________ Sampling Distributions vs Data Distributions Analyze the following scenarios and graphs. Label each as being a data distribution or an estimate of a sampling distribution . Explain your reasoning. 1. A statistics instructor records each student’s Exam 1 score and makes the following dotplot. (Hint: Think about what each dot represents.) Circle one: Data Distribution Sampling Distribution 2. A school district consists of 78 statistics classes, each having the same number of students. After Exam 1, each instructor reported to the School Board the proportion of students that passed Exam 1 with a grade of C or better. The School Board made the following dotplot to show parents. (Hint: Think about what each dot represents.) Circle one: Data Distribution Sampling Distribution 3. A pollster took 80 random samples of 100 college students and asked them if they planned to vote in the upcoming election. She recorded the proportion in each sample that planned to vote in the upcoming election. (Hint: Think about what each dot represents.)
Circle one: Data Distribution Sampling Distribution 4. A school superintendent recorded the IQ scores of all fifth grades in the district and made the following dotplot. (Hint: Think about what each dot represents.) Circle one: Data Distribution Sampling Distribution 5. The school’s athletic director was trying to recruit 9 th grade girls to play on the basketball team, so he recorded the height, in inches, of each of the 9 th grade girls in the district and made the following dotplot. (Hint: Think about what each dot represents.) Circle one: Data Distribution Sampling Distribution 6. Create two of your own scenarios and make a sketch of the appropriate graphical representation of the distributions. Create one scenario that would require a data distribution and another scenario that would require an estimate of a sampling distribution. Be sure to label which is which and explain your reasoning.
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