AP Stats - Bias or No Bias

We recently learned that any systematic failure of a sampling method to represent its population is BIAS. But when we hear that a news broadcast is bias or that a certain magazine is bias, does that mean the same thing as the bias we are learning about in Chapter 12?

Here is a link to an article about jounalistic bias in the video gaming world. Read the article and comment on the similarities and differences between the bias discussed in the article and the bias you learned about in the textbook.

Be sure to put your comments on Edline. Any comments put on this page will not count toward you completing the assignment.

Correlation on the Calc

Here's a video to help you find your correlation coefficient on the calculator.

Extra Credit #1: Put a constructive comment to this video here or on the Youtube version for extra credit.

Extra Credit #2: Send Mr. Mays an email giving the Form, Direction, and Strength of the scatterplot on the video.

Histograms on Minitab

Here's a video to help you make a histogram on Minitab. Make a comment about the shape of the distribution in the video for extra credit.

Simplifying Radicals

Here's an example of how to simplify a radical expression. Put a comment on this blog entry or put a comment on the youtube version of the video for an extra credit point.

Histograms on the Calculator

If you're having trouble making a histogram on your calculator, then this video is for you. Extra Credit Alert: Make a contructive comment to this post and you'll get an extra credit point. Don't forget to put you first name, last initial, and what class period you have me. You may also put a comment on the youtube version of the video if you don't have a Blogger account.

Using Lists on Your Calculator

Here's a video to help you use lists on your graphing calculator. Extra Credit Alert! Any students that watch this video and make a constructive comment about it here on the blog, with get 2 extra credit points. Don't forget to give my your first name, last initial, and what class period I have you.

Enjoy!

Scatter Plots!

Here's a video that can help you with making scatter plots on your calculator. It also outlines how to find the line of best fit.