Organizing and Picturing Information

Week 1: January 13 & 15

MATH 152 ~ Elements of Mathematics II ~ Spring 2004

Class meeting schedule and topics

Tuesday, January 13 ~	Introduction, tables, and graphs
Thursday, January 15 ~	Finding the "Typical Teddy Bear"
Tuesday, January 20 ~	Summarizing data with numbers: Means and medians

Homework Assignments

1. Due Thursday, January 15

   Required work

   • Read Section 10.1 "Organizing and Picturing Information" on pages 413 through 425
   • Exercises 2 and 3 on page 431

   Optional work

   • Exercises 2, 3, and 4 on page 426

2. Due Tuesday, January 20

   Required work

   • Read Section 10.2 "Analyzing Data" on pages 436 through 451
   • Exercises 20 and 23 on pages 434 and 435. You may use your own categorical data for Exercises 20 and 23, but please be sure to give complete reference information or a complete description of how you collected your data.

   Optional work

   • Exercises 19 and 21 on pages 429 and 430
   • Construct graphical displays for any other categorical data you find or collect. Please be sure to give complete reference information or a complete description of how you collected your data.

3. Due Thursday, January 22

   Required work

   • Review Section 10.2 "Analyzing Data" on pages 436 through 451
   • Exercises 1 and 3 on page 454. You may use your own quantitative data for Exercise 1, but please be sure to give complete reference information or a complete description of how you collected your data.

   Optional work

   • Exercises 1, 2, and 4 on pages 451 and 452
   • Compute the mean and median for any other quantitative data you find or collect. Please be sure to give complete reference information or a complete description of how you collected your data.