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Algebra 1 Statistics Project Introduction: Step 1: Topic of study Step 2: Data Collection a. Surveys ..... 1. How many people will you ask? ..... 2. Who will you ask? Is your sample representative of the population? ..... 3. How will you select who to ask? a. Random b. Stratified Random c. Systematic 4. Are your questions biased or leading? 5. Are your answer choices biased or leading? 6. How are you going to ask your questions? a. Personal interview b. Phone interview c. Online survey d. Paper survey e. Email f. Show of hands 7. How will you record the data? b. Research 1. Sources? Primary vs Secondary. How many? 2. Citations. Essential! MLA 3. Data. How much is enough? How much in each category? 4. Be specific. Consider what constitutes an injury? What drugs will you focus on? What vital statistics will you consider and for what countries? Think with the end result in mind. 5. How will you record the data? Step 3: Analyze the Data 1. Organize the data into tables or spreadsheets. 2. Calculate the measures of center (mean, median and mode). 3. Describe the data using appropriate terminology—domain, range, variation, outliers, sample error, confidence level). Step 4: Data Displays  Create various graphs to represent the data (histogram, bar graph, pie graph, line graph, box and whiskers, etc).  Step 5: Conclusion  1. What was the final result of your study?  2. Compare the final result to your hypothesis.  3. What did you learn during your study that was unexpected?  Step 6: Analyze and critique other studies.