AP Statistics Capstone Project & Final Exam:



AP Statistics Capstone Project

& Practical Final Exam:

BE A STATISTICIAN!

Executive Summary:

1) Identify & refine a researchable question or testable hypothesis with measurable variables

2) Design a proper experiment or observational study to generate appropriate data

3) Carry out your experiment or study

4) Do a full and proper analysis of resulting data in order to answer your question/hypothesis.

5) Choose & execute a proper method of presenting 1) through 4) to the Executives in Upper Management.

The emphasis is on the application of proper study design and data analysis techniques, not so much on gathering a large enough data set to be able to reach an authoritative conclusion – but that’s nice, too!

OK, further details:

1) Identify & refine a researchable question or testable hypothesis with measurable variables

-- your question should be…worthwhile! interesting! valuable! do-able!

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2) Design a proper experiment or observational study to gather appropriate data

-- surveys and/or use of existing data are VERY discouraged. YOU generate ORIGINAL data.

-- if you can’t get the data to analyze, a great idea…isn’t!

-- if your research involves people, be prepared for attendant ‘issues’!

-- if you do ANYTHING to or with human subjects, it must be approved by Upper Management.

3) Carry out your experiment or study

-- do you have the time? the equipment? the resources? the funding? the subjects?

-- take pictures?. Document your work?

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4) Do a full and proper analysis of resulting data in order to answer your question/hypothesis.

-- PANIC? PHANTPMS? Graphs! Charts!

-- conclusion(s)? items/ideas for further research that were suggested by your results?

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5) Choose & execute a proper method of presenting 1) through 4) to the Executives in Upper Management.

-- consider how you might communicate the results…to expert and/or lay audiences.

-- presentation, skit, poster, booklet, packet, report, video, powerpoint, movie, slideshow, overheads, handouts, ___________________?, ____________________________?

Timeline:

May ___: Paragraph describing the research question and/or hypotheses to be tested (for approval/refinement)

May ___: Description of experiment/study design and data analysis plan

May ___: Raw data from your experiment/study should be IN.

May ___:

May ___: Sign up for a presentation slot on the calendar.

May ___ through ____: Presentations to the Executives in Upper Management.

Some things that might be included in your work and/or presentation:

* Summary of what your research is about and why you chose the topic

* Clearly state your thoughts/hypotheses and reasoning

* Describe how you gathered your data. Include pictures/video ?

* Discuss why you designed your data-gathering procedure the way you did

* Include all the raw data you gathered.

* Present the data graphically and/or in tables

* Use good data summaries (means, proportions, standard deviations, and/or other appropriate measures)

* Describe your inference procedure; show your calculation; results: PHANTpMS? PANIC?

* Computer(?) results (using minitab output, we will go to the computer lab together to do this)

* Make conclusion(s), discuss confidence and doubts about results, using a conf level, p-value, and/or ?

My brain is empty. Help give me some ideas.

How big IS the ‘home-field advantage’ in _________?

Can people tell whether Coke & Pepsi are truly different tasting?

Can people correctly identify Coke? Pepsi?

Who really stops all the way at a stop sign? Males? Females? Youngsters? Crusties?

Do ________ players really get ‘rusty’ in the off-season?

Do plants grow any faster with music?

Which route to school is the fastest?

What is more closely associated with winning: offense or defense?

Who says ‘Hi’ back to you more often, males or females? Does it depend on who’s asking?

Do glasses make people look smart?

The flexibility in this project is by design. Having fun IS allowed.

Pleeeeeeeeease pick a topic that has your interest! Maybe it applies to a future field of study?

Points? Grades? Evaluation?

■ You will have an opportunity to evaluate your own results.

■ Others in class will have an opportunity to evaluate your results.

■ Executives in Upper Management will have an opportunity to evaluate your results.

■ All of the above will become a portion of your official 4th quarter grade.

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Initial ideas for my project:

Name: _______________________ Partner(s): ________________________________

| Attendance Calendar |

|Date |Present |Absent |Reason For Absence |

|Wed |9-May |  |  |  |

|Thurs |10-May |  |  |  |

|Fri |11-May |  |  |  |

|Mon |14-May |  |  |  |

|Tues |15-May |  |  |  |

|Wed |16-May |  |  |  |

|Thurs |17-May |  |  |  |

|Fri |18-May |  |  |  |

|Mon |21-May |  |  |  |

|Tues |22-May |  |  |  |

|Wed |23-May |  |  |  |

|Thurs |24-May |  |  |  |

|Fri |25-May |  |  |  |

|Tues |29-May |Final Touches |Final Report Due |  |

|Wed |30-May |Presentations |  |  |

|Thurs |31-May |Presentations |  |  |

|Fri |1-Jun |Presentations |  |  |

|Your Project should take at least 15 hours of work per person. |

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