Does Money = Happiness?
Description:
Part 1 - Students will research the per capita income of about 10 countries (see resources below). They will create a box and whiskers plot, or other appropriate univariate data display, and analyze the data for relevant statistical quantities such as max, min, range, median, mean, standard deviation, etc.
Part 2 - Students will research a second statistic for the same countries (see options below) and create a scatterplot of their bivariate data. Wikipedia is very good for this. They can further analyze for correlation and discuss issues of causality.
Part 1 - Students will research the per capita income of about 10 countries (see resources below). They will create a box and whiskers plot, or other appropriate univariate data display, and analyze the data for relevant statistical quantities such as max, min, range, median, mean, standard deviation, etc.
Part 2 - Students will research a second statistic for the same countries (see options below) and create a scatterplot of their bivariate data. Wikipedia is very good for this. They can further analyze for correlation and discuss issues of causality.
Standards:
Part 1 - Univariate statistics, analysis, measures of central tendency, outliers, and visual display (histogram, boxplot, etc.)
Part 2 - Bivariate statistics, scatterplot, correlation/causation, regression.
Part 1 - Univariate statistics, analysis, measures of central tendency, outliers, and visual display (histogram, boxplot, etc.)
Part 2 - Bivariate statistics, scatterplot, correlation/causation, regression.
Resources for Data
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Options for 2nd Statistic
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