Part VI: Now Its Your Turn!
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Using the data from Table 2, data from the references in Appendix 1, data from one or more of the four data sets listed below, and/or data you collect on your own, pose a question, gather relevant data, complete an analysis of that data, and propose an answer to your question. Although this case study’s introduction to data and to data analysis is limited to just a few types of visualizations, a few ways to summarize data, a few ways to model data, and one way to draw conclusions from data, your background is sufficient to use the texts in Appendix 1 and your textbook to explore other ways to visualize, to summarize, to model, and to draw conclusions from data. Be adventurous!
Data Set 1
source: Math Department, University of Alabama at Huntsville
website: http://www.math.uah.edu/stat/data/MM.html
structure: color distribution and net weight for 30 samples of plain M&Ms in 1.69-oz bags
Data Set 2
source: University of Puget Sound Data Hoard
website: http://stat.pugetsound.edu/hoard/datasetDetails.aspx?id=1
structure: type, color, diameter, and mass for M&Ms in a 14.0-oz bag of plain M&Ms, a 12.7-oz bag of peanut M&Ms, and a 12.7-oz bag of peanut butter M&Ms
Data Set 3
source: Stats Monkey
website: apstatsmonkey.com/StatsMonkey...ctivities.html
structure: type and color (all data is simulated)
Data Set 4
source: various
Excel spreadsheet: link
structure: color distribution of plain M&Ms attributed to Mars (1996–2008)