Form a group of 4 or 5 students.

Print your first and last name in the spaces provided below:
 
 

First, complete the following 5 questions.

1.  How many letters do you have in your first name? _____

2.  Do you have the letter E in your last name?  Yes ___  No ___

3.  Measure (in millimeters) the length of your first name printed above.  ____ millimeters

4.  What is your semester standing?  1 ___ 2 ___ 3 ___ 4 ___ 5 ___ 6 ___ 7 ___ 8 ___ 9 ___ 10 ___

5.  In what state is your hometown?  ______________________
 
 

Compile your group's data in the following table.
 

Now, think of your group as a sample of students from the population of all Stat 250 students.  THINK CREATIVELY, as a group, while doing the following:

1.  Write a statement (or draw a "graph") that summarizes for someone something about the number of letters in the first names of Stat 250 students. 
 
 
 
 

2.  In increasing order, arrange the students in your group in terms of the number of letters they have in their first names.  Assign the students a rank of 1, 2, 3, ...
  
 
 
 

3.  Write a statement (or draw a "graph") that summarizes for someone something about the measured length of letters in the first names of Stat 250 students.
 
 
 
 
 

4.  Write a statement (or draw a "graph") that summarizes for someone something about the semester standing of Stat 250 students.
 
 
  
 

5.  Write a statement (or draw a "graph") that summarizes for someone something about the hometown states of Stat 250 students.
 
 
 
 

6.  Write a statement (or draw a "graph") that summarizes for someone something about the presence of the letter E in the last names of Stat 250 students.