MDM4U+(Winter+2011)


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 * Curriculum document for the course:**

**__Final Exam: Wednesday, June 22, 8:30-11:30 am in S211__**

Exam info (first page and formula sheet): Part A: Multiple choice (11 marks) Part B: Short answer/knowledge (12 marks) Part C: Communication/explanation (15 marks) Part D: Application/word problems (30 marks)

**__Upcoming Project Deadlines__:** May 11-13: Conference #1 (10%) May 31: Deadline to complete data collection June 3/6/7: Conference #2 (10%) June 9: Rough draft of written paper due June 14: Final written paper due (60%) June 15/16: Oral presentation (20%)

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- Probability activities || Class presentation file: link to probability games: [] || - sample space - notation - subjective, experimental & theoretical probability || Two handouts: Probability note & questions (on large ledger paper) Hmk: Sheet #1-5 and #17 || - tree diagrams - Venn diagrams || Continue handouts from yesterday Class activities: #11, 13 (from yesterday's sheet) Hmk: #7, 9, 10, 14, 16 New handout - answers for yesterday's work || Two handouts: Odds and answer sheet (legal size paper) Hmk: Handout #1-3ace, 5, 6, 10, 11 || - computer lab (N106) || When you are finished: Read/do pp. 415-417 in your text (intro to Fathom) Hmk: p.229 #6, 8, 19 || - computer lab (N106) || || handout - terminology (read two examples) sheet: #2, 4, 5, 7 || Canada at a Glance sheet due Hmk: text pp.235-236 #1-9 || Handouts (three pages): 4.2, 4.3, 4.4 extra practice Do at least three questions from each sheet || Quiz #2 - conditional probability, Venn diagrams Hmk: section 4.5 || 4.1 - #1, 5, 6, 7-10, 14 4.2 - #1-5 || 4.2 - #10-14, 16 || Teacher Tube tutorial - Permutations: [] || Hmk: p.255 #1-8, 14 || Handout: Combinations Hmk: p.262 #1-4 || Review || Continued from yesterday: Discussed solutions from Quiz #2 and Quiz #3 (solutions distributed and posted in classroom) Handout: Review Hmk: p.262 #1-8, 17 (not 4c, 7g, 8b) Handout - Counting Stories Assignment (due March 24) || || Counting Stories Assignment - handout: Counting Stories Example -
 * Unit 1: Counting & Probability**
 * Date || Topic || Classwork/Homework ||
 * Tues, Feb 1 || Introduction to the course
 * Wed, Feb 2 ||  || Snow Day (no school) ||
 * Thurs, Feb 3 || Introduction to Probability
 * Fri, Feb 4 || Probability (continued)
 * Mon, Feb 7 || Odds || [[file:MDM4U feb7.pdf]]
 * Tues, Feb 8 || More Venn Diagrams! || Hmk: Textbook - p.228 #1, 2, 4, 5, 13 ||
 * Wed, Feb 9 || Intro to Fathom & E-Stat
 * Thurs, Feb 10 || Intro to Fathom & E-Stat
 * Fri, Feb 11 || Venn Diagrams (continued) || text: p.229 #6, 8, 14, 16-18
 * Mon, Feb 14 || Conditional Probability || Quiz #1 - probability, odds & Venn diagrams
 * Tues, Feb 15 || Review & Consolidation || Hmk: p.228 #1-5; p.268 #2&3; p.270 #1-3 ||
 * Wed, Feb 16 || Review & Consolidation || Took up Monday's quiz
 * Thurs, Feb 17 ||  || Independent vs. Dependent events
 * Fri, Feb 18 ||  || PD Day (no school) ||
 * Mon, Feb 21 ||  || Family Day (no school) ||
 * Tues, Feb 22 || Organized counting & Factorials(!) || Handout:
 * Wed, Feb 23 || Permutations || Continue on handout from yesterday:
 * Thurs, Feb 24 || Permutations with Identical Elements || New handout: 4.3 #3-5
 * Fri, Feb 25 || Consolidation - Permutations || Handout #1-12 (completed in class):
 * Mon, Feb 28 || SNOW DAY ||  ||
 * Tues, Mar 1 || Combinations || Quiz #3 - Permutations
 * Wed, Mar 2 || Combinations
 * Thurs, Mar 3 || Review || Review sheet handed out yesterday (#1-23)
 * Mon, Mar 7 || Review ||  ||
 * Tues, March 8 || Test #1 ||  ||


 * Unit 2: Organizing Data for Analysis**

Read textbook pp.16-19 Do p.20 #1-13 || Read textbook pp.3-10 Do p.11 #1, 2, 4, 9 || hmk: Counting Stories assignment || p.60 #1-6, 9 hmk: Counting Stories assignment || Handout: - read first two pages (terms) - do #1-9 || Handout: read box and do #1, 4, 6 Quiz || Time to work on counting stories assignment || - Sampling Techniques || Counting Stories Assignment Due Activity - choose topic, questions and sampling method for project Hmk: Read pp.94-98 (Sampling Techniqes) || Lesson: Handout: Bias in surveys || 1. Do the CBC Vote Compass poll. - Do you have concerns about the design? - Did your result match the political party you support? 2. Read the three articles on survey design & look at the StatsCan example 3. Begin to design your survey for your project (perhaps use some questions you designed in class on Mon) || Room N104 __Online survey__ (Canadian politics): [] __Survey design articles__ Survey example from StatsCan (3 pages): || Hmk: all from textbook - section 2.2 #5; 2.3 #7, 9; 2.4 #4, 8; 2.5 #12, 14, 17 Review: p.69 #4, 9; p.71 #1, 2; p.136 #1-8; p.138 #2, 4, 5 || Time to finish up homework and ask questions Take up Quiz #5 ||
 * Date || Topic || Classwork/Homework ||
 * Fri, Mar 4 || Introduction to the role/use of statistics || 1.2 Issues & Conclusions
 * Wed, Mar 9 || Visual displays of data || 1.1 Visual displays of data
 * Thur, Mar 10 || Work Period || Counting Stories assignment (due Thurs, Mar 24) ||
 * Fri, Mar 11 || Work Period || Counting Stories assignment (due Thurs, Mar 24) ||
 * Mon, Mar 21 || Polling || [[file:Polling Data.pdf]]
 * Tue, Mar 22 || Power of data in media || 1.5 Power of Data
 * Wed, Mar 23 || Analysis with graphs || Lesson: Data analysis with graphs
 * Thu, Mar 24 || Indices || Lesson: Indices
 * Fri, Mar 25 || Sampling Methods || Handout: Sampling methods: read front page and do #1-6 on back
 * Mon, Mar 28 || Introduction to Project
 * Tue Mar 29 || Bias in Surveys || Discussion of sampling techniques and survey bias.
 * Wed, Mar 30 || Consolidation || Handout ||
 * Thur, Mar 31 || Survey design and construction
 * Fri, Apr 1 || In search of good data || Lesson: [[file:mdm4U apr 1.pdf]]
 * Mon, Apr 4 || Review || Complete review assignment from Friday
 * Tues, Apr 5 || Test #2 ||  ||


 * Unit 3: Statistics**

Measures of Central Tendency || Lesson: Leson (with writing included): Hmk: p.146 #1, 2; p.149 #16; p.159 #5, p.160 #6 || Mean of Grouped Data || Lesson: Hmk: p.161 #10, 13 Handout: #5-8 || Measures of Spread - range - Interquartile range || Lesson: Homework: p.168 #1-7, 9, 10 || handout || - calculating standard deviation by hand (one example) || handout || - range, IQR, std deviation || Chapter Problem: p.140, 150, 162, 172 || Homework: p.176 #1-4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 14 || - see text pp.398 & 399 for Z score table || Lesson: Homework: p.186 #1-8 || - including calculating probability of being BETWEEN two values || Handout: #7-10, 13, 15, 16 || Comparison of 3 national polls for Federal Election || Review part 1 (handout) - don't do #2 || Review || Discussed pp.197-98 (3 cases) Review part 2 (text): p.199-200 (review & chapter test) ||
 * Date || Topic || Classwork/Homework ||
 * Wed, Apr 6 || Distributions of Data
 * Thurs, Apr 7 || Weighted Mean
 * Fri, Apr 8 || Consolidation of Measures of Central Tendency || Handout: #1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 14 ||
 * Mon, Apr 11 || Quiz #6
 * Tue, Apr 12 || Standard deviation || handout ||
 * Wed, Apr 13 || Using TI-83 graphing calculator for 1 VAR STATS || (in Library)
 * Thurs, Apr 14 || Using TI-83 graphing calculator for 1 VAR STATS
 * Fri, Apr 15 || Consolidation - Measures of Central Tendency
 * Mon, Apr 18 || Normal Distribution || Lesson:
 * Tue, Apr 19 || Z-Scores
 * Wed, Apr 20 || Z-scores (cont'd)
 * Thur, April 21 || Discussed culminating project (including showing three exemplars) || time to work on project proposal ||
 * Tues, Apr 26 || Further discussion of culminating project
 * Wed, Apr 27 || Quiz #7
 * Thurs, Apr 28 || Review || Workperiod ||
 * Fri, Apr 29 || Unit 3 Test || __Project proposal due Monday__ ||

Section 1.4 || p.51 #1-4, 8, 10 || p.180 #1, 2, 6, 7 || Return/take up Test #3 Read Section 5.1 Do p.277 #1-9 || Do p.289 #1-6 || Do p.289 #7-15 || Handout: #1, 2, 4, 6 || p.299 #1-5 || p.300 #6, 12, 13, 14 || Homework: handout p.111 #1, 2, 4, 5, 8 || Homework: handout #1, 3, 7, 9 || Handout ||
 * Work on Culminating Project**
 * Date || Topic || Homework ||
 * Mon, May 2 || Project || Lab 106 ||
 * Tues, May 3 || Project || Library ||
 * Wed, May 4 || Project || Lab 104 ||
 * Thurs, May 5 || Project || Library ||
 * Fri, May 6 || Project || Lab 106 ||
 * Mon, May 9 || Project || Library ||
 * Tues, May 10 || Project || Lab 106 ||
 * Wed, May 11 || Correlation (incl TI-83)
 * Thurs, May 12 || Two Var Stats || Handouts: p.168 #1, 2, 3, 5, 6;
 * Fri, May 13 || Two Var Stats || Handouts: p.199 #1, 3, 6, 8; p.212 #1, 2, 4, 8
 * solutions for Thurs/Fri also handed out* ||
 * Mon, May 16 || Project || Lab 106 ||
 * **Unit 4: Probability Distributions** ||  ||   ||
 * Tues, May 17 || Probability Distributions & Expected Value || Quiz #8: Correlation (using TI-83)
 * Wed, May 18 ||  || Exam review (start) ||
 * Thurs, May 19 || Pascal's Triangle & Binomial Theorem || Section 5.2
 * Fri, May 20 || Pascal's Triangle & Binomial Theorem || Section 5.2
 * Tue, May 24 || Pascal's Triangle & Binomial Theorem || Section 5.2 Recap
 * Wed, May 25 || Binomial Distributions || [[file:mdm4u may25.pdf]]
 * Thur, May 26 || Project || Lab N106 ||
 * Fri, May 27 || Project || Lab N104 ||
 * Mon, May 30 || Binomial Distributions || [[file:mdm4u may30.pdf]]
 * Tues, May 31 || Binomial Distributions || handout (7.2) ||
 * Wed, June 1 || Normal Approximation of binomial distribution || [[file:mdm4u jun1.pdf]] ||
 * Thurs, June 2 || Normal Approximation of binomial distribution || [[file:mdm4u jun2.pdf]] ||
 * Fri, June 3 || Project || Lab N104 ||
 * Mon, June 6 || Geometric distribution || lesson:
 * Tues, June 7 || Hypergeometric distribution || lesson:
 * Wed, June 8 || Review || Quiz #10
 * Thurs, June 9 || Project || Lab N104 ||
 * Fri, June 10 || Test ||  ||

Week of June 13-17 & June 20 Exam Review June 15 &16 - project presentations