ALG 2: What's Hot and What's Not

There are millions and millions of people in the world, yet we can't possibly know if what everyone is thinking. When Coca-Cola wants to find out if people will like their new Lemon-flavored Coke, they talk to a few people to find out what everyone thinks. So, in this project we will learn about how to take a “sample” size of data, basically gathering information about a few people and then using that data to make inferences about everyone else.  


What’s Hot What’s Not is a Project Based Learning Unit aligned to the Common Core State Standards. In this project, you will:

Explore the purpose of using statistics
Compare theoretical probabilities to what happens in real life
Examine how to fit data to a bell curve
Determine if two sets of data are significantly different



W-A-Y, Widening Advancements for Youth, is a non-profit organization based in Michigan, United States. In addition to creating Project Based Learning units, W-A-Y offers a personalized learning experience for students who struggle with traditional high school.


Learn about our units:

Project Based Learning
Explore Real World Issues
Learn with interactives, video instruction, audio books, and graphic organizers
Aligned to the Common Core State Standards



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