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As a team of four, your job will be to explore what probability and statistics are and how they are used. This information is very important for a variety of real life applications.

Each team member will INDIVIDUALLY, research information about Probability and Statistical data. Then you will come together as a team and share the information gathered.

As a TEAM, you will organize the information and create one of the following projects to share with your class or another class.

1. Create a game that will demonstrate and highlight all that you've learned about probability and how it is used. Be sure to include the following information:

Design a game of probability using either a spinner or dice. Be sure to include the following elements:

·         Title of your game

·         Game components

·         Directions so others can play

·         List of rules

·         Explanation of why your game is fair

2. Create an  PowerPoint Presentation that will demonstrate real life application of probability and statistics. Be sure to organize all of the information collected so that each member can display his/her information.

 

But first choose a role and begin your quest!.........................But first choose a role and begin your quest!.........................But first choose a role and begin your quest!

Researcher

Your job will be to provide you team with information about Probability and its uses.

 

Statistician

Your job will be to discover what a statistician does and how statistics are used.

 

Organizer
As the team Organizer, you will need to come up with ways to organize and display statistical data.

Mathematician

Your job will be to discover the relationship between probability, ratio, and percent.