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Normal Distribution Portfolio

This document provides instructions for a project analyzing a data set and its distribution characteristics. Students are asked to collect at least 30 data points, create a visual representation as a histogram or bar graph, and analyze the data set by calculating the mean and standard deviation and determining if it follows a normal distribution. Justification must be provided for why the data set's distribution shape makes sense or does not follow a normal pattern.

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Normal Distribution Portfolio

This document provides instructions for a project analyzing a data set and its distribution characteristics. Students are asked to collect at least 30 data points, create a visual representation as a histogram or bar graph, and analyze the data set by calculating the mean and standard deviation and determining if it follows a normal distribution. Justification must be provided for why the data set's distribution shape makes sense or does not follow a normal pattern.

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Normal Distribution Portfolio

Directions: In this portfolio project, you will be collecting a set of data and analyzing the characteristics of the distribution. Provide
yourself with plenty of time to complete step 1.

*Please watch the following recording for assistance: https://www.loom.com/share/996c08cf730149acbc0de455b0705637

Part 1
Collect a set of data with at least 30 data points. The data should be quantitative, which means that it should be measured using
numbers. You can be as creative as you’d like, but here are some suggestions for things that you can survey.

● the heights of a large number of people


● the number of pages in a set of books on a bookshelf
● the number of hits earned by different professional baseball players in a season

Or if you prefer you can use the data below:

Tik Tok videos viewed by a student over 30 days:


7, 11, 6, 8, 8, 10, 7, 6, 13, 7, 6, 9, 11, 8, 14, 8, 5, 8, 6, 12, 3, 10, 8, 5, 9, 4, 9, 10, 12, 7

Enter your data below or state if you will use the provided Tik Tok data
Using tik tok data
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Part 2
Create a visual representation of your data. If the data is continuous, use a histogram. If the data is discrete, use a bar graph. Make
sure to label the axes with appropriate titles and incorporate the appropriate scale on each axis. Use the graph paper provided below
or your own if you prefer.

*Note #1: On the y-axis (up and down) this is the height of your data. In other words, suppose you used the Tik Tok data and looked
at the frequency of the number 8. Notice it appears six times in our data. So it would have a height of six.
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x x-m (x-m)^2
7 7-4 9
11 11-2 81
6 6-4 4
8 8-6 4
8 8-6 4
10 10-3 49
7 7-4 9
6 6-4 4
13 13-1 144
7 7-4 9
6 6-4 4
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9 9-3 36
11 11-2 81
8 8-6 4
14 14-1 169
8 8-6 4
5 5-2 9
8 8-6 4
6 6-4 4

12 12-2 100

3 3-1 4

10 10-3 49

8 8-6 4

5 5-2 9
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9 9-3 36

4 4-1 9

9 9-3 36

10 10-3 49

12 12-2 100

7 7-4 9

Part 3
Respond to the following questions.

1. What is the mean and standard deviation of the set of data? To show your calculations for the standard deviation fill out the
table to the right: (In the table, m is the mean and the first column should be your 30 data points)

2. Does the data follow a normal distribution? Be sure to mathematically justify your answer.

No. The mean median and mode are not the same
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3. Answer one of the following questions.


a. If your sample follows a normal distribution, does this make sense to you? Explain why.
b. If your sample does not follow a normal distribution (e.g., it could be skewed left or right, have a uniform distribution, or
have some other shape), then why might this be the reason?
My graph does not have a uniform distribution. This might be because the person just isn’t on tik tok as much

Submission Check-list
Make sure to submit
❏ Your data set from Part 1
❏ Your histogram or bar graph from Part 2 (use the graph provided), and
❏ Your responses to the questions in Part 3 (show all work for question 1, use the table).

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