The new term we added this week that interested me was standard scores or Z-scores. Here is a link to a good explanation of Z-Score , how it is calculated and how it can provide a meaningful way to compare data and understand how defective a process is.
Our group assignment will take a few weeks but I am eager to get started. The assignment is to create a survey, administer it, collect the data, and then provide an analysis of the data using various statistical averages, calculations, and charts or graphs. My group was deciding between using Survey Monkey and Google Forms. Ultimately we decided to use Google Forms because of it's ability to share the collected data easily, we are all familiar with it and it is not limited to 10 questions like Survey Monkey. Our topic will be Internet Safety and our targeted student groups will be grades 4 through 8. We are expecting to see a difference between the knowledge of grades 4/5 and grades 6/7/8. I will start administering the survey on Monday with my classes so we'll see what happens.
Thanks for the reference to calculating Z-scores. The explanation and example are very nicely done. Let's mention that to everyone next class.
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