Correlation

WOOO HOO! Formulas. This past week we started discussing the correlation of statistics. We explored correlation tables and while we were looking at them I was thinking how great this lesson could have been if there would have been a SMART board. As we were going through it, we could have been highlighting the rows and columns pertain to the information in an excel spreadsheet and their intersection would have become more clear. Sometime visuals, like tables, aren't visual enough for visual learners. They need the difference to be highlighted so it stands out from the rest of the data. We are currently in the process of getting a SMART board for our department and I would be definitely suggest this to the AP Stats teacher.

Last week I was a little disappointed that we weren't able to finish the calculations of the Spearman formula on the excel sheets. Hopefully we will be able to continue them this week, while it is over the head of most people through the symbols alone. I look forward to doing some more calculations this week with T-Tests.