The statistics unit starts as an introduction to the methods of statistics:  sampling. survey methods, and assessing results.  
The first group of handouts introduces the students to the topics using the site  Statistics: Power From Data,  a resource from Statistics Canada.  Students are also introduced to EStat.  Finally students particiate in the Census At School.  They use this experience to analyse the survey's design, as well as a source of data for calculations.



TEXT: Addison Wesley, College and Apprenticeship Mathematics Ontario Edition, Pearson Education Canada, 2003.

One Variable Statistics

TOPIC                                         FILENAME                                         SUPPORT FILES

E-Stat Investigation                       Estat Assignment.wpd
Introduction- Data Collection         Data Collection.wpd
Sample Selection                           Selecting A Sample.wpd
Survey Design                                Survey Design.wpd
Graphing With Fathom                  Graphing With Fathom.wpd                  4C data file.txt
Measures of Spread                  Fathom Measures of Spread.wpd              database file.txt
Measures of Central Tendency     Measures of Central Tendency.wpd

Two Variable Statistics.

FILENAME                         SUPPORT FILES                 ASSIGNMENT FILES

Linear Regression.wpd                 linear reg.txt             Smoking vs Education for On.ftm
                                                                                   Perth County Income by educ.ftm
Quad Regression.wpd                 quad data.txt             babyboom-quadraticfit.ftm
Exponential Regression.wpd                 exponential data.txt             federaldebtfit.ftm

The Perth County Income by educ.ftm file was presented to the class as conclusions that should have been reached and as examples for the meaning of slope in terms of the situation and predicting the outcomes changes to the data.

To locate a particular table in EStat

1. Open EStat [ http://estat.statcan.ca ]http://estat.statcan.ca
2. Select English
3. Accept and Enter the site, enter username and password.
4. From the left menu select Search CANSIM
5. Search by Table Number, Continue.
6. Enter the Table Number and select Continue
7. Make subset selections. You can select more than one by holding the CTRL key when you click.
8. Select the time frame.
9. Select "Retrieve As Individual Time Series"
10. Select the output format. Graphic scatter graph is a nice preview of your data. Select PRN (Tab-Separated Values), time as rows to input to Fathom.
You may wish to change the frequency to annual(sum) or annual(average)
11. Click Go.
12. When you select PRN format, a File Download window will open. Open the data with Notepad. The data can be copy and pasted into Fathom.
If you selected graphic output, use the Back button to select the next output format.