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Mallika Pandey Date of submission: Oct 25th 2010 Due Date: October 26th 2010 Date Assigned: Oct 11th 2010 Math 6E Wiki Assignment 1 Making Graphs Using Technology: Data About Us

__1. Table: Make a table on the travel times to school data of the students of Math 6E. Page 30__


 * Math 6E Travel Times to School Data**


 * **Name** ||= **Travel Time to School** ||
 * Mallika ||= 5 mins ||
 * Anahita ||= 20 mins ||
 * Mi Hyun ||= 25 mins ||
 * Lisa ||= 15 mins ||
 * Amani ||= 10 mins ||
 * Etienne ||= 30 mins ||
 * Laura ||= 15 mins ||
 * Jalen ||= 2 mins ||
 * Jun Hyuk ||= 15 mins ||
 * Jun Woo ||= 15 mins ||
 * Tahmid ||= 60 mins ||
 * Tyler ||= 7 mins ||
 * Miraaj ||= 3 mins ||
 * Marisa ||= 15 mins ||
 * Erika ||= 5 mins ||
 * Yoolim ||= 8 mins ||
 * Atash ||= 5 mins ||
 * Gavin ||= 5 mins ||

__2. Stem and Leaf Plot: Create a stem and leaf plot on the travel times by using the data provided above.__


 * Math 6E Travel Times to School**



__3. Bar Graph: On Microsoft Excel create a bar graph on Kinds of Pets Students Have. Page 28 DAU Extensions #15__



__4. Pets: Write a paragraph on the pets students have using the information provided on the graph above. Page 28 DAU Extensions #16__

From looking at the data on the bar graph, I notice that many students have either a cat, a dog, or a fish. The fish is the most popular pet according to this data and this graph. People have 303 fish in total in this survey. The "unpopular" pets would be rabbits, snakes, guinea pigs, turtles, and gerbils. The range varies between 2 (rabbit) and 303 (fish). All of these "unpopular" pets fall under 20 in frequency. On the other hand: fish = 303, cat = 184, and dog = 180. These pets are probably popular because they are manageable, fun pets, while snakes, rabbits, and guinea pigs are harder to handle. Overall, there is a huge variety of pets in this survey and I am surprised by that.

__5. Pets: Write a short paragraph on your opinion of about how many people were surveyed. Page 28 DAU Extensions #17__

I think that a good estimate of how many students were surveyed, from my point of view, would be 780. I say this because many people may have more than one pet. For example, one person many have 20 fish and another person many have 3 dogs. So, I think that the 61 other pets may belong to people who own more than one pet.