MARVIN L.
CANDA BSEDMATH
PLANE GEOMETRY
Activity 5. Mathematics Investigation (in Statistics)
1. This is a mathematics investigation under Statistics specifically on
association between two variables. The following specific activities are
assigned for certain groups. It will be up to you how you are going to
assign tasks to your members. Select your leader.
For groups 1-4. I want you to determine if there is a correlation
between height and weight?
For groups 5-8. I want you to determine if there is a correlation
between an arm span and foot height?
2. You will be gathering data from all of your classmates in Math 138.
3. You are going to submit a written article by group following the format
given below. There are questions provided to guide your writing, however
you can add more.
Title - make your own title.
Authors - write your names below the title
I. Introduction
What is the focus of your study?
What is the basis of your interest in this topic or focus?
What are you trying to learn about and understand?
II. Objective/s
What are your specific objective/s for this study?
III. Review of Related Literature
What is the context of previous work that has been done on this
topic?
To what else does the topic relate? What are the areas of research and
specific research studies that relate to your investigation or study?
What are related professional references (research, theory, and/or
practice) that inform you?
IV. Description Of The Research Context
Where was the study conducted and the data gathered?
What is the specific context in which the study was conducted (e.g.
school population, the classroom environment, curriculum, etc.)?
Who were the participants (respondents) in this investigation or
study?
How did you select the participants?
Describe these participants.
V. Data Collection And Analysis
Research design
What is your general approach to research design? (e.g descriptive,
experimental, case study etc.). How and why did I choose this
approach?
Data
What important kinds of data did you collect? What specific
method/s of data collection did you use (e.g. interviewing, secondary
data collection, etc.)?
For each method - What did you do? What did the data look like?
How did you collect it? When? How often? What did you do with it?
Analysis
How did you analyze the data? What did you do to organize and
analyze data as you collected it?
Study Duration/ Timeline of Investigation
What was your research time line? Specify the activities you made
from the start and indicate the duration for each activity. You can use
the Gantt Chart to illustrate and discuss the chart.
VI. Findings/Results and Discussions
In this section you are reporting the findings of the study and so must
stay close to the data in the statements that you make.
Discuss or interpret the result of analysis.
What are the possible implications of these findings for your own
participants or other people. What sense do you make of this study?
VII. Conclusion
Summary of the investigation and concluding remarks that highlight
thoughts you want to leave the reader with - the major insights or
wonderings you are taking from the study.
VIII. References