Allison Beimel's Learning

  Over the last two weeks, we have talked more about the quantitative data side of assessment. This first touched on vocabulary terms that will help you understand more about what the data is representing. Population and sampling refer to who the data is being collected from. The population is the entire group, for example, all five-year-old children. And a sample refers to the smaller group itself, like from a specific classroom. We also talked about terms that are represented on a graph. Graphs also include mean, median, mode, and standard deviation. Mean, median, and mode are created from results or test scores. Standard deviation is the distance that a score is from the mean. A standard deviation is found on tests like the SAT and ACT. A low standard deviation means the score is close to the average. After we defined these terms, we put them to use with sample data. With the data, we created a visual representation, a bar graph, or a pie chart. We also experimented with individua