Definition
procrastination \proh-cras-tuh-NAY-shuhn\, noun:
1. To put off doing something, especially out of habitual carelessness or laziness.
Quote
"How soon 'not now' becomes 'never'"
-Martin Luther
AP Stats Fast Fact
Don't fear graphs, there are many to choose from to meet your
needs! There are histograms, box plots, stem and leaf plots, and
more! :)
The Study - Graphs
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After analyzing our procrastination levels which were recorded from the surveys, we graphed our results and found the distribution of procrastination levels to be the following:
The numbers in our graph represent the levels of procrastination, relating to when a student completes a long-term assignment:
- 1 - Right Away
- 2 - In a Timely Fashion
- 3 - The Night Before
- 4 - The Morning Of (Before School)
- 5 - The Period Before
- 6 - Minutes Before
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We then analyzed the results of our survey, this time looking to see which genre was preferred overall. The distribution of the results of our survey are shown below:
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After receiving our surveys back, we found that some people had a hard
time reading the directions on our survey (or chose to ignore them).
Because of this, some people picked more than one genre of music as their favorite. In order to properly analyze the data, we re graphed the favorite music genre. This time, we removed response error,
which included those who did not respond, and those who picked more than one as their favorite genre.
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