NAEP

The assignment wasn't too difficult other than I still have some trouble reading the t-Test results and knowing what goes where. Once I got the information into the table and chart the wording in the paragraphs came easily. The scatter plot was not difficult but the table was difficult for me. This is the first time of me seeing this information in this way, I have never done a t-Test or heard of it before this class...so I am happy I learned this and learned about it. I just wish I understood it a lot better as I do some of the other stuff we have done.

NETS T: 3, 5a, 5b, 5c

You Tube

I already had a youtube account so I didn't have to create one, which saved me a step :)

Here is the video I found on YouTube and liked. Click here

Here is the video after I downloaded it to my computer using RealPlayer Downloader and uploaded it to my own YouTube accound. Click here

NETS T: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

On-line meeting

I wasn't able to use the meeting room for the first on-line meeting. I think this set me back a little bit because I wasn't sure what was talked about during the meeting and I think the assignment was explained a little better in it. I did the best I could with this assignment for that data analysis, and my reflection from the assignment is at the bottom of the results blog. I am glad this part of the assignment is over. It is hard to like something and feel comfortable with an assignment when I have no idea what I am actually doing. Hopefully the last part of the semester goes as good as the first part...with the exception of this assignment. :)

Statistical Analysis

Statistical Analysis:
Research Question 1

Research Question 2

Research question 1 asked Does the age of the student affect the Millenial score. According to the ttest students age 20-29 had an average Millenial score of 77 and ages 30-57 had an average Millenial score of 64. I see a big difference in those numbers. The younger the student, the higher the Millenial score which is waht my hypothesis stated.

Research questions 2 asked Does gender affect the number of blog posts made. According to the ttest male students had an average of 15 blog posts and females had an average of 17 blog posts. There is not a big difference in the numbers, just an average of two higher for female students. My hypothesis stated the female gender would have on average more blog posts than the male gender, which turned out true; however, I thought it would be a significant difference.

This assignment was hard for me. I couldn't get the sample video to play until I was halfway through the quiz which showed in my quiz grade. Once I was able to watch the video I was able to understand a little better. The sorting and the find and replace wasn't difficult and putting the information in the data analysis for the ttest wasn't difficult just interpretting the results was difficult for me. It is something I have never seen or used before and I hope I get more practice with it. I can see where it would be a great tool to use as a teacher to understand students' test results better and to adjust the teaching for different situations. I hope I can use this later on in my teaching career.

NETS-T
2d, 3a, 3b, 3d, 5

Data Preparation

When looking at the categories in the Excel spreadsheet it was easy to come up with research questions. It may have been easier since the information was already there, however, I didn't look at all the data when determining my hypothesis, null hypothesis and even the research question. I want to use the spreadsheet to find the answer to the questions and not the other way around. Below are my research questions, hypothesis for each, and null hypothesis for each.

~Research questions #1:
Does the age of the student affect the Millenial score?
Dependent variable:
Millenial score
Independent variable:
age of student
Hypothesis:
The younger the student, the higher the Millenial score will be.
Null Hypothesis:
The younger the student, the lower the Millenial score will be.

~Research question #2
Does gender affect the number of discussion posts made?
Dependent variable:
Number of discussion posts
Independent variable:
gender
Hypothesis:
The female gender will have on average more discussion posts than the male gender.
Null Hypothesis:
The female gender will have on average less discussion posts than the male gender.

NETS T: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Excel Basics

I have converted all of the wording into numbers for gender, personality type, gender, and teaching/ not teaching. This task was not too difficult once I located the find/replace tool. I didn't realize there were so many different personality types, however there were 13 on the spreadsheet. I already have in mind what my research question is going to be, and making this spreadsheet into numerics instead of words will make it so much easier to research the answer for the question. I know how to sort in ascending or descending order but have not done that and saved it because I am not sure how far we are supposed to go after changing the words to numberics.

NETS T: 1, 2, 3, 4a, 4c, 5a, 5b, 5c

Excel Toolpak

I used the link provided in the discussion for the Excel 2007 and had no problem downloading the toolpak. I am glad we have the discussion, I may not post much but I do read what problems others are having and it makes me feel better that I am not alone in this.

NETS T: 2a, 2c, 3a, 3d, 4a, 5b