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1. CARTESIAN COORDINATES.
Using Cartesian Coordinates we mark a point on a graph by how far along and
how far up it is:
Where they cross over is the "(, )" point, called Origin of Coordinates; you
measure everything from there.
It is like we put two Number Lines together, one going left-right, and the other
going down-up.
As increases, the point moves further right. When decreases, the point
moves further to the left. As increases, the point moves further up. When
decreases, the point moves further down. The coordinates are always written in a
certain order:
And usually the numbers are separated by a comma, and parentheses are put
around the whole thing like this:
(, )
Just like with the Number Line, you can also have Negative Values. Negative:
start at zero and head in the opposite direction:
2. GRAPHS.
Graphs can be used to quickly get an idea of how one quantity varies as
another quantity changes.
This graph shows Dans journey on his bike. We can see we use points to see where
the graphs changes.
A Function is a relation between two variables such that for every value of the
first, there is only one corresponding value of the second. We say that the second
variable is a function of the first variable.
The first variable is the Independent Variable (usually ), and the second
variable is the Dependent Variable (usually ). A good way of presenting a Function is
by Graphical Representation. Graphs give us a visual picture of the function.
The following graph shows the present people (in thousands) in a shopping centre
during a day.
The function increases in the intervals (9, 12) and (14, 18).
The function decreases in the intervals (12, 14) and (18, 24).
The point (12, 3) is a local maximum and the point (14, 2) is a local minimum.
At 09:00 the function has the global minimum and at 18:00 the function has the global
maximum (5000 people).
3. STATISTICS.
Imagine you have to make a study of the leisure activities in a city. The
Population of this study will be the group of inhabitants of that city. A part of this
group is called Sample. Therefore, the Population is the whole group of units that you
are going to study and a Sample is a subset of the population. Each unit of the
population is called Individual.
The owner of a screw factory wants to make a quality control. He picks up 1 out of
every 100 produced screws and then he analyses them.
You can collect data using a Data-Collection Sheet. This one is a tally chart.
The number of televisions in each house of my street is shown in the frequency table.
1 + 5 + 12 + 9 + 1 = 28 houses
0 + 5 + 24 + 27 + 4 = 60 TVs
4. STATISTICS GRAPHS.
A Bar Graph (also called Bar Chart) is a graphical display of data using bars of
different heights.
It is a really good way to show Relative Sizes: we can see which types of movie
are most liked, and which are least liked, at a glance. We can use bar graphs to show
the relative sizes of many things, such as what type of car people have, how many
customers a shop has on different days and so on.
Pie Chart: a special chart that uses "pie slices" to show relative sizes of data.
It is a really good way to show Relative Sizes: it is easy to see which movie
types are most liked, and which are least liked, at a glance. To calculate each sector we
use the Relative Frequency to find the angle of the sector.
MATH VOCABULARY: Chart, Bar Graph, Histogram, Ranges, Pie Chart, Frequency
Polygon.
Measures of Central Tendency Mean, Mode, and Median- can help you
capture, with a single number, what is typical or representative of the data.
The Mean of a set of data is the total of all the values divided by the number of
values, that is, the average value of all the data in the set. The mean is denoted
by
.
The Mode is the value that occurs most often. (The mode is sometimes called
the modal value).
The Median is the middle value when the data is arranged in order, that is, the
value that has exactly half the data above it and half bellow it.
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6. PROBABILITY.
Random experiments are those that cant be predicted with total certainty.
Tossing a coin, rolling a dice, choosing a card from a deck, choosing a marble from a
bag,
The set of all possible Outcomes (results) of a random experiment is called the
Sample Space (). The basic outcomes of an experiment are also known as Elementary
Events. An Event is a set of outcomes, that is, a subset of the Sample Space.
{1}, {2}, {3}, {4}, {5} and {6} are elementary events
Sure Event: event that always occurs, whatever the result of the experiment is.
The sample space is a sure event.
Impossible Event: event that never occurs, whatever the result of the
experiment is. The empty set is an impossible event.
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