MATH 1040 Skittles Project
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REFLECTION
During this semester the group skittles project has allowed me to think outside the box and apply what I am learning to the real world. These include Items such as graphing, probabilities and confidence intervals. Each project had something new to learn and relied on us to figure out how to apply them to our data. This process helped me build on my problem solving abilities to figure out what needed to be done. An example of this is graphing. I thought the first assignment was going to be extremely easy, but quickly found out that manipulating graphs to best represent the data could be quite tricky. I now understand the importance of graphs and how they can be the most effective way to display your results. I also learned this can also be done completely wrong and can help “dishonest add companies” ;) sell a product, by presenting their results in a way that is most beneficial to THEIR objective.
The thing I love most about statistics is that I can see them being used everywhere I go. Just today I was at a class for work and there was a big poster that read “BETWEEN 85%-99% OF ALAMRS ARE NOT LIFE THREATENING”. I immediately thought of confidence intervals and could guess how they came up with those results. This is just one example of the many that I have come upon this semester. Having these skills is specifically important for me because I want to go into the medical profession. I have to be able to read and analyze the results of various studies. I would then have to decide based on the results if it would be applicable to use with a patient. I have learned so much in this class and I know that I will be able to apply these skills in so many different ways.
During this semester the group skittles project has allowed me to think outside the box and apply what I am learning to the real world. These include Items such as graphing, probabilities and confidence intervals. Each project had something new to learn and relied on us to figure out how to apply them to our data. This process helped me build on my problem solving abilities to figure out what needed to be done. An example of this is graphing. I thought the first assignment was going to be extremely easy, but quickly found out that manipulating graphs to best represent the data could be quite tricky. I now understand the importance of graphs and how they can be the most effective way to display your results. I also learned this can also be done completely wrong and can help “dishonest add companies” ;) sell a product, by presenting their results in a way that is most beneficial to THEIR objective.
The thing I love most about statistics is that I can see them being used everywhere I go. Just today I was at a class for work and there was a big poster that read “BETWEEN 85%-99% OF ALAMRS ARE NOT LIFE THREATENING”. I immediately thought of confidence intervals and could guess how they came up with those results. This is just one example of the many that I have come upon this semester. Having these skills is specifically important for me because I want to go into the medical profession. I have to be able to read and analyze the results of various studies. I would then have to decide based on the results if it would be applicable to use with a patient. I have learned so much in this class and I know that I will be able to apply these skills in so many different ways.