AP Statistics Summer Assignment:
This is an EXTRA Credit assignment.
Acquire the book Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
(Do not need to purchase. Library would work fine)
Read the book and respond to the following questions:
1. What are at least three things you found intriguing about the book and why?
2. What are at least three questions you asked as a result of reading the book? Have you found an answer to the questions?
(If yes, what was the answer. If no, where would you start looking for the answer?)
3. If you were given the ability to design a study like the authors of the book, what topic would you study more about? Why?
4. If you were asked to summarize what the author's purpose for writing the book, what would you say?
(Attempt to do so in 2-4 sentences)
Rubric:
10 points (Answers to questions are basic but provide evidence of reading the book)
15 points (Answers to questions are well thought out and constructed providing evidence of reading the book)
20 points (Answers to questions are well thought out and constructed including at least 4 quotations from the book)
This is an EXTRA Credit assignment.
Acquire the book Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
(Do not need to purchase. Library would work fine)
Read the book and respond to the following questions:
1. What are at least three things you found intriguing about the book and why?
2. What are at least three questions you asked as a result of reading the book? Have you found an answer to the questions?
(If yes, what was the answer. If no, where would you start looking for the answer?)
3. If you were given the ability to design a study like the authors of the book, what topic would you study more about? Why?
4. If you were asked to summarize what the author's purpose for writing the book, what would you say?
(Attempt to do so in 2-4 sentences)
Rubric:
10 points (Answers to questions are basic but provide evidence of reading the book)
15 points (Answers to questions are well thought out and constructed providing evidence of reading the book)
20 points (Answers to questions are well thought out and constructed including at least 4 quotations from the book)