Choose a Car, Any Car!

There are lots of different cars made for lots of different uses. You want to understand better how much gas
different types of cars, trucks, SUVs, and vans might need.
1.

Use the internet to find information on four vehicles, choose any cars, trucks or SUVs that you want!
Go to www.fueleconomy.gov, Find and Compare and look up data for them.
Also, http://www.motortrend.com/new_cars/ has data, too.

2.

For each of the cars write down whatever the information you need to help the class do these things

Make a graph showing how the fuel efficiency versus gas tank size for the four cars are related.

Compare how far the cars can go on a tank of gas versus their fuel efficiency

Compare the price per pound for the vehicle versus fuel efficiency.
Team
members

3.

Now open the Google Sheets file shared with you and enter your data
into your rows.

4.

Find the graph assigned to your team.

Label the axes and add an appropriate the title.

Assigned
Graph
Gas tank size vs.
fuel efficiency
Range vs. fuel
efficiency

Price per pound

vs. fuel efficiency

5.

Be ready to explain your teams graph. What is the trend of the graph?

6.

Now tell why you would choose your favorite car to drive to Phoenix with your family and why?

Definitions for Discussion of

Correlations
Data with pairs of variables is bivariate data
When a larger value of one variable is
generally paired with a larger value of the
other the variables have a positive
correlation.
When a larger value of one variable is
paired with a smaller value of the other
variable there is a negative correlation.

When points points do not cluster around a

line the variables are uncorrelated.
An observation that lies outside of the
overall pattern of the data is called an
outlier

Example for Data

Point Outlier

Player:
Michael Jordan

Darrell Griffith
Spudd Webb
Dee Brown
Harold Miner
Vince Carter
Steve Francis
Antonio McDyess

NBA Players Height Versus Vertical Leap

90

85

Player Height, in.

80

75

70

65

60
26

31

36
Vertical Leap, in.

Spudd Webb video

41

46

Dominique Wilkins
Julius Erving
Shawn Kemp
Larry Nance
Rex Chapmann
Kobe Bryant
Desmond Mason
Ralph Sampson
Daryl Dawkins
Shaquille Oneal
Lamar Odom
Magic Johnson
Karl Malone
Larry Bird

Vertical
Height
Leap:
48
78
48
76
46
67
44
73
44
77
43
78
43
75
42
81
42

80

41
40
40
39
38
38
36
34
32
32
30
28
28

79
82
82
76
78
79
88
83
85
82
81
81
81

Unit 9, Formative Assessment #2

Identify each relationship as having a positive or negative correlation.
1. Fill in the blank for each graph identifying what kind of correlation it represents.

a. _______________

b. _____________

c.____________

2. Which graph above best represents the situations listed below?

Write the letter of the graph that best describes each situation into the blank.
a. The more you drink caffeine, the less sleep you get.________
b. The more years of education you have, the greater your salary will be.________
c. The size of your cars gas tank and the distance you live from the ocean. ________
d. The more TV you watch, the less time you spend outdoors.________
e. Unlike the other expensive motorcycles, Steves race bike took a long time to finish the race. _______
f. The higher the elevation above sea level, the lower the atmospheric pressure. ________
g. The closer someone lives to a basketball court, the more basketball they play. ________

Lesson summary: Write a summary of todays lesson in your own words. Sketches and graphs are acceptable.