[Informatics] Another good example of a SAT-like process to show your students

[Mark]

Thanks, Lucas. A jolly nice offering.

On Wednesday, 23 December 2015, Garth, Lucas A <
garth.lucas.a at edumail.vic.gov.au> wrote:

> Hi all,
> Found a link to this on my Twitter feed today and think it was worth a
> share.  Given it's NBA related I think quite a few students might like to
> see this as an example and drill deeper into the data as preparation for or
> alongside their U3O2 analysis in the SAT.
>
> http://www.datasciencecentral.com/m/blogpost?id=6448529%3ABlogPost%3A308162
>
> In this particular link, the writer (Divya Parmar) shows the process of
> data analysis:
>
> 1 - find a question you want the answer to (in his case he uses an example
> of NBA star Stephen Curry returning to form in last year's NBA playoffs)
>
> 2 -  gather data to provide insight (here he shows the main source for the
> data and using in a CSV file, something we'd all be familiar with)
>
> 3 - analyse your data using software of choice (here he highlights Excel
> for starters, but then to R due to the capacity to loop and gather data
> quickly)
>
> 4 - look at your analysis and apply what you've learned (here he shows
> that Curry would return to strong form - and blow me down he does)
>
> For the SAT U3O2 component, it would be job done.  And if not it'd only be
> trying to gather more data on his previous season's performances (unsure if
> really relevant - something worth discussion) and a poll would have been
> useful for primary sourced data (can't be done in retrospect obviously).
> A U4O1 would appear need some multimedia of Curry in games struggling then
> dominating, some smashing graphs, some handy HTML/CSS page organisation,
> Harvard style referencing and the final analysis (from U3O2) attached in
> written form.
>
> OK - you get the gist, hope it helps someone.
>
> Have a great Christmas everyone
>
> Lucas (from Lalor)
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