Congratulations! Each of you have recently been hired to be a sportswriter for various News Companies: USA Today, Sports Illustrated, and ESPN Magazine.
You will
work individually (being a reporter is a really competitive industry) to research the men’s and women’s results
of a timed Olympic Event of your choice. Some sports that include
these type of events are: track and field, swimming, speed skating, and
skiing.
Here is a list of all Olympic events, but some will not work for this activity.
Option #1 [Highest grade possible is an A]
Task #1 Choose a sport that has times/distances that can improve with time and that both men and women participate in. For instance Volleyball would not work because the score for the winning team is always the same and Greco Roman Wrestling would not work because only men wrestle.
Task #2 Write a brief history of the event including when the sport was added to the Olympics and any other relevant details about the sport (one paragraph).
Task #3 Collect data on that sports times/distances over the last 30-40 years for both men and women.
Task #4 Create two tables (one for each gender) that shows years (x) as compared to times (y) and then use that table to create a scatter plot. Plot both sets of data on the same scatter plot but make sure to delineate between the two sets.
Task #4 Draw two lines of best fit and write two linear equation for those lines. Then use those equation to predict what the winning times will be in the next Olympics (Winter 2018/Summer 2016)
Task #5 Write a one paragraph statement that explains your data and draws a conclusion from the work you have shown.
Option #2 [Highest grade possible is a B]
Task #1 Choose a sport that has times/distances that can improve with time. For instance Volleyball would not work because the score for the winning team is always the same.
Task #2 Write a brief history of the event including when the sport was added to the Olympics and any other relevant details about the sport (one paragraph).
Task #3 Collect data on that sports times/distances over the last 30-40 years.
Task #4 Create a table that shows years (x) as compared to times (y) and then use that table to create a scatter plot.
Task #4 Draw a line of best fit and write a linear equation for that graph/line. Then use that equation to predict what the winning time will be in the next Olympics (Winter 2018/Summer 2016)
Task #5 Write a one paragraph statement that explains your data and draws a conclusion from the work you have shown.
Data Resources:
Olympic Website
Sports Fact Monster
Center for Mathematics
Database sports
Wikipedia
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