What is Right for Me?

For this task, students will choose two colleges in different locations to analyze. Students will create and use trend lines and r2 values to analyze tuition and enrollment data from each college. They will use data from the past 5 years to fit functions to this data and make predictions for the time they will attend. Then students will interpret mean, median, range by analyzing information from the cities or towns where each college is located. This information will include statistics about population size, crime rates, careers, and income levels. The purpose of this assessment is to use statistics to think about and evaluate the different choices they have about where they might go after high school.