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Context 25 - The Popcorn Problem

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16 questions
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We are going to pop a bag of popcorn. How many seconds do you think it will take before we hear the first pop?

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How many seconds do you think it will take before the popcorn starts popping rapidly?

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At what time will we reach the spot when the most popcorn is being popped?

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How many seconds do you think it will take before the popcorn starts slowing down?

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At what time will the last popcorn pop?

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Open the spreadsheet linked in today's assignment and run the experiment

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Once you've filled in the spreadsheet scroll down and screenshot the graph that is below the numbers.
Paste the screenshot below.

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What is the shape of your graph?

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Using the spreadsheet, what was the average (mean) popping time?

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Using the spreadsheet, what was the standard deviation (SD)?

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Go to the following site and enter your mean and Standard Deviation from above then hit enter to create a normal curve for your data.
Normal Curve Site
Screenshot the result and post it below.

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Compare your graph in #7 to the curve in #11. How are they similar?

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Compare your graph in #7 to the curve in #11. How are they different?

The normal curve is broken up in intervals labeled -3 to 3 as is seen below. Using the website from #11 answer the following questions.
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Using the website on #11, what percentage kernels does the model predict popped between intervals -1 and 1?
To find this find the values on the curve that correspond with the location of -1 and 1 and enter them as I did below.

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Using the website on #11, what percentage kernels does the model predict popped between intervals -2 and 2?

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Using the website on #11, what percentage kernels does the model predict popped between intervals -3 and 3?