I will have students analyze the classes text messaging data anonymously by time, friend or family, and importance
Students really enjoyed this activity, and in many cases was a real eye-opener. What was really good was that the data set was large enough that trends were hard to see without generating the graphs.
Some student samples:
Sheet1
Time of text, Friend or Family or work, importance 1 to 5( 5 extremely important)
Family, 3
13, Family, 3
9, Family, 3. 5
14, Family, 1
16, Family
13, Family, 1
14, Family, 3
14, Family, 3
14, Family, 3
9, Family, 3
10, Family, 3
...
Sheet1
Time of text, Friend or Family or work, Importance 1 to 5( 5 extremely important)
Family, 3
13, Family, 3
9, Family, 3. 5
14, Family, 1
16, Family
13, Family, 1
14, Family, 3
14, Family, 3
14, Family, 3
9, Family, 3
10, Family, 3
...