Flipped Math
Normal Distributions
Distribute a video on normal distributions. Viewers discover how the mean and standard deviation affect the shape of normal distributions. They also learn to apply the Empirical Rule and use a graphing calculator to determine...
Flipped Math
Comparing Distributions
Here's a lesson that is beyond compare. Young mathematicians learn to compare data distributions in the fourth of five installments in Algebra 1 Unit 4. They consider the shape of the distributions, identify any outliers, and compare the...
Flipped Math
Boxplots and Interquartile Range
Box in a lesson on box plots. Viewers of an informative video learn how to create box plots, both by hand and by using a graphing calculator. Additionally, they determine the interquartile range and interpret the value in terms of the...
Flipped Math
Data Distributions
The shape of a data distribution can help shape one's understanding of the data. The second of five lessons in Algebra 1 Unit 4 focuses on data distributions. By watching a video, scholars learn about symmetric, bimodal, and skewed...
Flipped Math
Describing Data
No need to nap through the lesson. Given data on the number of naps two teachers take, learners calculate the mean, median, mode, and range, and then interpret their results in terms of the context. They then see how to determine the...
Crash Course
The Shape of Data: Distributions: Crash Course Statistics #7
Keep your knowledge of distributions in shape. An informative YouTube video describes how to analyze data using the shape of the data distribution. The seventh installment of the Crash Course Statistics series looks at normal...
Crash Course
Mathematical Thinking: Crash Course Statistics #2
What is the probability that someone will draw the same lottery numbers two times in a row? Very small, but it can—and has—happened! Statisticians often work with very large or small numbers. The second lesson in a statistics playlist...
Crash Course
What Is Statistics: Crash Course Statistics #1
Statistics in the wrong hands can be a dangerous thing. The first installment of a five-episode series explains the basics of statistics. The instructor focuses on the usefulness of statistics and how to identify misuse of stats.
Teacher's Pet
Using Math to Analyze Data
No one wants to be average, so mathematicians use the term mean instead of average. The video explains how to calculate the mean, how to calculate the percent error, and why this information is important. Finally, the video considers the...
National Education Association
Using Measures of Central Tendency
Is it better to be average or an outlier? It all depends on your perspective! The video explains the impact an outlier has on central tendency. Using multiple examples to solve for mean, median, and mode, the video proves that having an...
Fuse School
Reliability, Accuracy and Precision
Scientific results should be reliable, accurate, and precise, but what is the difference between the three? The first video in a series of 29 uses the metaphor of dart throwing to explain these three key terms in scientific experimental...
statisticsfun
How to Calculate Margin of Error and Standard Deviation
What did the math book say to the psychology book? I have a lot of problems. A helpful video covers how to calculate the margin of error with various standard deviation numbers.
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How to Calculate Standard Deviation and Variance
What if math teachers are really pirates and they want us to find x so they can get the buried treasure? A short video explains how to calculate standard deviation and variance with a step-by-step guided practice problem. The...
Northeast Arkansas Education Cooperative
Using Measure of Central Tendencies
This short but information-packed presentation begins with a thorough review of how to calculate mean, median, and mode of a given data set. What makes it a unique lesson is the follow-up example and presentation of how these measures of...
statisticsfun
Why are Degrees of Freedom (n-1) Used in Variance and Standard Deviation
Don't be mean, be above average. A straightforward video explains why degrees of freedom are used and how to recognize the error based on your sample population.
statisticsfun
Calculate A Sample Size of a Population Proportion
I think we need a new teacher; this one keeps asking us for the answers! The video walks through how to solve for sample size when you are given a z score, proportion, and margin of error. It also explains a graph of the relationship...
statisticsfun
Calculate Sample Size Interval of a Population Mean
When does .2 round up rather than down? The example in a statistics video changes the rules about rounding. The video walks through how to solve for sample size when you are given the error, z score, and standard deviation. It...
statisticsfun
How to Calculate Sample Size
If your sample size is small and your standard deviation is high, your results mean nothing. The video explains how to solve for sample size, assuming you are given the confidence, standard deviation, and error rate.
statisticsfun
How to Calculate Mean and Standard Deviation
Good news! We only have a half day of school this morning. Granted, we have the other half this afternoon. The video is a visual representation of the definitions of mean and standard deviation.
statisticsfun
How to Calculate Standard Deviation, Mean, Variance Statistics, Excel
Wouldn't life be easier if a computer would do the work for us? A video shows how to use Excel to solve for standard deviation, mean, and variance statistics.
statisticsfun
Calculating Standard Deviation Using Excel
Excel at your work with a lesson featuring spreadsheets. A video walks pupils slowly through how to solve standard deviation and variance using Excel in two different ways.
statisticsfun
Standard Deviation and Variance
When does 10 + 7 = 13? When you add wrong. The video walks you through solving standard deviation and variance problems by hand, including ways to check your work.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Statistics: Standard Deviation
Video reviews the population and sample mean and variance then expands to population and sample standard deviation. Gives examples of calculating the standard deviation. [13:07]
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Against All Odds: Normal Calculations
Video program shows viewers how to use standard deviation, compute relative frequencies, find percentiles, and determine whether a distribution is normal. Real-life connections made by examining data from vehicle-emissions standards and...