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Illustrative Mathematics

Accuracy of Carbon 14 Dating I

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Here is an activity that is intended to highlight a very important issue about precision in reporting and understanding statements in a realistic scientific context. Discuss different ways of reporting the half life of Carbon 14 using...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Application and Modeling of Standard Deviation

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
The first activity in this resource has learners computing the mean and standard deviation of two different data sets and drawing conclusions based on their results. The second activity has them using a dice-rolling simulation to...
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Activity
Illustrative Mathematics

Haircut Costs

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Who pays more for haircuts, men or women? Given quartile values, learners construct box and whiskers plots and interpret the results. They compare the mean and median, and discuss which is more appropriate under particular conditions....
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Activity
Illustrative Mathematics

Speed Trap

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
In which direction is traffic moving faster, north or south?  Use box and whisker plots to organize data and interpret the results. Detailed solutions are included. This activity would be good as a warm up or quick assessment at the end...
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

I Know What You Did Last Summer: A Data Graphing Project

For Teachers 7th - 11th Standards
Young scholars participate in graphing data.  In this graphing data lesson plan, students make a stem and leaf plot of their summer activities.  Young scholars create numerous graphs on poster boards.  Students discuss the differences...
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University of South Florida

Fcat: Drops on a Penny: Teacher Notes

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students learn how to create stem-and-leaf diagrams and boxplots by collecting data on the surface tension of water molecules. This hands-on activity using pennies is a great way to learn how to organize data.
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Interpreting Scatterplots

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Given scatterplots that represent problem situations, the student will determine if the data has strong vs weak correlation as well as positive, negative, or no correlation.
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Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Hotmath: Practice Problems: Correlation and Lines of Best Fit

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Twenty problems present a variety of practice determining correlation based on data in a scatter plot and using lines of best fit with given data. They are given with each step to the solution cleverly revealed one at a time. You can...
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Handout
Math Is Fun

Math Is Fun: Scatter Plots

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Explains, with examples, what scatter plots are and how to interpret the data. Discusses trends, interpolation and extrapolation, and correlation. Includes a set of practice questions.
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eBook
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

Nist: Engineering Statistics Handbook: Scatter Plots and Linear Regression

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An explanation of scatter plots followed by examples of the many different kinds of scatter plots.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: The Evolution of Pearson's Correlation Coefficient

For Teachers 10th - 12th Standards
For this activity, students explore nine scatter plots to develop their understanding of how two quantitative variables are related. Through an exploration of the properties of this association, they come to understand the standard...
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Interactive
University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Least Squares Regression

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Create your own scatter plot or use real-world data and try to fit a line to it. Explore how individual data points affect the correlation coefficient and best-fit line.
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Other

American Statistical Association: Using Dice to Introduce Sampling Distributions

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In this lesson, students use a dice simulation to investigate how random sampling affects the properties of the distribution of a sample proportion, and are introduced to the sampling distribution of the sample proportion.
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eBook
Other

Online Statistics Education: Graphing Distributions [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is the second chapter of a statistics e-text developed collaboratively by Rice University, University of Houston Clear Lake, and Tufts University. It looks at many different types of data displays and the advantages and...
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Unit Plan
Oswego City School District

Regents Exam Prep Center: Displaying Data

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Use this lesson, practice exercise, and teacher resource in planning instruction on displaying data. In the lessons, you'll find definitions and examples of ways to collect and organize data, quartiles, and box-and-whisker plots, as well...
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Unit Plan
Oswego City School District

Regents Exam Prep Center: Scatter Plots and Line of Best Fit

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Use this lesson, practice exercise, and teacher resource in planning instruction on scatter plots and line of best fit. In the lessons, you'll find definitions and examples of ways to make a scatter plot, determine correlations, and find...
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Unit Plan
Thinkport Education

Thinkport: Algebra Ii: Standard Deviation

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Begin by reviewing mean absolute deviation as a measure of variability. Your new learning will begin with standard deviation and understanding the difference between mean absolute deviation and standard deviation.
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Math Drills

Math Drills: Statistics and Probability Worksheets

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Download these free worksheets to sharpen your skills with statistics and probability. Sheets focus on collecting and organizing data, measures of central tendency (mean, median, mode, and range), and probability.
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Cuemath

Cuemath: Scatter Plot

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A comprehensive guide for learning all about scatter plots with definitions, how to construct and solve them, types of scatter plots, solved examples, and practice questions.
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Unit Plan
Cuemath

Cuemath: Outlier

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A comprehensive guide for exploring the topic of outliers with definitions, what is an outlier, how to find outliers using the turkey method and the interquartile range, solved examples, and interactive questions.
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eBook
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Homework Help Independent Practice: Scatter Plots

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Get independent practice working with scatter plots. Each incorrect response gets a text box explanation and another try. Correct responses are confirmed.
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Lesson Plan
University of Regina (Canada)

University of Regina: Math Central: Scatter Plots

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Three different concepts are examined about scatter plots. Topics featured are collecting data, analyzing scatter plots, and determining a line of "best fit". The instructional activity has an overview, material, procedures, and...
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University of Regina (Canada)

University of Regina: Math Central: Scatter Plots

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Three different concepts are examined about scatter plots. Topics featured are collecting data, analyzing scatter plots, and determining a line of "best fit". The instructional activity has an overview, material, procedures, and...
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Lesson Plan
University of Regina (Canada)

University of Regina: Math Central: Scatter Plots

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Three different concepts are examined about scatter plots. Topics featured are collecting data, analyzing scatter plots, and determining a line of "best fit". The lesson has an overview, material, procedures, and evaluation techniques.