Bozeman Science
Scientific Method
In the late 1700s, Edward Jenner applied the scientific method and discovered that injecting people with cowpox prevented them from acquiring smallpox—leading to the first vaccine. In the fourth video of the series, individuals listen to...
National Education Association
Inappropriate Data Usage
Correlate the responses to identify the cause. A resource presents how individuals sometimes confuse the issue between correlation and causation. The video provides examples of different variables that are correlated — but one does...
Brightstorm
Mean - Concept
You mean it's just average? Provide the definition of the mean of a set of data with a concept video. The instructor works three problems that use the concept of the mean. Each problem increases in difficulty from finding a basic average...
TED-Ed
How Statistics Can Be Misleading
Believe it or not, sometimes statistics can be misleading. Introduce young statisticians to Simpson's paradox, where the same set of data can show opposite trends, depending on lurking variables.
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...
Scholastic
Study Jams! Mean/Average
Join Zoe as she calculates the average number of points RJ scored in his basketball games. This step-by-step presentation clearly models the procedure for finding the mean of a data set, including examples with both whole number and...
Scholastic
Study Jams! Median
Zoe is curious how many goals her soccer team usually scores in a game. To answer the question, she walks through the process of finding the median of a data set in this step-by-step presentation. Examples are included that model how to...
Scholastic
Study Jams! Mode
Sam is running for class treasurer and Zoe wants to know if he won the election. Follow along as she counts up the votes and uses the mode to determine the winner. After viewing the presentation, work through the Try It! practice...
Khan Academy
Data on Chinese US Balance of Payments
Sal references the US Bureau of Economic Analysis to demonstrate discrepancies in US imports and exports with actual documentation. A financial account chart documents the inflow and outflow of asset ownership, and Sal observes how few...
Khan Academy
Data on Chinese M1 Increase in 2010
To prove the points about the Chinese-US trade imbalance Sal made in previous videos, he presents documentation from the Chinese Central Bank that shows the M1 money supply every month. He compares the total Yuan supply from November...
Khan Academy
Data on Chinese Foreign Assets Increase in 2010
In further analysis of the Chinese Central Bank's documentation, Sal examines how much of the M1 supply increase was spent on foreign assets. He calculates the numbers for 2009/10, converting them to dollars to help scholars comprehend...
Curated OER
How Do You Make a Scatter Plot?
So you've got some x-values and some y-values and you want to make a scatter plot. First thing is to make a table for your x and y values. Then make ordered pairs and you can plot them.
Curated OER
How Do You Find the Range of a Data Set?
Looking for the range of a set of numbers? Well, that means you are looking for the difference between the largest value and the smallest value. So first, write the numbers in order from least to greatest. Then identify the largest value...
Curated OER
How Do You Find the Mean of a Data Set?
There are eight decimals numbers in this data set. Find the mean. So add all the terms together and then divide that total number by the number of terms in the data set. That's how you find the mean or average of a data set.
Curated OER
How Do You Find the Mode of a Data Set Where All The Numbers are Different?
You already know that the mode of a data set is the number that occurs most often in the set. But what if all of the numbers in the set occur the same number of times? I could tell you the answer, but I think you should watch the video.
Curated OER
How Do You Find the Median of a Data Set?
Mean, mode, median? What's the difference? How do you find them? The teacher focuses on explaining median in this video. She gives a good explanation and shows how to order a data set to find the median number. This given data set has an...
Curated OER
What's a Scatter Plot?
Scatter plots refer to a graph of given data. Scatter plots offer a way to look at information and allows the observer to analyze and interpret possible meanings and trends of the given data. Predictions can often be made based on the...
Curated OER
What Does it Mean To Have No Correlation?
What does it mean when a scatter plot graph shows that there is no correlation? Does it have something to do with the slope of the line of fit? Yes, it certainly does have to do with the line of fit. If the slope of the line is zero,...
Curated OER
Independent and Dependent Events
With a well organized and clear explanation, this video will help students better understand independent and dependent events. Clear visual examples are provided and fully explaining.
Curated OER
Statistics: Decisions Through Data: Unit 1 What Is Statistics
Introduce your class to the value and practical applications of statistics. This is the first unit in a series completely focused on describing the three main activities involved with statistics. This video provides an overview of data...
Khan Academy
Simple Analysis of Cost per Job Saved from Stimulus
What's Sal's take on the economic stimulus package? He breaks down some government-provided statistics to determine the total price per job created.
Curated OER
How Do You Find the Mode of a Data Set Where All The Numbers are Different?
You already know that the mode of a data set is the number that occurs most often in the set. But what if all of the numbers in the set occur the same number of times? I could tell you the answer, but I think you should watch the video.
Curated OER
How Do You Find the Minimum, Maximum, Quartiles, and Median of a Data Set?
The data sample comes from the number of glasses of water consumed each day by 15 students. You are trying to find minimum, maximum, median, and quartile from this data set. Minimum is the smallest number that occurs, while maximum is...
Curated OER
What is a Frequency Table?
So you have a data set and you want a visual diagram to help you analyze the data. Not sure how to draw it? The instructor illustrates four different ways to look at a frequency table: two tally tables, one line graph, and one bar graph....