CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Measures of Central Tendency and Dispersion Grades 9 10
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Decide which measure of central tendency best describes a data set.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Statistics: Stem and Leaf Plots, Mean, Median, and Mode
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Find the mean, median, and mode of a set of data displayed in a stem-and-leaf plot.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Physical Science: Descriptive Statistics
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Explains descriptive statistics (mean, median, mode, range).
Math Slice
Math Slice: Mean, Median, Mode and Range
This resource allows students to practice finding mean, median, mode and range. Students are able to select parameters that include a number range, length of sequence, and an option to work on one or all including mean, median, mode and...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Median & Range Puzzlers
These conceptual problems really make you think! Getting through this exercise will deepen your understanding of median, range, and data sets in general. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Calculating the Median: Data Displays
Practice computing the median of data sets presented in a variety of formats, such as frequency tables and dot plots. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Calculating the Median
Practice finding the median of a data set. Like the mean, the median gives us a sense of the middle or center of the data. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Measure of Variation
Explore the measures of variation and check understanding with an assessment.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Statistics: Median Grades 9 10
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Find the median of a set of data.
BBC
Bbc Revise Wise Maths: Mode, Median, Mean
This website from the BBC is a great introduction to averages (mean, median, and mode) and will take you through some interactive learning activities. A practice test and worksheet are also provided.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Drawing a Box Plot
Learn how to represent the Five-Number Summary graphically using a box plot.
BBC
Bbc Skillswise: Averages and Range
BBC Skillswise provides multiple factsheets, quizzes, activities, and worksheets on averages and variations.
Shodor Education Foundation
Shodor Interactivate: Lesson: Box Plots
This lesson plan introduces quartiles and box plots. It contains an activity and discussion. Supplemental activities about how students can represent data graphically are also included.
Beacon Learning Center
Beacon Learning Center: Measures of Central Tendency (Middle School)
Lesson plan provides practice for calculating measures of center.
Analyze Math
Analyze Math: Medians of Triangle
The properties of the medians of a triangle are explored using an interactive geometry applet.
Education Development Center
Tune in to Learning: Understanding Mean, Median and Mode
Have you ever wondered what the difference is with mean, median, and mode? Here are some exercises that will help you understand what each is.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Using Your Hair to Understand Descriptive Statistics
Enhance students' understanding of various descriptive measures with a visual interpretation of a mean, median, outlier, and the concept of distance-to-mean.
University of North Carolina
University of North Carolina Writing Center Handouts: Statistics
When presenting an argument, the use of statistics to support a point can be very effective. This handout offers advice on both how to read statistics so that you understand exactly what they mean, and how to use them in your argument so...
Texas A&M University
Wtamu Virtual Math Lab: Beginning Agebra: Central Tendencies
A tutorial to understand the three central tendencies and how to find them, as well as the standard deviation of values. Offers a discussion and practice problems.
University of Illinois
University of Illinois: Measures of Central Tendency
This site provides valuable information regarding measures of central tendency. Also, clicking on the link gives valuable examples to clarify understanding.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: S Id Haircut Costs
This lesson could be used as an introductory lesson to introduce group comparisons. Being able to use data to compare two groups is an important skill. Students will sketch box plots using the data given about the cost of haircuts for...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: S Id.3 Describing Data Sets With Outliers
For certain data sets, such as home prices and household or individual income, is often described using the median instead of the mean. This lesson explores the mean and median in some different situations to help you understand the...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 6.sp4, 5c Puzzle Times
A performance task asking students to create a graph of provided information and then find the mean and the median of the data.
Other
Magoosh: Statistics Fundamentals
An online course on the fundamentals of statistics including video lessons in Mean, Median, and Mode; Weighted Averages; Quartiles and Boxplots; Range and Standard Deviation; Normal Distribution; Z-scores; Intro to Inferential...