Curated OER
The Bigger they Are . . .
Students do a variety of data analyses of real-life basketball statistics from the NBA. They chart and graph rebounding, scoring, shot blocking and steals data which are gathered from the newspaper sports section.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Creating Dot Plots
Practice creating dot plots. Dot plots are very similar to frequency tables, but they make it easier to see the data. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Types of Data Representation: Graphic Displays of Data
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Here you will explore displays of data using bar charts, histograms, pie charts and boxplots, and learn about the differences and similarities between them and how...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Mc Dougal Littell Middle School Math: Making Data Displays
Students will create data displays using a scatter plot and a line graph of the data and a circle graph of survey data.
Other
Online Statistics Education: Graphing Distributions [Pdf]
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...
Other
Stat Soft: Statistics Glossary
Dozens of statistical terms are defined and illustrated in this glossary.
US Department of Education
National Center for Education Statistics: Create a Graph Tutorial
This tutorial walks students through how to create different types of graphs using the Create a Graph tool available on the website. Covers bar graphs, line graphs, pie charts, area graphs, scatter plots, and dependent and independent...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Comparing Data Displays
Practice interpreting and comparing dot plots, histograms, and box plots. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
Cuemath
Cuemath: Data Handling
This comprehensive guide about data handling helps with understanding how the study of data handling and graphical representation of the data along with other tools help us in dealing with numerical data. Includes solved examples and...