Curated OER
Midterm 1 Exam: Statistics
In this statistics worksheet, students determine the mean, variance, standard deviation and median of given statistical data. They organize data, create box-and-whisker plots and identify outliers. This nine-page worksheet contains 7...
Virginia Department of Education
May I Have Fries with That?
Not all pie graphs are about pies. The class conducts a survey on favorite fast food categories in a lesson on data representation. Pupils use the results to create a circle graph.
Virginia Department of Education
Analyzing and Interpreting Statistics
Use measures of variance to compare and analyze data sets. Pupils match histograms of data sets to their respective statistical measures. They then use calculated statistics to further analyze groups of data and use the results to make...
Georgia Department of Education
Math Class
Young analysts use real (provided) data from a class's test scores to practice using statistical tools. Not only do learners calculate measures of center and spread (including mean, median, deviation, and IQ range), but...
Statistics Education Web
Using Dice to Introduce Sampling Distributions
Investigate the meaning of a sample proportion using this hands-on activity. Scholars collect data and realize that the larger the sample size the more closely the data resembles a normal distribution. They compare the sample proportion...
Statistics Education Web
It’s Elemental! Sampling from the Periodic Table
How random is random? Demonstrate the different random sampling methods using a hands-on activity. Pupils use various sampling techniques to choose a random sample of elements from the periodic table. They use the different samples to...
Curated OER
Comparison of Two Different Gender Sports Teams - Part 1 of 3 Measures of Central Tendency
Young scholars gather and analyze data from sports teams. In this measures of central tendency lesson, students gather information from websites about sports team performance. Young scholars analyze and draw conclusions from this data....
Other
Northern Michigan University: Line Plots
The author utilizes a line plot to demonstrate what an "outlier" is, what "clusters" are, and what "gaps" are.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Cultivating Data
Students will understand key concepts of data analysis and their graphic representations. Students will construct and interpret data tables, line plots, box-and-whisker plots and stem-and-leaf plots, scatterplots with line of best fit,...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Count Your Raisins
In this lesson plan students will create a class line plot using data collected from boxes of raisins. This activity will be used to collect, organize, represent, and describe data using the line plot.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Algebra: Fitting Lines to Data
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Learn how to write equations of best fit lines.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: 8.sp Animal Brains
This task looks at a possible relationship between the weight of an animal's body and the weight of its brain. Students make a scatter plot of data, look for outliers, make a second scatter plot without the outliers, and describe the...
Other
Stat Soft: Statistics Glossary
Dozens of statistical terms are defined and illustrated in this glossary.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Statistics: Least Squares Regression
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This Concept introduces students to least-squares regression.