Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Fitting an Equation to Bivariate Data
In this activity, students fit a linear least-square regression line to population data. They explore various functions to model the given data.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Exploring Bivariate Data
Students graph scatter plots and understand the concepts of correlation and least-squares regression. They also perform transformations to achieve linearity in the data plot.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Non Linear Association I
This set contains statistics questions regarding non-linear association: straightening data using logarithmic and power transformations. The student analyzes which type of regression will best model the data.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Latex Tubing and Hybrid Vehicles
This unit gives students the opportunity to make use of linear models in order to make predictions based on real-world data. Students experience how engineers address incredible and important design challenges through the use of linear...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Light Intensity Lab
Students complete this Beer's Law activity in class. Students examine the attenuation of various thicknesses of transparencies. From this activity, students will understand that different substances absorb light differently. This can...
Rice University
Rice University: The Hand Squeeze
Students will enjoy this data collection and class analysis experiment involving the time it takes for a hand squeeze to travel around a circle of people. From organizing the activity to collecting the data to making a table and graphing...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Fitting Models to Data
[Free Registration/Login Required] A basic premise of science is that much of the physical world can be described mathematically and many physical phenomena are predictable. This scientific outlook took place in Europe during the late...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: S Id Coffee and Crime
This task addresses many standards regarding the description and analysis of bivariate quantitative data, including regression and correlation. Given a scatter plot, students will answer a variety of questions about linear relationships,...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Work vs. Leisure
Students can use lists of data and the correlation factor of various regressions to determine the best regression line.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Illuminations: Line of Best Fit
Use this applet to learn about a line of best fit for a set of data points. Some example data in this site include statistics from the 2004-2005 LA Lakers season. Students can guess the equation for a set of data points before the applet...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: Magnetism
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson, designed for upper-level high school students, has students linearize the data describing the force of a magnet at various distances. While it is assumed students already know...
Other
Stat Soft: Statistics Glossary
Dozens of statistical terms are defined and illustrated in this glossary.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Fitting Quadratic and Exponential Functions to Scatter Plots
Determine if a quadratic or exponential model fits a data set better, then use the model to make a prediction. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
Missouri State University
Missouri State U.: Multivariate Statistics: Concepts, Models, and Applications
This site features an online textbook with very in-depth information about multivariable statistics. (NOTE: In the archived version, some images do not appear. However, many of them are multiple-choice questions for students, and if you...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: Exponential Modeling
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson introduces students to exponential equations, their graphs, and their application in the real world. The lesson is framed in the context of the number of cell phone users for a...