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Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Measures

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Enter data and view the mean, median, variance, and standard deviation of the data set.
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Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Skew Distribution

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Change the median and standard deviation of an automatically generated normal distribution to create a skewed distribution, allowing you to observe properties like what it means for the mean, median, and mode to be different.
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Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Normal Distribution

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Change the standard deviation of an automatically generated normal distribution to create a new histogram. Observe how well the histogram fits the curve, and how areas under the curve correspond to the number of trials.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Algebra Ii: 5.5 Sampling Variability

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This section explores the concept of sampling variability in the sample proportion. It will address the effect on the mean and standard deviation of a sample distribution as the sampling size changes.
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Other

Dispersion

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site discusses the range, average deviation, variance, and standard deviation, as well as their relation to dispersion.
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Other

James Wright: Measures of Central Tendency

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site looks at measures of central tendency and dispersion. Discussed are topics such as standard deviation, mean, median, and mode.
Website
University of Illinois

University of Illinois: A "Vary" Nice Picture

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Site from the University of Illinois contains a graphical representation of variance. A follow-up question for the user and a link to standard deviation - a related statistical topic - are also provided.
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Other

Fayetteville State Univ.: Variance & Standard Deviation

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Quick definitions of these statistical terms are provided, then followed by an example covering both of them. This page is part of a larger series which gives simple explanations of common, useful statistical concepts.
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Curated OER

Computing Mean, Variance and Standard Deviation

For Students 9th - 10th
Page centered around a computer program to determine mean, variance, and standard deviation.
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United Nations

Unesco: Measures of Dispersion

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Explanation of the different measures of dispersion (range, interquartile range, and standard deviation) are given.
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Other

Meta Calculator: Statistics Calculator

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A web-based statistics calculator to find mean, median, standard deviation, variance and ranges.
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Calculator Soup

Calculator Soup: Statistics Calculator

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Calculate basic summary statistics for a sample or population data set including minimum, maximum, range, sum, count, mean, median, mode, standard deviation and variance.
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Calculator Soup

Calculator Soup: Variance Calculator

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Variance is a measure of dispersion of data points from the mean. Low variance indicates that data points are generally similar and do not vary widely from the mean. High variance indicates that data values have greater variability and...
Website
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Using Probability to Make Decisions

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Use this Common Core Math Standards Browser to search specific math concepts and their corresponding standards. This page focuses on Using Probability to Make Decisions. Click on the links to find lessons, activities, videos, and study...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Statistics: Measures of Spread/dispersion Grade 8

For Students 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Understanding the mean and statistical deviations.
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Other

Stat Soft: Statistics Glossary

For Students 9th - 10th
Dozens of statistical terms are defined and illustrated in this glossary.
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Science Museum, London

Making the Modern World: Defining Mental Illness

For Students 9th - 10th
Defining mental illness takes into account several deviant behaviors. Find out what psychologists use to determine mental disorders.
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University of Illinois

University of Illinois: Spreading It Thick

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Resource contains the definition for variance. It also shows students how to calculate the variance. There is a link to a bar graph that displays variance for the data example.
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Using Derive

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In this activity, students use the Derive software to solve trigonometric equations, expressions with exponentials, and log equations. They also determine the equation of tangent and normal of a function; evaluate integrals, find area...
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Statistics for Math B

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students will determine the mean, median, mode and standard deviation of collected data. They will make a frequency histogram of the grouped data, both on graph paper, and on the TI 83+.
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Central Limit Theorem

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This set contains questions regarding the Central Limit Theorem. The student sees that, as the size n increases, the shape of the sampling distribution gradually approaches a normal curve, and its population standard deviation decreases.
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Texas A&M University

Wtamu Virtual Math Lab: Beginning Agebra: Central Tendencies

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
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.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Statistics: Measures of Spread/dispersion Grades 11 12

For Students 11th - 12th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This Concept introduces students to the some of the measures of spread commonly used, such as range, standard deviation and variance.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Statistics: Central Limit Theorem

For Students 11th - 12th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Introduces students to the Central Limit Theorem. Students will learn about the Central Limit Theorem and calculate a sampling distribution using the mean and...

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