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Census in Counties - Describing and Comparing Histograms to Understand American Life ActivityCensus in Counties - Describing and Comparing Histograms to Understand American Life Activity
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US Department of Commerce
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Grade
9th - 12th
Subjects
Math
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Duration
1 hr
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Year
2020
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Census in Counties - Describing and Comparing Histograms to Understand American Life

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Use graphs to interpret life in 136 counties. Pupils analyze histograms and describe the shapes of the distributions of data collected from several counties on different aspects of life. Scholars make predictions on the difference in counties based on the shape of the histograms. Using their knowledge of measures of center and variability, class members describe the shapes of histograms based solely on numerical statistics. 

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CCSS: Designed

Concepts

histograms, data analysis, outliers, standard deviation, interquartile range, mean, median

Additional Tags

math

Instructional Ideas

  • Review skewness and the direction of skewness, as they are often confused

Classroom Considerations

  • The class should be comfortable with measures of center and variability
  • Expects that students know how to read and interpret histograms and a five-number summary

Pros

  • Includes links to the actual data that creates the graphs
  • Contains a suggestion for extension

Cons

  • None

Common Core

MP2 HSS-ID.A.2 HSS-ID.A.3

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