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How to Calculate Standard Deviation, Mean, Variance Statistics, Excel Instructional VideoHow to Calculate Standard Deviation, Mean, Variance Statistics, Excel Instructional Video
Publisher
statisticsfun
Resource Details
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Grade
9th - 12th
Subjects
Math
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Resource Type
Instructional Videos
Media Length
4:27
Audiences
For Teacher Use
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Duration
10 mins
Instructional Strategies
Flipped Classroom
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Technology
Ed Software
Video
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Year
2009
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Instructional Video

How to Calculate Standard Deviation, Mean, Variance Statistics, Excel

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Wouldn't life be easier if a computer would do the work for us? A video shows how to use Excel to solve for standard deviation, mean, and variance statistics. 

14 Views 5 Downloads
CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

standard deviation, mean, microsoft excel

Additional Tags

math

Instructional Ideas

  • Create practice problems for your class
  • The video would work well as homework in a flipped classroom

Classroom Considerations

  • Expects prior knowledge of how to solve problems by hand
  • The sixth in a series of seven videos
  • This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

  • Video includes step-by-step instructions

Cons

  • Only walks through one practice problem

Common Core

HSS-ID.A.2 HSS-ID.A.4

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