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An Introduction to Elementary Statistics

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Students explain and appreciate the use of statistics in everyday life. They define basic terms used in statistics and compute simple measures of central tendency.

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central tendency, mean, average, median, mode, statistics

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Grade
7th - Higher Ed
Subjects
Math
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
Audience
For Teacher Use
Instructional Strategy
Simulation
Year
1985
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