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Sixth graders conduct on-line research of shot data and percentages for professional basketball players. They compare computed data to researched data and write a letter informing professional organizations of their findings.

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basketball, average, central tendency, data analysis, statistics

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basketball, data, statistics, math
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Grade
6th
Subjects
Math
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Resource Type
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For Teacher Use
Instructional Strategy
Research
Year
2000

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