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Tell it Like it is! Lesson PlanTell it Like it is! Lesson Plan
Publisher
American Statistical Association
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6th - 8th
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1 hr
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Year
2012
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Tell it Like it is!

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Scholars apply prior knowledge of statistics to write a conclusion. They summarize using correct academic language and tell the story of the data.

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CCSS: Designed

Concepts

statistics, conclusions, central tendency, range, interquartile range, standard deviation

Additional Tags

math

Instructional Ideas

  • Extend the lesson by teaching two sample t-tests
  • Go into more detail on selecting the proper sample size for a population to be representative

Classroom Considerations

  • Relies on prior knowledge of central tendency, range, variance, standard deviation, graphical displays, population, sample size, and outliers

Pros

  • Provides all data to allow the focus to remain on conclusion writing rather than other steps of collecting and analyzing statistics
  • Includes extension ideas and all answers

Cons

  • None

Common Core

6.SP.B.5.a 6.SP.B.5.b 6.SP.B.5.c 6.SP.B.5.d 7.SP.A.1 7.SP.B.4 8.SP.A.1 8.SP.A.4 MP1 MP2 MP3 MP6

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