Statistical Analysis Teacher Resources

Students engage in a lesson which facilitates their use of web sites to find data, graph it, and interpret it, thus scaffolding graphing skills to prepare students for their 8th grade I-search exit project.

Students use the computer and S'COOL data for statistical analysis.

Using pictographs, tally charts, and surveys, kids learn all about data analysis and collection. They make surveys, collect data, then construct pictographs and tally charts to organize their information. 

Provide your first graders with an opportunity for independent practice organizing and understanding data. The ten story prompts on this three-page worksheet asks learners to solve problems involving concepts of the total number of...

Bar and line graphs are an excellent way to visually analyze data: give your scholars practice both analyzing graphs and creating their own! First, they examine five basic bar graphs, indicating the number of squares on specific days....

Beginning graphers will appreciate this practice with basic bar graphs. For each table of data, there is a corresponding graph for learners to match it to. The five data sets all have the same two...

Mode, the number that occurs most often. A data set could have one mode, no modes, or multiple modes. The teacher explains these variations and even gives some example of non-numerical data and how to figure out the mode.

Use these pre-made data sets to introduce kids to bar graphs and data analysis, and then have them take surveys on their own. There are 10 survey scenarios written out here, and scholars synthesize the results of each into a bar graph....

Students input data about the colors of their serving of M&M candies onto a spreadsheet. They create charts and graphs based on this information.

Students investigate graphs and analyze the data displayed in the graph. They read a graph reflecting the birthday data for the students to read and analyze. Students use the graph to determine the number of birthday cards they need to...

Here are a some pre-made sets of data that kids can use to practice data analysis. There are 10 survey scenarios written out, and scholars synthesize the results of each into a bar graph. In addition to the graphing, they answer two...

As your scholars begin to learn how to read graphs, help them pay attention to detail with this matching activity. They read four short data descriptions and match them to one of the four bar graphs pictured. Each graph is labeled along...

In this data analysis instructional activity, learners solve and complete 6 different problems that include using various types of data analysis. First, they create a stem-and-leaf plot of the ratios shown at the top and determine the...

Using a set of simple data, learners create a line plot to organize the information. This data includes only single-digit numbers and the highest number is six. Because the answer is explained and illustrated at the bottom, project this...

How many teachers are there? This is a fun introduction to what could become an actual data analysis of your school's teachers. Students examine a visual representation of teachers at a school, categorized into three subjects. Then,...

Here are Jack's hours for the week; scholars organize them into a bar graph in this data analysis worksheet. They write the days along the y-axis and hours along the x-axis. Encourage labeling for this. Consider projecting as an...

Desert regions are hotter for multiple reasons; the lack of vegetation causes the sun's heat to go straight into the surface and the lack of moisture means none of the heat is being transferred into evaporation. This concept, and other...

Students observe clouds. In this deep convective clouds lesson plan, students analyze cloud data recorded over one month and draw conclusions based on results.  Students predict "Thunderstorm Season" and prepare to defend their...

Another way to organize data beyond the stem and leaf plot - the histogram - is the focus of this lesson. Sal's objective is to not only introduce viewers to these methods of organization, but to make them simple and familiar; allowing...

Students observe air quality and monoxide data. In this air quality lesson, students draw conclusions and manipulate data from a one year period on changes in air quality.

Sal helps with data organization in this video, which focuses on stem and leaf plots. Clarifying that "this is just one of many, many, many ways to visualize data that you will run into in your mathematical or statistical futures," he...

Here is a great resource to support students you have identified early on as needing behavioral or general learning support, particularly if you are practicing a Response to Intervention (RTI) approach. This data binder...

Seventh graders solve and graph 10 different problems that include various questions related to data on a graph. First, they create bar graphs to display the data given. Then, pupils determine the random sample of a population listing...

Does the economy needs a check-up? Scholars analyze the gross domestic product (GDP) to determine the overall health of the current economy. They use a short video clip as well as economic data to determine the current growth of the...