PBS
The Hunger Games
The odds will be in your favor that young statisticians will volunteer to participate in this experiment. After watching a short video that is part of the PBS Math at the Core middle school collection, scholars engage in a lottery and...
Scholastic
Study Jams! Mean/Average
Join Zoe as she calculates the average number of points RJ scored in his basketball games. This step-by-step presentation clearly models the procedure for finding the mean of a data set, including examples with both whole number and...
Scholastic
Study Jams! Median
Zoe is curious how many goals her soccer team usually scores in a game. To answer the question, she walks through the process of finding the median of a data set in this step-by-step presentation. Examples are included that model how to...
Scholastic
Study Jams! Mode
Sam is running for class treasurer and Zoe wants to know if he won the election. Follow along as she counts up the votes and uses the mode to determine the winner. After viewing the presentation, work through the Try It! practice...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Shapes of Distributions
The video describes how to determine if the data displayed represents left-tailed, right-tailed, or symmetrical data distribution.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Algebra: Averages
The video tutorial [8:36] explores averages and problems involving averages. The resource investigates the algebra concept through detailed explanations and examples.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Statistics: Average
Video briefly talks about types of statistics. Gives demonstration of how to find arithmetic mean, median and mode of a set of numbers. Discusses how well each measure represents the data set. Includes link to practice problems. [12:34]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Statistics: The Average
Introduction to descriptive statistics and central tendency. Gives demonstration of how to find arithmetic mean, median and mode of a set of numbers.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Finding Mean, Median, and Mode
Solve for the mean, median, and mode when given a data set. Assess learning with a quiz.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Understanding Mean
Determine what the mean of a set of data is and how to calculate it. Assess learning with a quiz.
Math Mammoth
Math Mammoth: Understanding Statistical Variability and Distributions
This lesson explains what a statistical question is and how to describe the distribution of data by its center, spread, and shape. [7:08]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Statistical Questions
This video lesson [9:33] provides a discussion of statistical data and types of statistical questions.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Calculating the Mean
Learn how to calculate the mean by walking through some basic examples & trying practice problems.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Writing a Data Summary: Lesson 1
In this lesson, students see how to write a summary based on a set of data. It is 1 of 6 in the series titled "Writing a Data Summary." Includes short quiz. [4:18]
Shmoop University
Shmoop: Histograms
Explore how to organize data with histograms through this video. [1:21]
Loyola University Chicago
Math Flix: Statistics: Mean a Mean Word Problem
This QuickTime movie offers several examples that illustrate the statistical concept, mean or average, using data from a table. A pdf worksheet is available by clicking on the hyperlink at the bottom of the page. As you watch and listen...
Loyola University Chicago
Math Flix: Statistical Analysis: Sports
This QuickTime movie discusses ways to analyze sports statistics. As you watch and listen to the teacher and student interact it helps clarify the thinking behind applying this concept.