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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: S Id.3 Describing Data Sets With Outliers

For Teachers 9th - 10th
For certain data sets, such as home prices and household or individual income, is often described using the median instead of the mean. This instructional activity explores the mean and median in some different situations to help you...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: S Id.1,2,3 Speed Trap

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A statistically-minded state trooper wondered if the speed distributions are similar for cars traveling northbound and for cars traveling southbound on an isolated stretch of interstate highway. Students will use the data collected by...
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: David Mc Candless: The Beauty of Data Visualization

For Students 9th - 10th
Listen and watch as David McCandless turns complex data sets into beautiful, simple diagrams. He suggests that information design is really important because we all like to visualize our information. [18:19]
Interactive
ABCya

Ab Cya: It's Glow Time Mean, Median, Mode, & Range

For Students 4th - 6th
Want to have fun while learning Mean, Median, Mode, and Range? Well... It's Glow Time! In this game kids can play a favorite arcade game to earn tickets and points, and then analyze the data. Type in the correct answers to enter Free...
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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Illuminations: Histogram Tool

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This tool can be used to create a histogram for analyzing the distribution of a data set using data that you enter or using pre-loaded data that you select.
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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Illuminations: Box Plotter

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Use this applet to create a customized box plot with your own data, or display a box plot of an included set of data.
Interactive
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Illuminations: Mean and Median

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This applet allows the user to investigate the mean, median, and box-and-whisker plot for a set of data that they create.
Interactive
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Illuminations: Circle Grapher

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Use this tool to graph data sets in a circle graph. You can input your own data or alter a pre-made data set.
Interactive
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Illuminations: Bar Grapher

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Graph data sets in bar graphs.
Interactive
Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Histogram

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
View histograms for built-in or user-specified data. Experiment with how the size of the class intervals influences the appearance of the histogram.
Interactive
Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Regression

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Plot a bivariate data set, determine the line of best fit for their data, and then check the accuracy of your line of best fit.
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Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Measures

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Enter data and view the mean, median, variance, and standard deviation of the data set.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Computing Basic Statistics

For Students 9th - 10th
Check your understanding of what simple statistics can be computed on a data set, in this set of free practice questions designed for AP Computer Science Principles students.
Unit Plan
Cuemath

Cuemath: Average

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A comprehensive guide for learning all about averages with definitions, uses, how to calculate it, , solved examples, and practice questions.
Lesson Plan
Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Comparison of Univariate and Bivariate Data

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students learn about the difference between univariate and bivariate data and understand how to choose the best graph to display the data.
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Quia

Ixl Learning: Dot Plots

For Students 6th - 7th Standards
Brush up on your math skills relating to dot plots then try some practice problems to test your understanding.
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Quia

Ixl Learning: Box and Whisker Plots

For Students 6th - 7th Standards
Brush up on your math skills relating to box and whisker plots then try some practice problems to test your understanding.
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Quia

Ixl Learning: Interquartile Range

For Students 6th - 7th Standards
Brush up on your math skills relating to interquartile range then try some practice problems to test your understanding.
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Quia

Ixl Learning: Line Plots

For Students 4th - 5th Standards
Brush up on your math skills relating to line plots then try some practice problems to test your understanding.
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Quia

Ixl Learning: Frequency Tables

For Students 5th - 6th
Brush up on your math skills relating to frequency tables then try some practice problems to test your understanding.
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Quia

Ixl Learning: Scatter Plots

For Students 7th - 9th Standards
Brush up on your math skills relating to scatter plots then try some practice problems to test your understanding.
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BSCS Science Learning

Bscs: Invitations to Inquiry With Data Using Field Scope

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Invitations to Inquiry are short instructional activities designed to help middle and high school students work with large data sets. Teachers and students use the interactive FieldScope platform to collect, visualize, and analyze...
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Soft Schools

Soft Schools: Outliers

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
On this websites students explore the concept of outliers. Students are given several data sets and investigate how outliers can effect the mean and median of a data set.
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Rice University

What Percentage of Your Class Is Right or Left Handed?

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
What percentage of the class is right or left-handed? Students will investigate this question using statistical processes of collecting the data, organizing it, graphing, and finally analyzing it. Follow-up questions are provided for the...