Students will understand key concepts of data analysis and their graphic representations. Students will construct and interpret data tables, line plots, box-and-whisker plots and stem-and-leaf plots, scatterplots with line of best fit,...

Dear Data is a year-long, analog data drawing project by Giorgia Lupi and Stefanie Posavec, two award-winning information designers living on different sides of the Atlantic. By collecting and hand drawing their personal data and sending...

Statistical data on the population and demographics of 228 countries, including change, sex ratios, life expectancy, and percent with HIV/AIDS. There are also detailed explanations of the means of producing these statistics. It is...

A complete unit with tutorials, text, and practice over modeling data distributions.

Given data in a verbal description, the student will use equations and tables to solve and interpret solutions to problems.

Add more power to your data analysis by creating relationships among different tables. A relationship is a connection between two tables that contain data: one column in each table is the basis for the relationship. To see why...

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Here you will explore displays of data using bar charts, histograms, pie charts and boxplots, and learn about the differences and similarities between them and how...

The importance of data analysis in science projects is explained. Describes common mistakes young scientists make. The article then discusses how to find out what the standard methods of data analysis are for the type of research you...

In this lesson plan, students interpret data tables from the Bureau of Labor Statistics to compare national and local unemployment data.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this lesson, students compare different types of graphic displays to understand how to choose the best method of displaying their data, and they learn the...

This task challenges a student to demonstrate understanding of concepts involved in representing and interpreting data.

This task challenges a student to use their understanding of scale to read and interpret data in a bar graph.

This task challenges a student to use knowledge of scale to organize and represent data from a table on a graph.

Given a table with values of two quantities over time, determine whether the quantities form grow linearly or exponentially.

A comprehensive guide for learning all about frequency distribution tables with definitions, how to create a frequency distribution table, and the formulas and graphs related to frequency distributions. With solved examples and...

Explains where glaciers can be found and what conditions are needed for them to exist. Includes a table showing where glaciers can be found around the world and the approximate areas. These figures were, however, from 2008.

A description of hash tables and how they are created.

Multiple graphs can represent the same data set and make the information easier to understand.

A very good summary of the key data and chemical and physical properties of chromium.

This task asks students to analyze a set of data about the height of a basketball for each time it bounces. They choose a model that reasonably fits the data and use the model to answer questions about the physical context. This variant...

This site provides a fact sheet with information on the basic data and properties of Osmium. It also includes some of its uses.

This site provides a fact sheet with information on the basic data and properties of Strontium. It also includes some of its uses.

This site provides a fact sheet with information on the basic data and properties of Curium. It also includes some of its uses.

A great deal of information on the uses and appliactions of mercury, along with some basic data and physical and chemical properties. Very thorough.