Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: T Test and T Interval #1
In this activity, students will to apply inferential statistics using a T-Test and T-Interval to analyze a random sample and determine the validity of a report.
USA Today
Usa Today: Survey Reveals Teen Use of Ecstasy Declined in '02
This article from a 2002 study that examined drug-use trends among teens. Includes statistics about ecstasy use, as well as the use of other illicit drugs, discussion questions, and an activity for small groups.
US Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics: Writers and Editors
If you want a career as a broadcast journalist, you may want to check out this career info. It covers everything you need to know about writing, editing, and reporting.
US Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics: Computer Systems Design Career Guide
Department of Labor Career Guide that gives comprehensive information on data processing careers. Links include Nature of the Industry, Working Conditions, Employment, Earnings, Training and Advancement, Outlook, and Additional...
The World Bank
World Bank: Data Catalog
This resource provides statistical data on numerous categories for nearly every country in the world. A great tool for a comparative analysis. Human, natural, and capital resources are all included.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Career Profile: Statistician
Statistics is a fascinating subject and everyone loves to spout them, but a statistician really knows how to use statistics to answer real-life questions and make predictions based on mathematical data. This Science Buddies site lays out...
University of Texas at Austin
Lanic: Latin American Network Information Center
Vast network of information from and about Latin America is provided. Major topic headings include countries, economy, education, government, humanities, science, social sciences, society and culture, recreation, media and communication,...
Other
Cape: Private Schools
All kinds of information on private schools provided by the "Council for American Private Education." Includes many statistics on amount of children in public schools and performance.
Other
Public Purpose: Spending and Performance Compared
Information on the differences in spending and ultimate performance in public and private schools in the U.S. Lots of statistics given - tables included.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: Is It for Real?
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson uses sabermetrics (study of statistics of baseball) to try to determine when certain players had "change points," or times when their performance drastically changed. This is done...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Scrabble Math
Use the U.S. Constitution, Scrabble, and your graphing calculator to examine a number of statistical concepts with your Algebra 1 students.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Sources of Survey Bias
This set contains statistics questions regarding experiments and experimental design. The student becomes familiar with the various elements of experimental design.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: The Pythagorean Expectation
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this interesting lesson has students use sabermetrics (the study of statistics in baseball) to determine the expected winning percentage for a team, given the runs scored and runs allowed....
US Department of Education
Nces's Create a Graph: Bar Graph
This site from the National Center for Education Statistics allows you to create great bar graphs! Simply enter your information, choose appropriate colors, and voila! -- you have a beautiful graph you can turn put into your report!
US Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics: Carpenter
Read about what carpenters do and learn about the type of education and training one needs in order to become a carpenter.
US Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics: Accountant
Read about a career in accounting. This website includes information on the education an accountant needs as well as a very brief description of what accountants do.
US Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics: Recreational Therapist
Learn about what it takes to earn a job as a recreational therapist. This website explains what recreational therapists do and overviews what education you need to enter this career. There are links to the American Therapeutic Recreation...
Utah Education Network
Uen: What About That Jazz?
This lesson provides a lesson that highlights NBA's Utah Jazz team. Teachers will demonstrate how to use a database, and then students will engage in exploring the database of the Utah Jazz.
PBS
Pbs: El Nino
You can link to the anatomy of El Nino, chasing El Nino, and El Nino's reach. There is a resource page and a search page.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Mathematics Grade 6 Lesson Plans
Utah Education Network :Mathematics Grade 6 Lesson Plans which the topics are statistical questions and probability.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Would You Like Fries With That?
French fries from your cafeteria to do data analysis. The students count the number of fries in a single serving of fries along with weighing the order, then measure the length and weight of a sample of individual fries. You then use the...
Latimer Clarke Corporation
Atlapedia Online: China
A great resource for facts about China. This site is organized into several sections including "Location & Geography," "Climate," "People," "Demographic/Vital Statistics," "Religions," "Languages," "Education," and "Modern History -...
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Where's the Beef?
Students explore meat consumption statistics, an indicator of a nation's relative prosperity and standard of living. They do a survey of a family's meat consumption and compare their results to statistics from Colonial and modern- day...
AdLit
Ad lit.org: African American Students and u.s. High Schools
This fact sheet, prepared by the Alliance for Excellent Education, looks at statistics related to the graduation rates and college readiness of African-American students, as well as the quality of the teachers and schools that serve them.