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Organizing Data
In this statistics worksheet, 11th graders collect data and organize it using a frequency table. They plot their data and analyze it using stem and leaf plots. There are 3 questions with an answer key.
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Collect and Organize Data: Homework
For this collecting and organizing data worksheet, students use the tally chart for the students' eye color to answer the first two questions. Students then survey their family for eye color, record those results in a tally chart, and...
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From Playing with Electronics to Data Analysis
Students collect and Analyze data. In this statistics lesson, students identify the line of best fit of the graph. They classify lines as having positive, negative and no correlation.
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Collect and Organize Data
In this data analysis worksheet, 4th graders use a tally chart about favorite television programs. They record which are least or most popular, rankings, and combinations of programs.
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Organizing Data
Third graders investigate ways to organize data. In this tally marking lesson plan, 3rd graders practice drawing tally marks to represent an item of data. Students also make connections with skip counting by fives.
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Shaquille O'Neal Hand & Foot Span
If Shaquille O'Neal wears a size-20 shoe, how big are his hands? Learners will use the average ratios of foot length to hand span to calculate the hand span of Shaq, but first, they have to collect the data! They will...
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What's Your Shoe Size? Linear Regression with MS Excel
Learners collect and analyze data. In this statistics instructional activity, pupils create a liner model of their data and analyze it using central tendencies. They find the linear regression using a spreadsheet.
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Creating Tables and Bar Charts
A great way to introduce the concepts of data collection, bar charts, and data analysis. Learners see how their teacher used the data from fifty of her friends to construct a bar chart showing their favorite toys.
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Mean, Median, Mode, and Range - Homework 14.3
In this data and statistics worksheet, students find the mean, median, mode, and range of 4 different sets of data. Next, students solve 1 word problem where they find the mean.
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Mean, Median and Mode
Young statisians work with sets of data. They find mean, median and mode, and discuss the effects of outliers on the data set.
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Digital Statistics
Research data analysis by creating charts in class. Define the differences between an "average" and "range" while examining measurement data based on student height. Utilize computer software to create a height graph which is shared with...
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Data Collection
Students investigate qualitative and quantitative data. For this statistics lesson, students gather data on heights and weights of people and graph the distribution. Students discuss the differences between qualitative and quantitative...
Inside Mathematics
Snakes
Get a line on the snakes. The assessment task requires the class to determine the species of unknown snakes based upon collected data. Individuals analyze two scatter plots and determine the most likely species for five...
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A Day at the Beach
Help learners determine the rate of change for the temperature of sand. They will collect data on the temperature of wet and dry sand over time with a heat lamp overhead. Then make a scatter plot of the data and find a linear model to...
Virginia Department of Education
Analyzing and Interpreting Statistics
Use measures of variance to compare and analyze data sets. Pupils match histograms of data sets to their respective statistical measures. They then use calculated statistics to further analyze groups of data and use the results to make...
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Brandon's Baseball Collection
Ten questions make up a worksheet that challenges baseball enthusiasts to read a graph then answer questions pertaining to the data's range, mean, median, and mode.
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Connecting Graphical Representations and Numerical Summaries
Which graph belongs to which summary statistics? Class members build upon their knowledge of data displays and numerical summaries to connect the two. Pupils make connections between different graphical displays of the same data in...
Virginia Department of Education
Graphs
Examine different types of graphs as a means for analyzing data. Math scholars identify the type of graph from a series of data displays and then develop questions to match each one. Then, given a scatter plot of height versus age...
Statistics Education Web
Text Messaging is Time Consuming! What Gives?
The more you text, the less you study. Have classes test this hypothesis or another question related to text messages. Using real data, learners use technology to create a scatter plot and calculate a regression line. They create a dot...
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Seed Dispersal in Tropical Forests
How do seeds get around? It's not like plants can control seed dispersal—or can they? Dig deeper into the amazing mechanisms of seed dispersal observed in tropical plants through interactives, a video, and plenty of hands-on data...
CK-12 Foundation
Single Bar Graphs: Hockey Teams
Raise the bar for hockey fans. Using data about favorite hockey teams, pupils build a bar graph. They use the information from the graph to make comparisons and solve one- and two-step problems.
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Matrix Analysis of Networks
Explore the connection between a finite graph, a directed graph, and a matrix. Graph lines and identify the relationship of matrices in real-world scenarios. Then use this information to work with a partner to plan and design a...
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Data Display
Students explore different ways to display data. In this statistics lesson, students create pie charts, bar graphs and line graphs to show data. Students then write a paragraph discussing which types of graphs are helpful for different...
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What's Your Average? What Do You Mean? I'm More Than Just Average
Upper grade and middle schoolers collect data, analyze and interpret the data. This three-part activity should provide learners with a firm understanding about the differences between mean, median, and mode and how to perform the...