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Organizing Topic: Data Analysis Lesson PlanOrganizing Topic: Data Analysis Lesson Plan
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Virginia Department of Education
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10th - 12th
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Math
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Organizing Topic: Data Analysis

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Learners engage in six activities to lead them through the process of conducting a thorough analysis of data. Pupils work with calculating standard deviations and z-scores, finding the area under a normal curve, and sampling techniques. The activities use sports and politics as a background for the data — sure to be intriguing!

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

standard deviation, data analysis, data display, mean, normal distribution, surveys, sampling, football, baseball, politics

Additional Tags

math

Instructional Ideas

  • Provide instruction on how to calculate standard deviations and z-scores
  • Update the data to be more timely

Classroom Considerations

  • Requires the class to gather data using various procedures

Pros

  • Comes with answer keys
  • Provides a brief description and the concepts covered for each activity

Cons

  • The links to the data sources are no longer active

Common Core

HSS-ID.A.2 HSS-ID.A.4 MP5 MP6

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