Test the test takers' knowledge of statistics about data from the SAT and ACT tests. Future collegians explore the idea of gender and racial bias in high-stakes college admissions exams. They analyze historical data on average scores by calculating various statistics and creating box-and-whisker plots.

Concepts

gender bias, college admissions, box and whisker plots, normal distribution, equality, social issues

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Additional Tags

math

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Instructional Ideas

• Invite a guidance counselor to take part in the lesson
  

Classroom Considerations

• Learners should have prior experience with statistics, including box-and-whisker plots, normal distributions, and z-scores
• Note that some scholars may have strong feelings about gender and racial bias
  

Pros

• Provides student worksheets and handouts
• Gives some question prompts to use with the class
  

Cons

• None

Common Core

HSS-ID.A.1 HSS-ID.A.2 HSS-ID.A.3 HSS-ID.A.4