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Types of Average Sampling: "Household Words" to Dwell On

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Show your classes how different means can represent the same data. Individuals collect household size data and calculate the mean. Pupils learn how handling of the data influences the value of the mean. 

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Instructional Ideas
  • Collect data from classes instead of from the census data
Classroom Considerations
  • Requires access to the Internet and graphing calculators
  • Prerequisite skills include finding measures of central tendency
Pros
  • Makes connections to real-life context to motivate learners
  • Provides assessment questions with an answer key
Cons
  • None