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NCTM
Grades 6-8
Data Analysis and Probability
Formulate questions that can be addressed with data and collect, organize, and display relevant data to answer them

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Lessons (6)

Introduces students to quartiles and box plots.

Audiences: Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12

Primary Subjects: Statistics

Related Topics: box and whisker, box plot, data, mean, measures of central tendency, median, mode, quartile, range, statistics

Utilizes and reinforces concepts of probability, mean, line plots, experimental data, and chaos in analyzing a forest fire simulation.

Audiences: Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12, Undergraduate

Primary Subjects: Discrete, Modeling, Probability

Related Topics: agent modeling, chaos, data, decimals, events, experimental probability, fractions, graph, mean, outcomes, percents, probability, probability simulation, simulation, theoretical probability, variance

Introduction and fine points of using bar graphs and histograms.

Audiences: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12

Primary Subjects: Statistics

Related Topics: bar graph, categorical, comparing, counting, data, graph, histogram, intervals, length, mean, numerical, scale, skewed distribution, standard deviation, statistics

Considers probability concepts on the basis of statistics in professional sports.

Audiences: Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12

Primary Subjects: Discrete, Probability

Related Topics: experimental probability, probability, statistics, theoretical probability

Looks at statistics and data analysis concepts from the practical questions that arise in everyday life.

Audiences: Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12

Primary Subjects: Statistics

Related Topics: bar graph, fractions, histogram, percentages, percents, statistics

Introduces students to stem-and-leaf plots and calculating the mean, median, and mode from the plots.

Audiences: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12

Primary Subjects: Statistics

Related Topics: arithmetic, data, data plot, graph, histogram, mean, measures of central tendency, median, mode, range, statistics, stem and leaf

Activities (14)

Students run a simulation of how a fire will spread through a stand of trees, learning about probability and chaos. Parameters: Forest density, wind direction, size of forest.

Audiences: Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12, Undergraduate

Primary Subjects: Discrete, Fractions, Modeling, Probability

Related Topics: agent modeling, chaos, conditional probability, experimental probability, iteration, percentages, percents, probability simulation, proportion, simulation, skewed distribution, variance

Run a simulation of how a fire spreads through a stand of trees, learning about probability and chaos. Track the results of multiple burns and use the data to draw conclusions.

Audiences: Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12, Undergraduate

Primary Subjects: Modeling, Probability, Statistics

Related Topics: agent modeling, chaos, conditional probability, experimental probability, probability simulation, simulation, theoretical probability

Students can create box plots for either built-in or user-specified data as well as experiment with outliers. User may choose to use or not use the median for calculation of interquartile range.

Audiences: Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12, Undergraduate

Primary Subjects: Graphs, Statistics

Related Topics: box and whisker, box plot, coordinate plane, data plot, median, outlier, percentages, quartile, range, scale, skewed distribution, statistics

Enter your own data categories and the value of each category to create a pie chart. There are also built in data sets which can be viewed.

Audiences: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12

Primary Subjects: Fractions, Graphs, Statistics

Related Topics: angles, area, circle graph, circles, data plot, fractions, percentages, pie chart, proportion, statistics

Run a simulation of how a fire will spread through a stand of trees, learning about probability and chaos. Parameters: Probability that a tree will set fire to each of its eight neighbors.

Audiences: Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12

Primary Subjects: Discrete, Fractions, Modeling, Probability

Related Topics: agent modeling, chaos, events, experimental probability, geometric probability, percentages, percents, probability simulation, proportion, recursion, simulation, statistics, theoretical probability, variance

Run a simulation of how a fire will spread through a stand of trees, learning about probability and chaos. Parameters: Probability that a tree catches fire if its neighbor is on fire.

Audiences: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12

Primary Subjects: Discrete, Fractions, Modeling, Probability

Related Topics: agent modeling, chaos, decimals, events, experimental probability, outcomes, percentages, percents, proportion, simulation, squares, theoretical probability, variance

View histograms for built-in or user-specified data. Experiment with how the size of the class intervals influences the appearance of the histogram. Parameters: Data sets, class sizes.

Audiences: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12, Undergraduate

Primary Subjects: Graphs, Statistics

Related Topics: counting, data plot, graph, histogram, intervals, mean, range, skewed distribution, slides, standard deviation

Enter data to create a double bar graph, then manipulate the graph's maximum and minimum values.

Audiences: Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12

Primary Subjects: Graphs, Statistics

Related Topics: bar graph, data plot, double bar graph

Create a pie chart, adjusting the size of the divisions using your mouse or by entering values. Parameters: Number of sections, size of sections, whether to use percents or fractions.

Audiences: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12

Primary Subjects: Graphs, Statistics

Related Topics: angles, area, circle graph, circles, fractions, percentages, percents, pie chart, proportion, statistics

PlopIt allows users to build dot plots of data using the mouse. View how the mean, median, and mode change as entries are added to the plot. Parameters: Range for observations.

Audiences: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12

Primary Subjects: Graphs, Statistics

Related Topics: bar graph, data plot, graph, histogram, mean, measures of central tendency, median, mode, range, statistics

Plot a bivariate data set, determine the line of best fit for their data, and then check the accuracy of your line of best fit.

Audiences: Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12, Undergraduate

Primary Subjects: Algebra, Calculus, Graphs, Statistics

Related Topics: calculus, cartesian coordinate, coordinate plane, correlation, curve fitting, data plot, deviations, residual, statistics

Graph ordered pairs and customize the graph title and axis labels. Points are connected from left to right, rather than being connected in the order they are entered.

Audiences: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12, Undergraduate

Primary Subjects: Algebra, Graphs, Statistics

Related Topics: cartesian coordinate, coordinate, coordinate plane, data plot, graph, statistics

Plot ordered pairs of numbers, either as a scatter plot or with the dots connected. Points are connected from right to left, rather than being connected in the order they are entered.

Audiences: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12

Primary Subjects: Algebra, Geometry, Graphs, Statistics

Related Topics: cartesian coordinate, coordinate plane, coordinate system, data plot, decimals, graph

View stem-and-leaf plots of your own data, and then practice finding means, medians and modes. Stem and Leaf Plotter is one of the Interactivate assessment explorers.

Audiences: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12

Primary Subjects: Graphs, Statistics

Related Topics: data plot, graph, mean, measures of central tendency, median, mode, range, statistics, stem and leaf