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Virginia Standards of Learning
7th Grade
Probability and Statistics
7.16 The student will create and solve problems involving the measures of central tendency (mean, median, mode) and the range of a set of data.

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Lessons (3)

Histograms and Bar Graphs

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

Introduction to Statistics: Mean, Median, Mode

Introduces statistical measures of center.

Audiences: Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12

Primary Subjects: Statistics

Related Topics: arithmetic, histogram, mean, measures of central tendency, median, mode, range, sets, statistics, sum

Stem-and-Leaf Plots

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 (3)

Screenshot of Measures
Measures

Enter data and view the mean, median, variance, and standard deviation of the data set. Parameters: Number of observations, range for observations, which statistics to view, identifiers for the data.

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

Primary Subjects: Statistics

Related Topics: decimals, deviations, mean, measures of central tendency, median, mode, range, simulation, standard deviation, statistics, variance

Screenshot of Plop It!
Plop It!

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

Screenshot of Stem and Leaf Plotter
Stem and Leaf Plotter

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