This lesson is designed to introduce students to statistical measures of central tendency (i.e., mean, median, and mode). The lesson provides links to discussions and activities related to mean, median, and mode, as well as suggested ways to integrate them into the lesson. Upon completion of the lesson, students should understand the differences in the three measures and be able to compute each. Finally, the lesson provides links to follow-up lessons designed for use in succession with learning about the measures of central tendency.
4. Organize, represent, and interpret data with up to three categories; ask and answer questions about the total number of data points, how many in each category, and how many more or less are in one category than in another.
Alignment of the Resource to this Standard
IOER Community Rating: Not Rated
1. Recognize a statistical question as one that anticipates variability in the data related to the question and accounts for it in the answers.
Alignment of the Resource to this Standard
IOER Community Rating: Not Rated
2. Use statistics appropriate to the shape of the data distribution to compare center (median, mean) and spread (interquartile range, standard deviation) of two or more different data sets.
Alignment of the Resource to this Standard
IOER Community Rating: Not Rated
4. Use the mean and standard deviation of a data set to fit it to a normal distribution and to estimate population percentages. Recognize that there are data sets for which such a procedure is not appropriate. Use calculators, spreadsheets, and tables to estimate areas under the normal curve.
Alignment of the Resource to this Standard
IOER Community Rating: Not Rated
5. Summarize numerical data sets in relation to their context, such as by:
Alignment of the Resource to this Standard
IOER Community Rating: Not Rated