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Handout
Cuemath

Cuemath: Measures of Central Tendency

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A comprehensive guide for learning all about measures of central tendency with definitions of mean, median, and mode, solved examples, and practice questions.
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Interactive
University of Regina (Canada)

University of Regina: Math Central: Central Tendency Activity

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An Internet activity that creates data to be evaluated using statistics skills such as central tendency, data analysis, and graphing. The topic of the exercise is the average height of a student's class.
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: How Close Is Close?

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In this activity, students compute statistical measures like the mean, standard deviation, and variance of the data set. They understand how measures of variability can be interpreted.
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Analyzing Variance (Anova)

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students analyze variances of various data samples.
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Simulation of Sampling Distributions

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This set contains questions about simulating sampling distributions. Students see graphs of simulated distributions enabling them to reach conclusions about mean, shape, and standard deviation.
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: One Way Analysis of Variance

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This set contains questions about statistics regarding the one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA). The student learns to develop hypotheses, find the test statistic, and reach a conclusion in the context of the original problem.
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Summarizing Distributions of Univariate Data

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students understand statistical concepts like center of data and the amount of data variation from the center. They calculate the measures of the center of a distribution and the measures of spread for the data collected as a list....
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Tests of Significance

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students understand how tests of significance can be performed with confidence intervals. They use a simulation to clarify the meaning of a hypothesis. Students examine large sample tests for a proportion, mean, difference between two...
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Stefan Warner and Steven R. Costenoble

Finite Mathematics & Applied Calculus: Measures of Central Tendency

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Students learn about measures of central tendency. Topics explored are mean, median, mode, and expected value. The tutorial investigates the statistics concepts through class notes and examples. Review exercises and a chapter quiz are...
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Unit Plan
Stefan Warner and Steven R. Costenoble

Finite Mathematics & Applied Calculus: Variance and Standard Deviation of a Set of Scores

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Students learn about the variance and standard deviation of a set of scores. Topics explored are the empirical rule and Chebyshev's rule. The tutorial investigates the statistics concepts through class notes and examples. Review...
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Unit Plan
Stefan Warner and Steven R. Costenoble

Finite Mathematics & Applied Calculus: Variance and Standard Deviation of a Random Variable

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Students learn about the variance and standard deviation of a random variable. The tutorial investigates the statistics concepts through class notes and examples. Review exercises and a chapter quiz are included.
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Handout
University of Baltimore

University of Baltimore: Sampling Distribution

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A complete definition of sampling distribution as well as the beginning of a discussion concerning were sampling distribution fits into the topic of statistics. Written by Dr. Hossein Arsham.
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Other

Online Statistics Education: Measures of Variability

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Learning Objectives cover the areas of the Measures of Variability. Explanations are given for: variability, range, interquartile range, variance, and standard deviation. Examples and quizzes are also provided.
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Unit Plan
Other

Fayetteville State Univ.: Sampling Distributions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A detailed explanation of statistical sampling distributions is provided here. Several graphs are attached to aid in understanding. The sampling distribution of the mean and the Central Limit Theorem are also discussed at this site.
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McGraw Hill

Glencoe Mathematics: Quiz on Measures of Central Tendency

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Students examine advanced mathematics concepts with this online quiz. The assessment shows comprehension of measures of central tendency. Topics include mean, mode, and median.
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McGraw Hill

Glencoe: Online Study Tool: Quiz on Measures of Variability

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Students demonstrate advanced mathematics skills with this online quiz. The questions check understanding on measures of variability. Topics include variance, standard deviation, and frequency tables.
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Understanding the Standard Deviation: What Makes It Larger or Smaller?

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students develop a better intuitive understanding of what is meant by variability in statistics. Emphasis is placed on the standard deviation as a measure of variability.
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Simulating the Effect of Sample Size on Sampling Distribution of the Mean

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Using a Java simulation tool, young scholars investigate how sample size is related to the amount of variability one sees in the sampling distribution of the mean. Increasing the sample size decreases the variability. Students are...
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Using an Applet to Demonstrate a Sampling Distribution

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In this activity students are exposed to the concept of sampling distributions by creating an example as a class. By having the students assemble the data, they can more readily understand that a sampling distribution is made up of a...
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Determining Sample Size for a Given Margin of Error

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This set contains questions about statistics involving how to choose a sample size to fit a desired maximum error bound. The student learns to do this on confidence intervals for proportions as well as confidence intervals for means.
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Special Cases of Normally Distributed Data

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students perform single and two-sample t procedures to investigate special cases of normally distributed data. They explore inference for a least-square regression line, including the confidence interval.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Standard Deviation of a Population

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Calculate the standard deviation of a population. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
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Lesson Plan
University of Illinois

University of Illinois: Mste: How Much Do Baseball Players Really Make?

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
An interesting real-world use of statistical variance and standard deviation to help dispell the common perception that all major league baseball players are paid millions of dollars and are not worth it. The lesson plan gives specific...
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Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: Measuring Variability in a Data Set

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
The purpose of this student task is to develop understanding of standard deviation. Aligns with S-ID.A.2 and S-ID.A.3.