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Activity
Math Is Fun

Math Is Fun: Standard Deviation and Variance

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Standard devaition and variance are explained clearly, accompanied by an examples using the size of dogs.
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Introduction to Probability

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Introduction to Probability is a resource that provides assessment and teacher tutorials that focus on mathematic concepts such as probability, outcomes, events, probability distribution, laws, values and odd.
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Practical Applications of the Bell Shaped Curve

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Explore the bell-shaped curve and how to calculate a z score. Additional links provided to further knowledge on outliers.
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Handout
Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Hotmath: Practice Problems: Binomial Probability and Binomial Distribution

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Sixteen problems present a variety of practice working with binomial probability and binomial distribution. They are given with each step to the solution cleverly revealed one at a time. You can work each step of the problem then click...
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Plums and the Normal Distribution

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson demonstrates how the calculator's built-in numeric solver can be used along with the normalcdf function to answer a variety of Normal Distribution questions.
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Probability Distributions

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In this activity, students use the Derive software to compute binomial, hypergeometric, standard normal and normal probabilities, and explore inverse normal computations.
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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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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Binomial Distributions and Probability Grade 11 12

For Students 11th - 12th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This Concepts introduces students to the binomial probability distribution.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Binomial Distributions and Probability

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Introduces students to binomial probability distribution.
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Handout
Other

West Virginia University: Normal Distribution

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The history of the normal curve and its use in statistics is presented. An Applet is provided for the user to adjust the left and right edges of the probability and see the effect on the area under the curve.
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Normal Distribution

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This set contains statistics questions regarding the normal curve, its distribution, and its applications. The student, using the correct calculation, transitions between observed x-values, standard z-scores, and normal curve areas.
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: The Normal Distribution

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students graph normal distributions, shade desired areas, and find related probabilities. They graph Normal probability scatter plots to check the normal (linear) shape of a data distribution.
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Handout
Other

Vlps: Mean and Standard Deviation

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Explanation of frequency distributions, mean, standard deviations, and variance including a Java Applet.
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Handout
Michigan Technological University

Computing Mean, Variance and Standard Deviation

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Page centered around a computer program to determine mean, variance, and standard deviation.
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Website
Wolfram Research

Wolfram Math World: Correlation Coefficient

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
MathWorld offers a technical, yet informative, explanation of the correlation coefficient for bivariate normal distribution.
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Handout
Yale University

Yale University: Probability Models

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
A general description of probability, probability rules, and Venn diagrams.
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eBook
Math Planet

Math Planet: Algebra 2: Standard Deviation and Normal Distribution

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Gain an understanding of standard deviation and normal distribution by viewing an example and a video lesson.
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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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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Expected Value With Calculated Probabilities

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Find expected value based on calculated probabilities. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Discrete Random Variables: Expected Value

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Compute the expected value given a set of outcomes, probabilities, and payoffs. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly 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: S Id Sat Scores

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students will find solutions for a series of questions based on the assumption that SAT mathematics scores for a particular year are approximately normally distributed with a mean of 510 and a standard deviation of 100. Explanation and...
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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.
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Unit Plan
Other

Magoosh: Statistics Fundamentals

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An online course on the fundamentals of statistics including video lessons in Mean, Median, and Mode; Weighted Averages; Quartiles and Boxplots; Range and Standard Deviation; Normal Distribution; Z-scores; Intro to Inferential...