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Activity
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Figure This: Does It Make a Difference Where You Shop?

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
A math investigation that uses scatter plots to compare prices of favorite soft drinks. Discover how valuable your skills in organizing and displaying data can be in real life scenarios.
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Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Simple Plot

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A java applet that helps a student to create a scatter plot using the coordinates and axes and given data.
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Lesson Plan
Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Lesson: Stem and Leaf Plots

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Lesson plan introduces students to stem-and-leaf plots. Many resources are available for student and teachers here.
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Unit Plan
Shmoop University

Shmoop: Basic Statistics & Probability: Scatter Plots & Correlation

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The statistics resource explores scatter plots and correlation. Students learn about the concepts through notes and detailed examples. The resource consists of practice exercises to check for comprehension of the topics.
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Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Hotmath: Algebra Review: Scatter Plots

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Find a quick, concise explanation of what a scatter plot is. Several examples are given and clearly explained.
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Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Hotmath: Practice Problems: Scatter Plots

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Six problems present various aspects of using scatter plots. 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 the "View Solution" button to check each step of...
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Handout
Other

Coe College: Definition of Scatter Plot

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This Coe College site contains the definition of scatter plot. Glossary and looking at data section included.
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Website
Palomar Community College District

Palomar College: Scatter Plot

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site, which is provided for by the Palomar College, gives a sample problem of how to graph a scatter plot, including the appropriate axes.
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Handout
Iowa State University

Iowa State Univ: Plotting Scatter Plot in X Gobi

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Site explains how the XGobi computer program can be used to plot data in a scatter plot.