Curated OER
A Ststistical Study on the Letters of the Alphabet
In this Statistics and Probability learning exercise, learners create a line plot for the first 100 letters in the Preamble to the constitution and compare their frequency distributions to the actual frequency distribution. The one page...
Curated OER
Quiz: Central Tendency and Dispersion
In this central tendency and dispersion worksheet, students find the mean, median and mode of a set of numbers. The set of numbers is not included on this worksheet. They complete a frequency distribution and find the modal interval.
Missouri State University
Missouri State U.: Introductory Statistics: Concepts, Models, and Applications
This is a comprehensive online text about statistics which covers all the basic concepts.
Cuemath
Cuemath: Mean, Median and Mode
A comprehensive guide for learning all about mean, median, and mode with definitions, the relation between them, solved examples, and practice questions.
Wolfram Research
Wolfram Math World: Frequency Distribution
This site from MathWorld provides a general overview of frequency distribution, complete with a bar graph and explanatory text.
Stefan Warner and Steven R. Costenoble
Finite Mathematics & Applied Calculus: Continuous Random Variables and Histograms
Students learn about random variables and histograms. Topics explored are continuous random variables, discrete random variables, probability, and frequency distributions. The tutorial investigtes the statistics concepts through class...
Palomar Community College District
Palomar Community College: Behavioral Science Statistics: Class Intervals
A sample problem on creating intervals for a frequency distribution. The example is worked out and explained along the way.
Other
Clayton State: Organizing & Presenting a Frequency Dist.
The easiest method of organizing data is a frequency distribution, which converts raw data into a meaningful pattern for statistical analysis. Learn how in this tutorial with examples.
TOPS Learning Systems
Top Science: Tack Toss [Pdf]
An activity where students toss a set of tacks one hundred times and plot how many land on their sides each time. They then calculate the mode, median, and mean.
McGraw Hill
Glencoe Mathematics: Online Study Tool: Quiz on Frequency Distributions
Learners demonstrate comprehension of advanced mathematical concepts. The online quiz tests the students on frequency distributions.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Interpreting Two Way Tables
Do you understand how two-way tables really work? Here's your chance to practice. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video, or receive hints.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Two Way Frequency Tables
Given a Venn diagram or information about a relationship, create a two-way frequency table. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video, or receive hints.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Two Way Relative Frequency Tables
Practice creating two-way relative frequency tables from a two-way frequency table. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video, or receive hints.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Reading Two Way Frequency Tables
Practice interpreting two-way frequency tables. For example, what does the cell in the top left tell you? Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video, or receive hints.
Wolfram Research
Wolfram Math World: Frequency Polygon
MathWorld provides a general overview of a frequency polygon, complete with a graphical example.
Rice University
Hyper Stat Online Statistics Textbook: Cumulative Distribution
This resoruce explains how to read a cumulative frequency distribution graph.
Richland Community College
Richland Community College: Stats Graphs Defined
Richland Community College provides a glossary of many terms that are needed in order to understand statistics graphs and charts. Each of the types of charts is quickly explained in terms of what it is most effective in displaying.
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Hotmath: Practice Problems: Tables and Graphs
Six problems present various aspects of using and making tables and graphs to display statistics. 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...
University of Illinois
University of Illinois: Mste: Is There a Standard for All This Deviation?
Site contains information on the statistical term standard deviation. It gives a definition and shows how to calculate it. It has a link to information on the absolute value of a deviation and how the topics are related.
University of Illinois
University of Illinois: Rollin' Rollin' Rollin'
This page from the University of Illinois is the beginning of a series that demonstrates the difference between the mean and median of a group of numbers. The sites use bar graphs to display the data.
University of Illinois
University of Illinois: Spreading It Thick
Resource contains the definition for variance. It also shows students how to calculate the variance. There is a link to a bar graph that displays variance for the data example.
University of Illinois
University of Illinois: A "Vary" Nice Picture
Site from the University of Illinois contains a graphical representation of variance. A follow-up question for the user and a link to standard deviation - a related statistical topic - are also provided.