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This Should NFL Quarterbacks Shave or Grow a Beard? worksheet also includes:
What does facial hair have to do with quarterback ratings? Using a set of data that provides QBR with and without facial hair, football enthusiasts determine if performance is affected. It also has learners question if the relationship between quarterback rating and facial hair is that of correlation or caussation.
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Instructional Ideas
- Instruct learners to create a graph of the data
- Have class members work in partners to find the answers before coming back to a whole-class discussion of the topic
Classroom Considerations
- Best used during football season or around the Super Bowl
- Assumes leaners can interpret given sets of data to determine correlation and causation
Pros
- Ties football and math together which is helpful for learner engagement
- Uses real-world data
Cons
- Does not come with an answer key