Yale-New Haven Teachers InstituteHome An Introduction to Elementary Statistics by Lauretta J. Fox Contents of Curriculum Unit 85.08.02: Introduction Prices of Television Sets Bibliography for Teachers To Guide Entry Introduction Statistics play a role in all our lives. From time to time we provide data or collect data to be organized, analyzed, and used in making decisions. For example, the registrar of vital statistics records our date of birth and our date of death ...

Yale-New Haven Teachers InstituteHome The Statistics Sampler by David B. Howell Contents of Curriculum Unit 85.08.04: Narrative Lesson 1. Lesson 2. Lesson 3. Lesson 4. Lesson 5. Lessons 6 and 7. Lesson 8. Worksheet 1 Bibliography and References To Guide Entry “Do you teach statistics?” asked a sampler. “You mean beyond graphs and charts and mean, median, and mode?” responded several math teachers covering grades 7-12. “Yes, I mean beyond those ‘basics.’ ...

Yale-New Haven Teachers InstituteHome An Introduction to Statistical Thinking by Beverly Stern Contents of Curriculum Unit 85.08.07: Introduction Section I: Data Part II: The Random Sample III: Probability Lesson Plan Guide Materials Bibliography To Guide Entry Introduction Information is all around us. It affects every aspect of our lives. To gather and work with numerical information using statistical concepts is the overall purpose of this unit. I am plann ...

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Activities Class Survey To get students started exploring data it is useful to have a survey of the class. Here are two examples of surveys used, one at Dartmouth and one at Grinnell. Class Survey at Dartmouth College Class Survey at Grinnell College Cookie Experiment An activity that has been found quite successful is to have students design an experiment to determine if there is a significant correlation between their rating of the cookies and the price. Cookie Experiment ...

Adventures in Statistics Thomas R. Scavo 616 Westcott Street Syracuse, NY 13210 e-mail: trscavo@bgnet.bgsu.eduByron Petraroja Edward Smith School Lancaster Ave. & Broad St. Syracuse, NY 13210 July 21, 1996 Tom's Math Lessons || Tom's home page Abstract We describe a mathematics project involving fifth grade students and the area of classrooms, which incorporates measurement, graphing, computation, data analysis, and presentation of results. Contents Introdu ...

Home TV Radio Talk Where I Live A-Z Index Number Algebra Shape, Space & Measure Work out each probability as a fraction, percentage or decimal. Level 1Level 2Level 3 Pick a winning team by working out the median, mean and range. Level 1Level 2Level 3 Create a frequency table and chart using words. Level 1Level 2Level 3 Answers to the Print Offs can be found in the Teachers section.

Center Home -> Content Areas Home -> Math Home -> Interactive Activities -> Microsoft Excel Interactive Projects Send comments or questions to Hollylynne Drier Stohl at hollylynne@ncsu.edu RatioFraction Pie Coins and DiceProjectile Motion Maximzing AreaEquation Forms Fibonacci Normal Distribution Sequence To access the Microsoft Excel files: Internet Explorer: If Microsoft Excel is installed on your machine, when you click on the file name, Explorer will automatically o ...

The Cereal Box Problem: A Lesson in Expected Value by George Reese Suppose there was one of six prizes inside your favorite box of cereal. Perhaps it's a pen, a plastic movie character, or a picture card. How many boxes of cereal would you expect to have to buy, to get all six prizes? It is not practical to go to the store and buy all that cereal at once. Suppose you got together with your friends and after a combined purchase of 8 boxes you do not yet have all six prizes. Should you be su ...

Chance Home Chance News Chance Course Video and Audio Teaching Aids What's New? Related Links Search this site: A GNU book. Introduction to Probability by Charles Grinstead and Laurie Snell The Chance Project Mathematics Dept. Dartmouth College Hanover, NH 03755 Welcome to Chance! This site contains materials to help teach a Chance course. Chance is a quantitative literacy course developed cooperatively by the Chance Team: J. Laurie Sn ...

1A: Danger! Shark Attack! 1B: Job Opportunity for Ambitious American 1C: Will the Real #1 Athlete Please Stand Up? mathSURF Home | Grade 6 directory | chapter 1 Prentice Hall Course 1 Directory science link | social studies link section 1a | section 1b | section 1c Copyright Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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Cynthia Lanius A Data Collection and Analysis Class Experiment The Hand Squeeze Let's conduct an experiment. We will pass a "hand squeeze" around a circle and measure the amount of time that it takes for the hand squeeze to pass around the circle. Collect the Data Start with two students at the front of the room. (You're eventually going to need enough space for everyone in the class to get in a circle) Have the two students hold hands. When the timekeeper says "now" the first pe ...

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Quick Index Acknowledgements Assessment Boxplots Confidence Intervals Curve Fitting Datasets Dotplots Histograms Hypothesis Testing Introduction to Exploring Data Linear Regression Looking for Patterns Measures of Location Measures of Spread Normal Distribution Normal Plots Probability Read Me First! Resources Sampling Scatterplots Stemplots Rex Boggs Glenmore SHS PO Box 5822 R'ton Mail Centre Rockhampton, Q Australia 4702 Welcome to the Exploring Data we ...

Fun with Probability! The Probable Pen in the Cereal Box Project Overview How many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Roll Tootsie Pop? One - Two - Three. THREE! How many boxes of cereal do you have to buy until you have received six pens of different colors? Well, that's what the "Probable Pen in the Cereal Box" project is all about. In only 1 to 3 hours, your class can participate in a world-wide experiment to calculate this value, have some fun, and learn a little ab ...

Home | Purchase | Search Full Member Access Table of Contents Appendix E-examples Resources Data Analysis and Probability Standard for Grades 6–8 Expectations Instructional programs from prekindergarten through grade 12 should enable all students to—In grades 6–8 all students should— Formulate questions that can be addressed with data and collect, organize, and display relevant data to answer them •formulate que ...

HOT Math ! Task: Batteries Main task: given 4 batteries A, B ,C and D and a torch. Two out of four are flat, the other two are loaded. Find out which ones. Additional task: write down how you carried out your research. Higher order tasks (HOTs) 1. if you were given 6 batteries, with 3 flat and 3 loaded, how would you carry out the research (only 2 at a time can be put into the torch)? 2. if you were given 6 batteries, with 2 flat and 4 loaded, how would you carry out the research? ...

HOT Math ! Task: Dice and thumb-tacks Main task: throw 40 times (in group work this could be 100 or more times) and make a frequency table. The more the better. Objects can be: dice, thumb-tacks, coins, etc. My students proposed sandwiches, but I objected to that. Higher order taksk (HOT's): what difference is there between throwing 40 times with one die and throwing once with 40 dice? What can be learnt: difference between large and small samples independency ----------------- ...

Linear Regression (and Best Fit) a lesson by Amar Patel This is a lesson which will allow students to explore notions of relationships between two variables. There are many problems and activities included in this lesson to aid learning and classroom discussion. This lesson is not meant to supercede the teacher and should be used in conjunction with your normal classroom format. A look at how the lesson fits into the NCTM standards. Needed for this lesson Excel 5.0 Netscape or equivalent willing students a knowledgable teacher Send comments to am-patel@students.uiuc.edu On with the lesson.

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Data File What is your favorite activity? See how your choice compares with other students' choices. Follow the steps below: 1. Print the chart below by clicking print on your browser. 2. Take a survey of your classmates' favorite activities using this chart to record your data. Ask your classmates which activity is their favorite from the list on the chart. Use tally marks to record your classmates' responses. 3. When you are finished collecting data, make a pictograph of the top three a ...

Data File How much time do you spend reading each week? Find out how your reading habits compare with other students' habits. 1. Print the table below by clicking "print" on your browser. 2. Take a survey of your classmates to find out how much time they spend reading each week. Use tally marks to record your classmates' responses in the table below. 3. When you are finished with the survey, make a line plot using graph paper to help you compare the data. Remember to label your y- and x ...

Data File Learn more about one of the sports listed below. Which sport do you think is most popular with the people you know? Take a survey of 10 people and find the percentage of people who like each sport best. baseball basketball gymnastics ice skating running (not available at the moment) Your Choice In how many cities around the U.S. do you think it is sunny? rainy? partly cloudy? Write these numbers as probabilities. Pick 10 cities around the country and find out the current conditions there. How close were your predictions? mathSURF home page | Grade 5 home page chapter 1 | chapter 2 | chapter 3 | chapter 4 | chapter 5 | chapter 6 chapter 7 | chapter 8 | chapter 9 | chapter 10 | chapter 11 | chapter 12 Copyright Pearson Education, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Name_______________________________________________Date_________________________ Mathematics Problem Solving Volume 4, Number 31, May 10, 1999 www.rhlschool.com More Probability Problems 1. Sarah’s uncle is coming for a visit. She hopes he’ll arrive on a weekend day when she’s not in school. Uncle James could show up any day; you just never know. What is the chance that Sarah’s uncle will arrive on the weekend? a. one out of two b. two out of five c. two out of seven d. one o ...

Academy Curricular Exchange Columbia Education Center Mathematics TITLE: M&M Graphing and Probability AUTHOR: Karen Stewart, Harmony Elementary, Cushing, OK GRADE LEVEL/SUBJECT: (1-5) Elementary Math (classifying, counting, rounding, graphing, ratios, probability, estimating) OVERVIEW: Charts and graphs are not only valuable instruments for communicating data quickly and simply, they can be tools for stimulating discussion, and aids in prom ...

Academy Curricular Exchange Columbia Education Center Social Studies TITLE: POLITICAL POLLS AUTHOR: Rob Bishop, Box Elder High School, Brigham City, Utah GRADE LEVEL/SUBJECT: 9-12 / Government, Social Issues OVERVIEW: Many view polls as either magical predictions or sinister voodoo. Neither is accurate. Polls are merely a source of information. PURPOSE: In a society which surveys everything from soap used to political preference, it is essential that polls are n ...

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Name_______________________________________________Date_________________________ Mathematics Problem Solving Volume 4, Number 30, May 3, 1999 www.rhlschool.com Probability 1. There are 20 students in Mrs. Church’s fourth grade. Mrs. Church had them all put their names on an index card. She’ll draw a name to see who will get to teach a math lesson on Friday. Carlos hopes he’ll be chosen. What chance does he have? 2. Mr. El just bought a box of Girl Scout cookies. He told his class, “ ...

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Search Lessons Write a Lesson Plan Guide Selection Criteria Copyright Statement Printer friendly text Lesson Plan #: AELP-PRB0004 Probability: The Study of Chance An Educator's Reference Desk Lesson Plan AUTHOR: Shirley LeMoine , Garfield Re-2 School District, Rifle, Co. Date: 1994 Grade Level(s): 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 Subject(s): Mathematics/Probability OVERVIEW: The theory of probability is an important branch of mathemati ...

Probability & Statistics Modules To find out more about what the version numbers mean, click on any of the indicators. Conditional Probability v Conditional probability as applied to any application with transition probabilities, and how it is used in detection/decision theory. Authors: Kristin Bennett, Jill Richie, Elisa Barney Smith Keywords: probability Learning Level: College Platform: Project Links base technical requirements Applets: [ Full Metadata ] Continuous Random Var ...

Some experimental WWW pages for to teach Statistics Papers Links My list of links Visualisation On these pages I have some experimental WWW-pages, which I have used for to test - different user interfaces. - different methods for to visualise statistical phenomena. Venn diagrams 3D-pie diagram and the liar factor Age histogram Propability problems with two dice Simulators (English) (Catalan) (Spanish) Distributions Aspect ratio Correlation Coefficient regression Decision g ...

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Sta 208: Statistical Thinking Sta 208 Laboratories click on highlighted links Lab 1Reading the News Lab 2Measurements and Sampling Lab 3Remember! Just in the ‘Nic-o-tine’ Lab 4Reaching New Heights Lab 5Lines, Outliers and Pairs. Oh My! Lab 6The Ups and Downs of the Flat Tacks Lab 7Bell Shaped Army Helmets? Lab 8Survey Says… Lab 9MM Good! Lab 10Do You Have ESP? Lab 11Pick a Card Sta 208 Home

Search Lessons Write a Lesson Plan Guide Selection Criteria Copyright Statement Printer friendly text Lesson Plan #: AELP-STA0001 Statistical Concepts: Measures of Central Tendency and Dispersion An Educator's Reference Desk Lesson Plan Submitted by: Tuiren Bratina and Janet Bosnick University of North Florida Date: June, 1996 BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE LESSON: The students will be able to: State measures which describe central tend ...

Statistical Education Resource Kit Using Jelly Beans to Investigate Sampling Without Replacement Synopsis: A large group activity (with individual data collection) that involves having students select jelly beans from a cup in order to investigate the effects of sampling without replacement. Type of activity: In-class, large-group Statistical topics: sampling without replacement, sampling distribution Time needed: 15 minutes Materials needed: An activity form ( HTML Version ) for c ...

Return to edHelper.com Welcome to our statistics worksheet section. Comments? Every time you click to create a worksheet a New worksheet is created! Statistics Calculating the Mean, Median, and Mode Calculating the Range, Variance, and Standard Deviation Chebyshev's Theorem and the Empirical Rule Percentiles, Deciles, and Quartiles Back to the Math Table Of Contents Calculating the Mean, Median, and Mode The mean, median, and mode are single numbers that help desc ...

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The Birthday Problem: A short lesson in probability. Last revised 8/24/05 Introduction Simulation Questions Formula A Note to the Teacher Send comments to George Reese Introduction with simulation Happy Birthday! There's a birthday in your class today! Or will there be two? How likely is it that two people in your class have the same birthday? Say your class has 28 students. There are a number of ways to approach this problem. The most common is to take a survey and see if ...

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SCORE MathematicsStandards Connections The Winning Edge: Probability in Basketball Lesson 1: Calculating Free-throw Percentages Robin Roberts Introduction: Time has run out in the big basketball game, and the score is tied. However, Up-State College has the ball with time out. You're the coach. Which players should you put into the game to give you the best chance of winning? This is one in a series of on-line interactive pages exploring probability and statistics in real life. Th ...

A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words Students will travel the Internet to find examples of different types of graphs and analyze those graphs for statistical data. Students will use the Internet to obtain data on various topics, and create and analyze graphs based upon these data. Students will select topics of interest and decide which graph type to use to best depict various kinds of data, and create these graphs. Grade Level: 5-8 Subject Matter: Mathematics C ...

Growing, Growing, Graphing! In this statistics lesson, students focus on China's population growth. They graph data on graph paper using a graphing calculator or spreadsheet software. Students predict future population numbers and decide if the population growth is linear or exponential. Students analyze the data they collect and write equations that match their graph. Resources include Web sites with current and archived population data, government sites, and mathematical sites ...

WHAT ARE THE ODDS? The Ins and Outs of Probability Proposal Number Sense Interactive Quiz Lesson Plans History Problem Bank Glossary Quotes Helpful Links References About Us This website was developed by fifth year students in the Mathematics Education program at the University of Virginia. The University of Virginia offers a five-year dual-degree (BA/MT) teacher education program. At the end of five years students graduate with a Bachelor of Arts in mathem ...

How Many Games Does it Take to Win the World Series? In order to determine the champion of Major League Baseball in the U.S. and Canada, the winners from the National League and the American League play the "World Series." The Series consists of seven games. If a team wins four out of the seven games, they are the champions. Of course, all seven games are not played if a team has already won four. Thus, what we want you to find out is how many games do you expect to be played befo ...