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Bell Curve Revisited Discussio...	Normal Distributions (Probability & Statistics)	Calculator	Support Material		[0]
Finishes up the discussion of the book as well as exploring individual differences versus group expected values. More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Class Interval: Scale and Impr...	Data and Distributions (Probability & Statistics)	Calculator	Support Material		[0]
How scales help to represent or mis-represent data in histograms. More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Continuous Distributions Dialo...	Data and Distributions (Probability & Statistics)	Calculator	Support Material		[0]
Discusses continuous versus discrete distributions. More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Histogram vs. Bar Graphs Dialo...	Data and Distributions (Probability & Statistics)	Calculator	Support Material		[0]
Differences and similarities between the two types of graphs. More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Mean, Median, and Mode Dialogu...	Data and Distributions (Probability & Statistics)	Calculator	Support Material		[0]
Defining and discussing the concepts. More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Normal Distribution and the Be...	Normal Distributions (Probability & Statistics)	Calculator	Support Material		[0]
An introduction to the normal distribution and the debate over the 1994 book, "The Bell Curve." More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Probability vs. Statistics Dia...	Data and Distributions (Probability & Statistics)	Calculator	Support Material		[0]
Defining, comparing and contrasting probability and statistics. More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Standard Deviation Dialogue	Normal Distributions (Probability & Statistics)	Calculator	Support Material		[0]
Introduces standard deviaton and describes how to compute it. More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Stem-and-Leaf Plots Dialogue	Data and Distributions (Probability & Statistics)	Calculator	Support Material		[0]
Introduces Stem-and-Leaf Plots to students. More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Vertical Scale: Increase or De...	Data and Distributions (Probability & Statistics)	Calculator	Support Material		[0]
How class interval size influences the look and interpretation of histograms. More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Analysis of Bivariate Data Usi...	Displaying with Graphs (Probability & Statistics)+	Computer	Activity		[0]
The resource consists of a series of linked concept maps that lead students through steps of importing and analyzing two-variable data using Fathom. Students follow illustrated steps to import data fr... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Analyzing Univariate Data Usin...	Data and Distributions (Probability & Statistics)+	Computer	Activity		[0]
The resource comprises a series of linked concept maps allowing students to work through the steps of analyzing single variable data with Fathom. Students are supported with descriptions and graphics ... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Data and Story Library	Data and Distributions (Probability & Statistics)	Computer	Support Material		[1]
Teachers use examples to illustrate statistics concepts. A good example can make a lesson on a particular statistics method vivid and relevant. DASL is designed to help teachers locate and identify da... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Math911	Data and Distributions (Probability & Statistics)	Computer	Tool	$	[4]
Tutorial fee-based software for PCs that must be downloaded to the user's computer. It covers topics from pre-algebra through pre-calculus, including trigonometry and some statistics. The software pos... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Quantitative Environmental Lit...	Data and Distributions (Probability & Statistics)+	Computer	Tool		[2]
Lots of real-world data, with descriptions of environmental and mathematical implications; stored in a variety of formats for easy download. Catalogued by mathematical topic and by environmental topi... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Simplesim	Data and Distributions (Probability & Statistics)	Computer	Tool		[0]
Simplesim is suited for modelling of non-analytic relations in systems which are causal in the sense that different courses of events interact in a way that is difficult to see and understand. Exam... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Snapshots	Data and Distributions (Probability & Statistics)	Computer	Support Material		[0]
"Snapshots" of various statistics and poll results, in news, money, sports, and life sections. More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Analyzing Birth Rates	Scatterplots (Probability & Statistics)	Excel	Lesson Plan		[0]
The data in this activity include the number of live births per 1,000 23-year-old women in the United States between 1917 and 1975. Students create a scatterplot and historically analyze the trends i... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Analyzing Smoking and Lung Can...	Scatterplots (Probability & Statistics)+	Excel	Lesson Plan		[0]
This activity uses a data set from an actual study to explore the relationship between smoking and deaths from lung cancer. Students will use real world data to explore an important issue in our socie... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Exploring Sunspots	Scatterplots (Probability & Statistics)	Excel	Lesson Plan		[0]
In this activity, students will analyze historical sunspot data and discuss the cyclic pattern in the data. Students will analyze scientific data demonstrating a periodic cycle, interpret a graph of t... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
MedMed	Least-Squares Regression (Probability & Statistics)+	Excel	Tool		[0]
Excel file to accompany an activity in which students construct a median-median line for a data set with an outlier. Includes data and color-coded boxes for formula and discussion entry. More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Median-Median Line	Scatterplots (Probability & Statistics)+	Excel	Activity		[0]
This is a student handout to accompany an Excel file in which students use a spreadsheet, and knowledge about the point-slope equation for a line, to develop the median-median line. They compare tota... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Sunspots and Geomagnetic Distu...	Displaying with Graphs (Probability & Statistics)	Excel	Lesson Plan		[0]
In this activity, students will analyze two sets of scientific data and discuss possible relationships between them. Students will compare two data sets demonstrating periodic cycles, compare the cycl... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Beer Consumption Demographics	Data and Distributions (Probability & Statistics)	Fathom	Activity		[0]
This activity on beer consumption explores the idea that 20-to-24-year-olds account for variations over time in amount of beer consumed. The data for this activity is included with Fathom... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
Beer Consumption Demographics ...	Data and Distributions (Probability & Statistics)	Fathom	Activity		[0]
This activity (in French) on beer consumption explores the idea that 20-to-24-year-olds account for variations over time in amount of beer consumed. The data for this activity is included... More: lessons, discussions, ratings, reviews,...
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