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Statistics: Displaying and Describing Univariate Data Classroom ActivitiesDownload
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Analyzing Country Data

In this activity, students will examine sample ages from three countries displayed in a spreadsheet and in relative frequency histograms that highlight the distinctive features of the distribution of the ages from each sample.
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Boxplots Introduction

This lesson involves representing distributions of data using boxplots.
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Center and Spread

Students will recognize that the mean and standard deviation (SD) and the median and interquartile range (IQR) are two ways to measure center and spread.
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Center of Mass

Students will identify and interpret the mean geometrically as the location of the coins on the ruler such that the sum of the distances on either side of the mean is the same.
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Histograms

This lesson involves the interpretation of different types of histograms: frequency histograms, relative frequency histograms, and density histograms.
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Multiple Boxplots

This lesson involves analyzing three parallel boxplots.
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SD: How Far is Typical?

This lesson involves gaining a basic understanding of what standard deviation is measuring by examining the location of data around the mean.
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SD: Measure of Spread

This lesson is intended as an introductory activity to the concept of standard deviation.
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