Data Analysis and Probability
Instructional Programs from prek through grade 12 should enable all students to: Formulate questions that can be addressed with data and collect, organize, and display relevant data to answer them Select and use appropriate statistical methods to analyze data Develop and evaluate inferences and predictions that are based on data Understand and apply basic concepts of probability
Formulate questions that can be addressed with data and collect, organize, and display relevant data to answer them Leonardo da Vinci Activity Collecting and Examining Weather Data Numbers in Search of a Problem Roadkill 2004 Accessing and Investigating Data Using the World Wide Web Mathematics and Football
Select and use appropriate statistical methods to analyze data Box Plot Activity – good description of how to do Box Plots Box Plot Exploration Questions Long Distance Airplanes – Uses stem-and-leaf plots Introduction to Statistics: Mean, Median, and Mode Introduction to Statistics
Develop and evaluate inferences and predictions that are based on data Mighty M&M math Data Collection: Numerical and Categorical Data - Overview Games, Measurement, and Statistics Information Represented Graphically
Understand and apply basic concepts of probability At least two people in this school have the same initials? Combination locks: I forgot the combination! How many combinations will I have to try? “She always wins. It’s not fair!” Lessons on Probability