1. Data Analysis and Probability

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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