SCORE Mathematics

Probability and Statistics - Advanced

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A Devious Investigation: A Lesson in Standard Deviation
This investigation is designed have students develop an informal understanding of standard deviation by having students find the mean and standard deviation of their hometown and comparing them to a town with a similar mean but a different standard deviation.

#10, 11

9-12: 10

Sampling: An Exercise in Statistics Introduction
This lesson is designed to supplement the chapter on sampling in an AP Statistics course. (Chapter 3 in Moore's Basic Practice of Statistics, and Chapter 3 in Moore & McCabe's Introduction to the Practice of Statistics). Students use 5 articles from the Internet to have information about surveys, experiments or observational studies. The need to see which statistical terms apply.

#15

9-12: 10

TI-83 Tutorial for Statistics
An online tutorial designed to teach teachers and students the uses of the TI-83 calculator for statistical operations.

9-12: 10

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Jim Shaver
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