This instructional unit has concerned itself with a few aspects of statistics which can be mastered by eighth grade students who are average or above average in the area of mathematics. Topics included in this unit are collecting and organizing data; correlation; meaning and usefulness of the mean, mode, and median; and the idea of randomness.The class gathered its own data for use in most of the ten lessons contained in this unit. Some activities included were the gathering of information to formulate a description of the "average" student, an experiment with rolling- a die to illustrate the average as a central tendency, and an experiment with penlight batteries to provide students with an opportunity to see how manufacturers can use statistics in rating their products. Calculators were used in computing the mean value for a given set of data.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:BSU/oai:cardinalscholar.bsu.edu:handle/181838 |
| Date | January 1978 |
| Creators | Speidel, Betty A. |
| Contributors | Nelson, C. Van |
| Source Sets | Ball State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Format | iv, 61 leaves ; 28 cm. |
| Source | Virtual Press |
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