Lesson Plan # 16 - Introduction to
Statistics
- (5 min) Mental Math
- Multiply 1/3 by 2/7 [2/21]
- Multiply 2/5 by 3/4 and reduce [3/10]
- What is the decimal for 1620 divided by 100? [16.20]
- What is the decimal for 182.1 divided by 10? [18.21]
- Multiply 1/5 by 3/7 [3/35]
- (5 min) Review of homework #14 (<= 3 problems)
- (10 min) Introduce statistics:
- Pass out the "Notes on Statistics"
- Define "set of data" or "data set".
Ask students for examples of data sets.
- Follow the discussion in the notes:
- Explain mean as the average of a set of numbers.
Example:
What is the average of {3,5,8,4}? [5]
- Explain mode as the most common element.
Example:
What is the mode of {3,5,8,4,8,4,4}? [4]
- Explain median as the element in the middle.
Show the 'cross-out' method.
Example:
What is the median of {3,6,1,7,2}? [3]
- Explain range as the highest minus the lowest element.
Example:
What is the range of {3,6,1,7,2}? [7-1=6]
- (Remainder of class) In-class Exercise.
- Hand out homework as students successfully complete the in-class
exercise.
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