Describing Data

• 6.8 Unit Overview

• Pre-Unit

• 6.8 Readiness Check

• Section 1: Visualizing Data

  Students use dot plots and histograms to visualize data, making informal statements about their center and spread.

• Screen Time
• Dot Plots
• Minimum Wage
• Lots More Dots
• The Plot Thickens
• DIY Histograms

• Section 2: Measuring Data: Mean and MAD

  Students learn about mean as a measure of center and about mean absolute deviation as a measure of spread of a data set. They then use these statistics to describe and compare data.

• Snack Time
• Pop It!
• Hoops
• Hollywood Part 1
• 6.8 Practice Day 1
• 6.8 Quiz

• Section 3: Measuring Data: Median and IQR

  Students learn about a second way to measure center (median) and other ways to measure spread (interquartile range and range). They create box plots to visualize data and make choices about which measures of center and spread to report based on the data.

• Toy Cars
• In the News
• Pumpkin Patch
• Car, Plane, Bus, or Train?
• Hollywood Part 2
• Hollywood Part 3
• 6.8 Practice Day 2

• End-Unit

• 6.8 End Assessments
• Reflection and Synthesis

• Resources

• 6.8 Practice Sets
• 6.8 Cool-Downs
• 6.8 Polygraph