When the numbers just don't add up

Activities

Science upd8 (UK)

Cheat – students evaluate methods of collecting data and consider their validity and reliability as evidence.

The Shodor Education Foundation, Inc. (USA)

Statistics and shopping

Mean, median and mode

Histograms and bar graphs

Office for Mathematics, Science and Technology Education (University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana, USA)

Introduction to descriptive statistics (Uses stem-and-leaf displays.)

The cereal box problem: A lesson in expected value

The birthday problem: A short lesson in probability

Newton's Apple (USA)

Election polls and surveys

The Educator's Reference Desk (USA)

Statistical concepts: Measures of central tendency and dispersion
(This activity requires a graphing calculator.)

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