Data Analysis and Probability Instructional Programs from prek

Data Analysis and Probability

Instructional Programs from prek through grade 12 should enable all students to: • Formulate questions that can be addressed with data and collect, organize, and display relevant data to answer them • Select and use appropriate statistical methods to analyze data • Develop and evaluate inferences and predictions that are based on data • Understand apply basic concepts of probability

Formulate questions that can be addressed with data and collect, organize, and display relevant data to answer them • • • Leonardo da Vinci Activity Collecting and Examining Weather Data Numbers in Search of a Problem Roadkill 2004 Accessing and Investigating Data Using the World Wide Web • Mathematics and Football

Select and use appropriate statistical methods to analyze data • Box Plot Activity – good description of how to do Box Plots • Box Plot Exploration Questions • Long Distance Airplanes – Uses stem-andleaf plots • Introduction to Statistics: Mean, Median, and Mode • Introduction to Statistics

Develop and evaluate inferences and predictions that are based on data • Mighty M&M math • Data Collection: Numerical and Categorical Data - Overview • Games, Measurement, and Statistics • Information Represented Graphically

Understand apply basic concepts of probability • At least two people in this school have the same initials? • Combination locks: I forgot the combination! How many combinations will I have to try? • “She always wins. It’s not fair!” • Lessons on Probability