What this lesson teaches
Measures of central tendency.
Calculate statistics from real class data!
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Measures of central tendency.
Using self-generated real data (from a classroom survey) makes statistical measures personally meaningful. Students who calculate mean, mode, and median on data they collected themselves are far more likely to question what a statistic is actually representing — the critical skill of data literacy.
1. Collect 10 heights. 2. Calculate mean. 3. Find mode. 4. Find median. 5. Compare all three.