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"statistical design" |
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"statistical sampling" |
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"statistical average" , "statistical mean" |
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"statistical median" |
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"statistical range" |
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"five number summary" |
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"absolute deviation" |
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"statistical variance" , "standard deviation" |
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"interpreting data" |
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"relative frequency" |
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"drawing histograms" |
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"drawing stemplots" , "drawing stem and leaf plots" |
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"drawing boxplots" , "drawing box and whisker plots" |
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"drawing pie charts" , "drawing bar charts" |
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"preparing presentations" |
| TECHLABS |
This chapter refers to Techlab 2.1, and Techlab 2.2 which are interactive java activities demonstating properties of statistics. Click the links below to work each activity.
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charm_measurements.xls - The data for the five charm sites, downloadable as the Excel file . - Techlab 2.1 - Investigating the mean and median, page 2-14
- Techlab 2.2 - Investigating bar widths in histograms, page 2-33
| ENRICHMENT |
- MIC 2.1 - Surfstat. Click "An Introduction to Statistics"
- MIC 2.2 - Robustness of statistical gossip and the Antarctic ozone hole
- Click on the links at 1990 (c) on the page.
- MIC 2.3 - HyperStat Online tutorials An introduction to statistics.
- STEPS Statistical tutorials - These tutorials are FREE and of a very high quality. They are downloadable and require installation in Windows, but are worth the effort. (Referred to in the Chapter Review, Exploration and Problem solving section - question 8).
- Misleading Statistics - A short essay on how statistics can be used to mislead.
- Columbus State University - Lots of statistical links.
- Australian Bureau of Statistics - Lots of data, and a good downloadable PDF book "Statistics - A powerful edge" that covers a lot of this chapter.
| PROJECT LINKS |
Online Mathematics Clubs
- NRICH Online Maths Club - FREE registration
- The Digital Education Network - FREE registration
- Texas Instruments - lots of activities and ideas for the Graphic Calculators.
- Cynthia Lanius
- Practical Uses of Math And Science Home Page
- Math Forum Internet Collection
- Interactive Mathematics Miscellany and Puzzles
- Score Mathematics
- MACTUTOR - the History of Mathematics site which provided much of the historical vignettes in the tutorial.
- David Joyce's History of Mathematics
- Euclid's Elements with interactive Java applets
- Euclid - The Thirteen Books of The Elements Second Edition - by Sir Thomas Heath - search "Heath".