Describing Data: One Variable at a Time: Math Unit 1, Grade 12 (Letters & Devotion)

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Describing Data: One Variable at a Time is Unit 1 of Statistics and Data Science: An Introduction to Statistical Reasoning (Part 1) (Grade 12), the Letters & Devotion Math course, complete in one printable PDF: 9 lessons, the unit check-up and the answer key, 72 pages.

• Mean, median, and mode of a small numeric dataset
• Range, interquartile range, and standard deviation of a small numeric dataset
• The relationship between distribution skew and the divergence of mean from median
• Outlier identification and the decision to report versus remove an outlier
• Z-scores as standardized measures of position within a distribution
• The limits of any single pair of summary statistics to fully characterize a distribution
• Description and statistical summary of an unfamiliar real-world univariate dataset
• The shape category of a graphically displayed distribution
• The boxplot as a graphical representation of the five-number summary

Every lesson is written for a parent with no teaching background: it opens with a short script to read aloud, names the specific wrong idea a student is likely to reach for and how to correct it, and closes with a practice sheet you may copy for your household. Scripture references are King James Version throughout. Black-and-white, 8.5 x 11 in. The whole year of this course is also in this store as a single book.

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