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Title: Using Your Hair to Understand Descriptive Statistics
Url: https://serc.carleton.edu/sp/cause/conjecture/examples/18164.html
Creator: Hooks, Tisha
Malone, Christopher
Publisher: Winona State University
Description: The purpose of this activity is to enhance students' understanding of various descriptive measures. In particular, by completing this hands-on activity students will experience a visual interpretation of a mean, median, outlier and the concept of distance-to-mean. The activity, created by Tisha Hooks and Christopher Malone of Winona State University, is a fun lesson about something most students find anything but. Its fresh look is one of the most worthwhile features of this guide.
LC Classification: Science -- Mathematics -- Mathematical statistics -- Analysis of variance and covariance. Experimental design
Science -- Mathematics -- Mathematical statistics -- Study and teaching. Research
GEM Subject: Mathematics -- Statistics
Key Concept: Mathematics -- Median, mean, and mode
Mathematics -- Statistics
Mathematics -- Tests of variance
Resource Type: Instructional Material -- Lesson/Lesson Plan
Instructional Material -- Instructor Guide/Manual
Format: Document -- PDF
Document -- DOC
Document -- HTML
Audience: Educator
Learner
Education Level: High School
Higher Education
Higher Education -- Undergraduate (Lower Division)
Higher Education -- Undergraduate (Upper Division)
Higher Education -- Technical Education (Upper Division)
Higher Education -- Technical Education (Lower Division)
Vocational/Professional Development Education
Language: English
Access Rights: Free access
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