Using cooperative learning methods, this activity helps students develop a better intuitive understanding of what is meant by variability in statistics. Emphasis is placed on the standard deviation as a measure of...

This site links to the article "Use of R as a Toolbox for Mathematical Statistics Exploration," to activities demonstrating the use of R programming language, and to the site where users can download R. Activities...

Created by Neil S. Binnie of the Auckland University of Technology, this article describes a dataset containing information on bacterium culturing. Students can use graphical methods, one-way and two-way ANOVA, and...

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,...

This source, created by David M. Lane of Hyperstat Online, defines and explains variance and standard deviation. The page intertwines mathematical formulas with text to best introduce the topic. While brief, it still...