Displaying, Analyzing, and Summarizing Data

Title	Displaying, Analyzing, and Summarizing Data
Description	• Students will conceptualize data as having variability that can be represented by a distribution Students will be able to describe the pattern formed by the data, as well as describe any outliers of that data. • Students will be able to display, analyze and summarize data with dot plots and histograms This activity is designed to go with GoMath Grade 6, Module 16, lessons 4 and 5 on Dot Plots and Histograms. We envision this being a first-day activity, with the second day covering the following content: o Variable data and statistical questions o Constructing frequency tables from data and dot plots o Constructing histograms from frequency tables
Subject	Mathematics
Level	Middle School
Type	Guided Activity
Duration	60 minutes
Answers Included	No
Language	English
Keywords	data, distribution, dot plot, histogram, outliers
Simulation(s)	Plinko Probability (HTML5)

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