College Freshman Entrance Data

This lesson is designed to introduce students to possible sets of normally distributed data. Students will informally assess the normality of fit. Sample data including average SAT and ACT scores and GPA's is drawn from 36 universities around the United States. First, students will be given the data in table form, and they predict why they do or do not believe their data set is normally distributed. The students will then be given the same data set as a histogram and they observe whether or not the data appears normally distributed, skewed left or skewed right. Finally, they explain their results.
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Subject(s): Mathematics
Grade Level(s): 9, 10, 11, 12
Intended Audience: Educators educators
Instructional Time: 40 Minute(s)
Keywords: Standard deviation, normal distribution, , mean, median, mode, skewed distribution
Instructional Component Type(s): Lesson Plan,  Worksheet,  Assessment,  Data Set
Resource Collection: FCR-STEMLearn Algebra

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