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Lesson Purpose

To introduce statistical variability by first discussing how to determine if questions are data-based or not as a preface to future data collection and analysis

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Lesson Objectives

At the end of this lesson, students will be able to:

·         distinguish between statistical questions and those that are not statistical. 

·         formulate a statistical question and explain what data could be collected to answer the question

·         distinguish between categorical data and numerical data.

Student Target

“I can use data to ask and answer questions.”

CCR Focus Standards

Data, Probability, and Statistical Measurement - Level C

• 6.SP.1

  Recognize a statistical question as one that anticipates variability in the data related to the question and accounts for it in the answers. For example, “How old am I?” is not a statistical question, but “How old are the students in my school?” is a statistical question because one anticipates variability in students’ ages.

Supporting Standards

• 7.SP.1

  Understand that statistics can be used to gain information about a population by examining a sample of the population; generalizations about a population from a sample are valid only if the sample is representative of that population. Understand that random sampling tends to produce representative samples and support valid inferences.
  

Standards for Mathematical Practice

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