Given a set of data or a graph, describe the distribution of the data using median, range, or mode. (SPI 0406.5.3)

Links verified on 11/26/2011

1. All That Data - use range, mean, median, and mode
2. All That Data Two - describe graphs in terms of range, measures of central tendency, and distribution
3. Average or Central Tendency: Arithmetic Mean, Median, and Mode - [9:01] video lesson
4. Average Temperature - 6 question worksheet for students
5. Central Tendency - ten-question multiple-choice quiz at Quia
6. Chart Numbers - Range, mean, median, and mode [Shockwave demo]
7. Choosing an Appropriate Measure - 6 question worksheet for students
8. Discovering Measures of Central Tendency - students use given data to complete an online worksheet
9. Jupiter Is Average - Using data from our solar system, students explore median, mode, mean, and range. Students learn to use an on-line calculator to determine the mean and range.
10. Mean Green Machine - use a calculator to find and use the average, or mean, of a set of data
11. Mean, Median, and Mode Calculator - enter numbers separated by comma and then calculate
12. Mean, Median, Mode and Outliers - 9 question worksheet for students
13. Measures of Central Tendency - 6 question worksheet for students
14. Measures of Central Tendency - 14 question worksheet for students
15. Measures of Central Tendency - four-page worksheet for a quiz, no answers given
16. Measures of Central Tendency: Mean, Median, and Mode - [13 page document] examples, student worksheet, and checklist
17. Medians - understand and apply the concepts of median and mean
18. Mode, Mean, Median - calculate mode, median and mode of a set of buildings, then repeat the activity with a different set - (metric measurements)
    1. Quiz following the Mode, Mean, Median activity
19. Mode, Median, Mean, Range - [game] The BAMZOOKi Zooks are loose! Sort the averages before the lair is overrun
20. Mode, Mean, Median - five-page lesson explaining mode, median, mean, and range
21. Party Comedian - find and use the median of a set of data
22. Party Mode - find and use the mode of a set of data
23. Train Race - Compare mean. median, and mode to help Pythagoras and Hypatia catch the train
24. Wink Count - 6 question worksheet with an extra credit question, students collect data for this activity
25. Working with Measures of Central Tendency - students use given data to complete an online worksheet

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