Descriptive statistics resources and examples

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Resources for Modules

Example module application problem:

What does an application question usually include?

• An application question begins by providing any needed context for someone who is not familiar with the discipline.
• For any application topic, there are usually 3-5 accompanying questions. The questions should either be multiple choice or numeric so that students can get immediate feedback.
• Faculty feedback in the initial conversations suggested there is interest in having both calculation/manipulation questions and conceptual questions.

Examples- Understanding descriptive statistics

Video:

Against All Odds: Measures of the Center:

• http://www.learner.org/courses/againstallodds/unitpages/unit04.html

Animations/manipulatives:

PhET Plinko Probability

• https://phet.colorado.edu/sims/html/plinko-probability/latest/plinko-probability_en.html

HHMI Biointeractive: Sampling and normal distribution interactive

• https://media.hhmi.org/biointeractive/click/sample-distribution/

HHMI Biointeractive: Spreadsheet Tutorials about Mean and Std Deviation

• https://www.biointeractive.org/classroom-resources/spreadsheet-tutorial-1-formulae-functions-and-averages
• https://www.biointeractive.org/classroom-resources/spreadsheet-tutorial-2-autofill-data-cell-references-and-standard-deviation
• https://www.biointeractive.org/classroom-resources/spreadsheet-tutorial-3-column-graphs-error-bars-and-standard-error-mean

Existing online modules:

MathBench: Normal distributions and the scientific method

• https://mathbench.umd.edu/modules/prob-stat_normal-distribution/page01.htm

MathBench: Bar graphs and standard error

• https://mathbench.umd.edu/modules/prob-stat_bargraph/page01.htm