Measure Up

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Subject Area

Math: Statistics: Inferential Statistics

Level

9-12

Activity Time

60 Minutes

Software

TI Connect™

TI Calculator

TI-84 series

Applications

EasyData® for TI-83 Plus and TI-84 Plus

Other Materials

Firm piece of cardboard/wood

Resource Types

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Measure Up

Activity Overview

Students compare their height with the average height of students in the classroom. They create histograms to analyze the data, and construct boxplots to summarize the height statistics.

Before the Activity

Use TI Connect™ to download Vernier EasyData™ application

Connect the calculator to the CBR 2™

See the attached PDF file for detailed instructions for this activity

Print pages 23 - 34 from the attached PDF file for the classroom

Set up the calculator for data collection

During the Activity

Distribute the pages to the students.

Follow the Activity procedures:

Set up a long wooden board at a certain height such that the student can just stand beneath it

Position the CBR under the board such that it can take readings without any obstructions

Using the calculator and the CBR, measure the heights of 12 students and the teacher

Graph all the data points and view their coordinates

Observe that the plots are Distance versus Events

Understand that Events stand for independent variable and Distance stands for dependent variable

Sort the data in the distance list in ascending order

Create a box-and-whisker plot

Line the data on the number line on the worksheet, and identify the median and the quartiles

Use the calculator to verify the answers

Analyze the boxplots and the whiskers

Present the data in a histogram

Answer the questions listed on the student worksheet

After the Activity

Students analyze the results of the case analysis questions on the student worksheet

Review student results

As a group, discuss questions that appeared to be more challenging

Re-teach concepts as necessary

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Before the Activity Files

Teacher Notes Appendix PDF Teacher Notes PDF EasyData_Act04_L_1_.8xl EasyData_Act04_L_6_.8xl

Author

Texas Instruments

Alignment

Standards Alignment

Textbook Alignment

Subject Area

Math: Statistics: Inferential Statistics

Level

9-12

Activity Time

60 Minutes

Software

TI Connect™

TI Calculator

TI-84 series

Applications

EasyData® for TI-83 Plus and TI-84 Plus

Other Materials

Firm piece of cardboard/wood

Resource Types

Lessons

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