Star Library: Histogram Sorting

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Title:

Star Library: Histogram Sorting

Url:

https://www.causeweb.org/cause/archive/repository/StarLibrary/activiti...

Creator:

Garfield, Joan

Publisher:

University of Minnesota

Description: Created by Joan Garfield of the University of Minnesota, this activity provides students with 24 histograms representing distributions with differing shapes and characteristics. By sorting the histograms into piles that seem to go together, and by describing those piles, students develop awareness of the different versions of particular shapes (e.g., different types of skewed distributions, or different types of normal distributions), that not all histograms are easy to classify, that there is a difference between models (normal, uniform) and characteristics (skewness, symmetry, etc.). Key words: Histogram, shape, normal, uniform, skewed, symmetric, bimodal

LC Classification:

Science -- Mathematics -- Mathematical statistics
Science -- Mathematics -- Mathematical statistics -- Graphic methods
Science -- Mathematics -- Probabilities
Science -- Mathematics -- Probabilities -- Distributions. Characteristic functions

GEM Subject:

Mathematics -- Statistics
Mathematics -- Probability

Key Concept:

Mathematics -- Histograms
Mathematics -- Normal distribution
Mathematics -- Probability
Mathematics -- Statistics
Mathematics -- Statistical graphs

Date Issued:

2002-06-24

Resource Type:

Reference Material
Instructional Material
Instructional Material -- Lesson/Lesson Plan
Instructional Material -- Instructor Guide/Manual

Format:

Document -- HTML

Audience:

Educator
Learner

Education Level:

High School
Higher Education
Higher Education -- Undergraduate (Lower Division)
Higher Education -- Undergraduate (Upper Division)
Higher Education -- Technical Education (Upper Division)
Higher Education -- Technical Education (Lower Division)
Vocational/Professional Development Education

Language:

English

Rights:

Joan Garfield

Access Rights:

Free access

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