Histogram Sorting Using Cooperative Learning

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Title:

Histogram Sorting Using Cooperative Learning

Url:

https://serc.carleton.edu/sp/cause/gallerywalk/examples/14043.html

Creator:

Garfield, Joan
Roseth, Cary J.

Publisher:

Carleton College (Northfield, Minn.)

Description: This activity has two major goals: (1) to give students experience with a variety of histograms of data, and (2) to help them better recognize different shapes and characteristics. Too often students only see one or two perfect examples (e.g., normal, right skewed) and have a difficult time describing and classifying histograms of real data. This activity also helps students determine which characteristics can appear together (e.g., skewed and bimodal) and which cannot be used together to describe a distribution (e.g., skewed and symmetric). This activity may be used to help students better understand the relationship between descriptions of data sets and the graphs that could be created from these data sets.

LC Classification:

Science -- Mathematics -- Mathematical statistics
Science -- Mathematics -- Mathematical statistics -- Graphic methods
Science -- Mathematics -- Mathematical statistics -- Study and teaching. Research
Science -- Mathematics -- Philosophy -- Mathematical logic -- Nonclassical formal systems -- Modal logic
Science -- Mathematics -- Probabilities -- Distributions. Characteristic functions

GEM Subject:

Mathematics
Mathematics -- Statistics

Key Concept:

Mathematics -- Histograms
Mathematics -- Statistics

Resource Type:

Reference Material
Instructional Material
Instructional Material -- Student Guide
Instructional Material -- Instructor Guide/Manual

Format:

Document -- HTML

Audience:

Educator
Learner

Education Level:

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:

CAUSEweb

Access Rights:

Free access

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