Data
Analysis and Research Methods
Course Description and Syllabus
The Game of Greed #1 - Part 1, Activity 1
This lesson is adapted from an
Australian education web site
Key
Purposes:
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Students can describe a distribution of data
using appropriate vocabulary for central
location, shape, and spread.
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Students can list the advantages and
disadvantages of mean, median, and mode.
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Students can construct stem-and-leaf plots,
and back-to-back stemplots.
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Description:
The Game of Greed, a
game played with dice and requiring only a basic
idea of probability, is played to generate an
appropriate data set. Back-to-back stemplots are
covered (for some students this is a review, for
some it is new material.) Descriptive terms for
describing the shape, location, and spread of
distributions, such as outliers, skewedness,
range, etc. are introduced. Mean, median, and mode
are covered.
Alignment
with Michigan Curriculum Framework:
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Mathematics
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Strand
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Standard
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Benchmark High School
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III
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Data
Analysis and Statistics
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1, 2, 3, 4
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III
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Data
Analysis and Statistics
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2
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1, 2, 3, 4, 5
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VI
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Probability
and Discrete Mathematics
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Science
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Strand
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Standard
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Benchmark High School
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English Language Arts
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Strand
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Standard
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Benchmark High School
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Meaning and
Communication
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3
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Skills and
Process
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Inquiry and
Research
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