Unpacked Content
Knowledge
Students know:
- Techniques to calculate the center and spread of data sets.
- Methods to compare attributes (e.g. shape, median, mean, interquartile range, and standard deviation) of the data sets.
- Methods to identify outliers.
Skills
Students are able to:
- Accurately identify differences in shape, center, and spread when comparing two or more data sets.
- Accurately identify outliers for the mean and standard deviation.
- Explain, with justification, why there are differences in the shape, center, and spread of data sets.
Understanding
Students understand that:
- Differences in the shape, center, and spread of data sets can result from various causes, including outliers and clustering.
Vocabulary
- Outliers
- Center
- Shape
- Spread
- Mean
- Standard deviation
