Unpacked Content
Knowledge
Students know:
- How to use technology to create graphical models of data in scatterplots or frequency distributions.
- How to use technology to graph scatter plots given a set of data and estimate the equation of best fit.
- How to distinguish between independent and dependent variables.
Skills
Students are able to:
- recognize patterns, trends, clusters, and gaps in the organized data.
Understanding
Students understand that:
- Sets of data can be organized and displayed in a variety of ways each of which provides unique perspectives of the data set.
- Data displays help in conceptualizing ideas and in solving problems.
Evidence of Student Attainment
Students:
- Given quantitative (continuous or discrete) and categorical data.
- Use technology to organize data, including a very large set of data into a useful and manageable structure.
Vocabulary
- Continuous data
- Discrete data
- quantitative
- Categorical
- line of best fit
- Curve of best fit
- Scatter plot
