Unit 1, Part A

Exploring One-Variable Data

CED Topics 1.1 - 1.9

1.A.1 - Populations, Samples, & Data

Key Question: Can data about colleges be misleading?

Content: Populations & Samples | Classifying Variables | Parameters & Statistics

Alignment: CED Topics 1.1 - 1.2

1.A.2 - Describing a Categorical Variable

Key Question: Why are more elite athletes born in January - June?

Content: Relative Frequencies | Bar & Pie Charts | Describing a Categorical Variable

Alignment: CED Topics 1.3 - 1.4

1.A.3 - Describing a Quantitative Variable

Key Question: Why would anyone make a movie about the A’s?

Content: Dotplots, Stem-and-Leaf Plots, & Histograms | Describing a Quantitative Variable

Alignment: CED Topics 1.5 - 1.6

1.A.4 - Measures of Center & Spread

Key Question: How can we preserve the American Dream?

Content: Mean & Median | Standard Deviation, Variance, Range, & IQR | Percentiles

Alignment: CED Topic 1.7.A - 1.7.B

1.A.5 - Boxplots, Outliers, & Resistance

Key Question: How much money will you really make?

Content: Five-Number Summary & Boxplots | Changing Units | Outliers & Resistance

Alignment: CED Topics 1.7.C - 1.8

1.A.6 - Comparing Graphs & Z-Scores

Key Question: Who is the greatest scorer in NBA history?

Content: Comparing Distributions | Z-Scores

Alignment: CED Topic 1.9