U10 The Shape of Distributions
Why, How, and What
In order to make sense of the world (DI1), students will look for and make use of structure (SMP7) and construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others (SMP3) while reasoning with data (CC1).
Grade Six Content Standards
Consider the distribution of data sets - look at their shape and consider measures of center and variability to describe the data and the situation which is being investigated. (p33)
SP2. Understand that a set of data collected to answer a statistical question has a distribution which can be described by its center, spread, and overall shape.
SP3. Recognize that a measure of center for a numerical data set summarizes all of its values with a single number, while a measure of variation describes how its values vary with a single number.
SP5. Summarize numerical data sets in relation to their context, such as by: a. Reporting the number of observations. b. Describing the nature of the attribute under investigation, including how it was measured and its units of measurement. c. Giving quantitative measures of center (median and/or mean) and variability (interquartile range and/or mean absolute deviation), as well as describing any overall pattern and any striking deviations from the overall pattern with reference to the context in which the data were gathered. d. Relating the choice of measures of center and variability to the shape of the data distribution and the context in which the data were gathered.