College Mathematics/Data Analysis and Statistics

Data Analysis and Statistics

Objectives and Skills
Objectives and skills for the data analysis and statistics portion of CLEP College Mathematics include:
 * Data interpretation and representation: tables, bar graphs, line graphs, circle graphs, pie charts, scatterplots, and histograms
 * Numerical summaries of data: mean (average), median, mode, and range
 * Standard deviation, normal distribution (conceptual questions only)
 * Applications

Readings

 * 1)  Table
 * 2)  Chart
 * 3)  Mean
 * 4)  Median
 * 5)  Mode (statistics)
 * 6)  Standard deviation
 * 7)  Normal distribution

Activities

 * 1) Review the following MathsIsFun resources and complete the questions at the bottom of each page:
 * 2) * Data Representation
 * 3) Cumulative Tables and Graphs
 * 4) Bar Graphs
 * 5) Line Graphs
 * 6) Pie Charts
 * 7) Scatter Plots
 * 8) Histograms
 * 9) * Data Summaries
 * 10) Finding a Central Value
 * 11) How to Find the Mean
 * 12) How to Find the Median Value
 * 13) How to Find the Mode
 * 14) The Range (Statistics)
 * 15) * Standard Deviation and Normal Distribution
 * 16) Standard Deviation and Variance
 * 17) Normal Distribution
 * 18) Complete the Purplemath: Mean, Median, Mode, and Range tutorial.