ALGI.3 Bivariate Statistics
Beginning Lessons
Joy to the World
What makes for happy countries? Students interpret lines of best fit and correlation coefficients to determine what types of policy changes are most likely to positively impact a country’s well-being.
Topic:
Interpreting Categorical and Quantitative Data (ID)
Let Down Your Hair
How fast does hair grow? Students analyze a scatterplot, create a line of best fit, and interpret slope as the rate of hair growth over time.
Topic:
Functions (F), Statistics and Probability (SP)
Middle Lesson
Pic Me
How can you become popular on Instagram? Students use linear regression models and correlation coefficients to evaluate whether having more followers, posts, and hashtags actually make pictures more popular on Instagram.
Topic:
Interpreting Categorical and Quantitative Data (ID)
End Lesson
Win At Any Cost?
How should sports teams spend their money to win more games? Students look at data for four major pro sports leagues to find out whether it's possible to buy wins.
Topic:
Interpreting Categorical and Quantitative Data (ID)