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Course, Subject

Algebra I (NYS P-12 Common Core), Mathematics (NYS P-12 Common Core)

Description

The objective of the lesson in this video is for students to rank the greatest NY Yankee home run hitters using statistical analysis.

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Statistical Analysis to Rank Baseball Players

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Related Academic Standards

New York State

AI.S.ID.1 Represent data with plots on the real number line (dot plots, histograms, and box plots).

AI.S.ID.2 Use statistics appropriate to the shape of the data distribution to compare center (median, mean) and spread (inter-quartile range, sample standard deviation) of two or more different data sets.

AI.S.ID.3 Interpret differences in shape, center, and spread in the context of the data sets, accounting for possible effects of extreme data points (outliers).

S-ID.1 Represent data with plots on the real number line (dot plots, histograms, and box plots).

S-ID.2 Use statistics appropriate to the shape of the data distribution to compare center (median, mean) and spread (interquartile range, standard deviation) of two or more different data sets.

S-ID.3 Interpret differences in shape, center, and spread in the context of the data sets, accounting for possible effects of extreme data points (outliers).