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"Average Families"
An eighth grade class has 25 students who have an average (mean) of 3 people per family. Using a spreadsheet, generate several data sets that could represent the families from this eighth grade class.
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Measures of central tendency and dispersion
This lesson uses students' heights as a means to teach measure of central tendency and dispersion. Students are also expected to generate sets that represent certain measures of center with the assistance of a calculator.
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