What We Did Today:
Students started 2.1 by exploring different ways to describe the average number of people in six households. The mean was introduced through a visual model using cubes. This model is connected to representing data using horizontal ordered-value bar graphs and dot plots.
Focus Question:
How do you go about finding a number that is a good estimate of typical household size based on the given data?
Vocabulary Discussed:
Homework:
None.
Students started 2.1 by exploring different ways to describe the average number of people in six households. The mean was introduced through a visual model using cubes. This model is connected to representing data using horizontal ordered-value bar graphs and dot plots.
Focus Question:
How do you go about finding a number that is a good estimate of typical household size based on the given data?
Vocabulary Discussed:
- mean
- ordered-value bar graph
Homework:
None.