Grade 4 • Mathematics GT • Statistics

Grade 4 Mathematics GT

Statistics

Statistics Vocabulary

  • Data: information that is gathered
  • Statistics: collecting and analyzing numerical data in large quantities
  • Probability: the likelihood of something happening
  • Statistical question: a question that anticipates that there will be different answers in the data
  • Statistical variation: a measure that describes how spread out or "scattered" a set of data
  • Variability: a measure of how a data set is spread, and what clusters and gaps the data set has

Statistics Activities 

  • Look in newspapers, magazines, and appropriate online resources to analyze, interpret, and make predictions about different graphs and tables.
  • Find different data sets and have your child create an appropriate way to display the data (dot plots, histograms, box plots, etc.).
  • Develop questions based on graphs you find in newspapers, magazines, and appropriate online resources.
  • Practice multiplication and division facts.

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