Grade 4 • Mathematics GT • Statistics
Grade 4 Mathematics GT
Statistics
Statistics Vocabulary
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Data: information that is gathered
- Statistics: collecting and analyzing numerical data in large quantities
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Probability: the likelihood of something happening
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Statistical question: a question that anticipates that there will be different answers in the data
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Statistical variation: a measure that describes how spread out or "scattered" a set of data
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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.
Statistics Online Activities
Statistics Independent Practice
(Links to an external site.)