Probability and Statistics for Middle Grade Teachers
Data collection and display, simulations, surveys, probability and elementary statistics such as mean, median, mode, standard deviation, etc. will be the focus of this course (Illinois Learning Standard Goal 10) Appropriate techniques for graphing (scatter plots, histograms, regression, correlation) with and without technology will be a focus of this course.
Outcomes: Students will obtain a background in the fundamentals of descriptive and inferential statistics, along with an understanding of their uses and misuses, as addressed in middle school mathematics curriculum.
Outcomes: Students will obtain a background in the fundamentals of descriptive and inferential statistics, along with an understanding of their uses and misuses, as addressed in middle school mathematics curriculum.