Welcome back!
It has been a while since the last post...with the massive amount of review, benchmark testing, and the break, we've covered a lot of academic ground, and it is a great change of pace to be learning something new! Thanks for hanging in there. We'll be talking in class very soon about next steps after this recent round of benchmark testing (what it means for promotion, remediation, and SOL testing toward the end of the year).
This week, we'll review/study SOL 6.15, focusing on measures of center (mean, median, and mode). We will find or calculate these values, learn when they are the best measure of a dataset, and learn concepts such as OUTLIER (really high or low values in a dataset that will affect the mean) and BALANCE POINT (mean, but found using a number line instead of a calculator). See Chapter 6-5 and 6-6 for meaningful information, and be on the lookout for handouts in class and other resources.
Homework is posted...quiz is on Friday...be ready!
Some resources: VIDEO NOTES WILL BE CHECKED THURSDAY, and a video session will be held Wednesday for those in need, as announced in class...
http://www.virtualnerd.com/middle-math/probability-statistics/mean-median-mode-range
https://www.khanacademy.org/math/probability/descriptive-statistics/central-tendency/v/mean-median-and-mode
https://www.khanacademy.org/math/probability/descriptive-statistics/central-tendency/v/comparing-distribution-means
(Note: the video below is a bit old, but, it's still a good resource!)
It has been a while since the last post...with the massive amount of review, benchmark testing, and the break, we've covered a lot of academic ground, and it is a great change of pace to be learning something new! Thanks for hanging in there. We'll be talking in class very soon about next steps after this recent round of benchmark testing (what it means for promotion, remediation, and SOL testing toward the end of the year).
This week, we'll review/study SOL 6.15, focusing on measures of center (mean, median, and mode). We will find or calculate these values, learn when they are the best measure of a dataset, and learn concepts such as OUTLIER (really high or low values in a dataset that will affect the mean) and BALANCE POINT (mean, but found using a number line instead of a calculator). See Chapter 6-5 and 6-6 for meaningful information, and be on the lookout for handouts in class and other resources.
Homework is posted...quiz is on Friday...be ready!
Some resources: VIDEO NOTES WILL BE CHECKED THURSDAY, and a video session will be held Wednesday for those in need, as announced in class...
http://www.virtualnerd.com/middle-math/probability-statistics/mean-median-mode-range
https://www.khanacademy.org/math/probability/descriptive-statistics/central-tendency/v/mean-median-and-mode
https://www.khanacademy.org/math/probability/descriptive-statistics/central-tendency/v/comparing-distribution-means
(Note: the video below is a bit old, but, it's still a good resource!)