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Concept Map<\/h3>\r\nAnimated flyover of concept map, focusing in on the following topics.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n

Prerequisites to complete Corequisite Support Activity, What to Know, and Forming Connections in Calculating the Mean and Median of a Data Set<\/h2>\r\nCorequisite Support Activity<\/strong>\u00a0(source: 1 specified as prior knowledge in DC instructor page)\r\n
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  1. Reading and interpreting graphs that display the distribution of quantitative data (dotplots and histograms)<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\nWhat to Know<\/strong>\u00a0(source: implied prior knowledge in content)\r\n
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    1. Define the terms mean and median<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\nForming Connections<\/strong>\u00a0(source: WTK LOs explicitly given in DC instructor page in-class activity)\r\n
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      1. Calculate the mean and median of a data set by hand for a small data set and with technology.<\/li>\r\n \t
      2. Calculate mean and median with technology.<\/li>\r\n \t
      3. Estimate the mean and median of a data set from its histogram.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>","rendered":"
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        Concept Map<\/h3>\n

        Animated flyover of concept map, focusing in on the following topics.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

        Prerequisites to complete Corequisite Support Activity, What to Know, and Forming Connections in Calculating the Mean and Median of a Data Set<\/h2>\n

        Corequisite Support Activity<\/strong>\u00a0(source: 1 specified as prior knowledge in DC instructor page)<\/p>\n

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        1. Reading and interpreting graphs that display the distribution of quantitative data (dotplots and histograms)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          What to Know<\/strong>\u00a0(source: implied prior knowledge in content)<\/p>\n

            \n
          1. Define the terms mean and median<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

            Forming Connections<\/strong>\u00a0(source: WTK LOs explicitly given in DC instructor page in-class activity)<\/p>\n

              \n
            1. Calculate the mean and median of a data set by hand for a small data set and with technology.<\/li>\n
            2. Calculate mean and median with technology.<\/li>\n
            3. Estimate the mean and median of a data set from its histogram.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"author":175116,"menu_order":27,"template":"","meta":{"_candela_citation":"[]","CANDELA_OUTCOMES_GUID":"","pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-289","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":1252,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/exemplarstatistics\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/exemplarstatistics\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/exemplarstatistics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/exemplarstatistics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/175116"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/exemplarstatistics\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/289\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1255,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/exemplarstatistics\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/289\/revisions\/1255"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/exemplarstatistics\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/1252"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/exemplarstatistics\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/289\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/exemplarstatistics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/exemplarstatistics\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=289"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/exemplarstatistics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=289"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/exemplarstatistics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}