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Prerequisites to complete Corequisite Support Activity, What to Know, and Forming Connections in Interpreting the Mean and Median of a Data Set<\/h2>\r\nCorequisite Support Activity\u00a0<\/strong>(source: 1 specified as prior knowledge in DC instructor page)\r\n
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  1. Calculating the mean and median of a data set both by hand and using technology.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\nWhat to Know<\/strong>\u00a0(source: implied prior knowledge in content)\r\n
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    1. <\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\nForming Connections\u00a0<\/strong>(source: WTK LOs explicitly given in DC instructor page in-class activity)\r\n
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      1. Calculate and interpret the mean and median of a data set.<\/li>\r\n \t
      2. Use the terms \"left-skewed\", \"right-skewed\", \"symmetric\", and \"outlier\" to describe features of a data set.<\/li>\r\n \t
      3. Make connections between the distribution of a data set and how the mean and median relate.<\/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 Interpreting the Mean and Median of a Data Set<\/h2>\n

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

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        1. Calculating the mean and median of a data set both by hand and using technology.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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

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          1. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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

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            1. Calculate and interpret the mean and median of a data set.<\/li>\n
            2. Use the terms “left-skewed”, “right-skewed”, “symmetric”, and “outlier” to describe features of a data set.<\/li>\n
            3. Make connections between the distribution of a data set and how the mean and median relate.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"author":175116,"menu_order":45,"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-337","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":1252,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/exemplarstatistics\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/337","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":6,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/exemplarstatistics\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/337\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1118,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/exemplarstatistics\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/337\/revisions\/1118"}],"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\/337\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/exemplarstatistics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/exemplarstatistics\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=337"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/exemplarstatistics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=337"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/exemplarstatistics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}