College Mathematics/Data Analysis and Statistics

Data Analysis and Statistics

Objectives and Skills

Objectives and skills for the data analysis and statistics portion of CLEP College Mathematics include:

• Data interpretation and representation: tables, bar graphs, line graphs, circle graphs, pie charts, scatterplots, and histograms
• Numerical summaries of data: mean (average), median, mode, and range
• Standard deviation, normal distribution (conceptual questions only)
• Applications

Readings

1. Wikipedia: Table
2. Wikipedia: Chart
3. Wikipedia: Mean
4. Wikipedia: Median
5. Wikipedia: Mode (statistics)
6. Wikipedia: Standard deviation
7. Wikipedia: Normal distribution

Activities

1. Review the following MathsIsFun resources and complete the questions at the bottom of each page:
   • Data Representation
   1. Cumulative Tables and Graphs
   2. Bar Graphs
   3. Line Graphs
   4. Pie Charts
   5. Scatter Plots
   6. Histograms
   • Data Summaries
   1. Finding a Central Value
   2. How to Find the Mean
   3. How to Find the Median Value
   4. How to Find the Mode
   5. The Range (Statistics)
   • Standard Deviation and Normal Distribution
   1. Standard Deviation and Variance
   2. Normal Distribution
2. Complete the Purplemath: Mean, Median, Mode, and Range tutorial.