Movie Reviewer (Mean and Median)
Movie reviewers rate movies on a scale of 0 to 10. Each movie comes with a set of reviews that can be changed by the user. The mean of a data set can be explored using a see-saw balance model. Students can also find the median, mode, and range of the data set.
LESSON MATERIALS:
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Student Exploration Sheet
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Exploration Sheet Answer Key
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Teacher Guide
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Vocabulary Sheet
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Assessment Questions
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
- Calculate the mean of a set of data.
- Understand and interpret mean as a balanced center of data.
- Calculate the median of a set of data.
- Identify outliers and understand their effect on mean and median.
VOCABULARY:
- data, mean, median, outlier
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