Emphasis on applications to business and economics. Participants will explore fundamental ideas in descriptive and inferential statistics. Topics include graphical summary of data, measures of central tendency and variability, elementary probability, plus additional topics. Admission is selective and includes tuition waiver and room and board for non-local participants. 4 Participants will explore units designed to teach simple statistics techniques through the quantitative literacy approach The workshop will feature gathering and analysis of real data of interest to the participants, ways to implement the NCTM and PA standards in statistics and probability, and designing age-appropriate activities for classroom use.
Admission is selective and includes tuition waiver and room and board for non-local participants.
30 Participants will explore fundamental ideas in descriptive and inferential statistics. Topics include graphical summary of data, measures of central tendency and variability, elementary probability, plus additional topics. Admission is selective and includes tuition waiver and room and board for non-local participants. Workshop will be held at Manheim High School. Participants will explore ways to integrate statistics and probability into the teaching of algebra, geometry, and pre-algebra.