for Upper Cumberland Mathematics Teachers

Presented by
Ginger Holmes Rowell, Ph. D.
Associate Professor of Mathematics, MTSU
rowell@mtsu.edu
May 11, 2001

Presentation Outline

• Tennessee State Standards - Probability and Statistics
  • What will your students be expected to do in probability and statistics?  (Grades 3-5)
  • What will your students be expected to do NEXT in probability and statistics? (Grades 6-8)
• Statistics
  • Collecting Data
  • Organizing Data
  • Representing Data
    • Descriptive (Numerical)
    • Graphical
      • Numerical Data
      • Categorical Data
  • Interpreting Data
    • Describing Distributions
      • The Normal Distribution & The Empirical Rule
  • Making Convincing Arguments (Hypothesis Testing)

• Probability
  • Two Types of Probability
    • Classical Probability
    • Relative Frequency Probability
  • List all Possible Outcomes of a Probabilistic Experiment
    • Tree Diagrams
  • Probability of Single Events with Equally Likely Outcomes
  • Probability of (some) Complex Events
  • Problems from Your Textbook
  • Relative Frequency Probabilities