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Using Birthday Data To Integrate Statistics into the K-12 Mathematics Curriculum.
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Hayden, Bob; Roberts, Bill – Statistics Teacher Network, 1995
In response to the recommendation that teachers incorporate more statistics into their mathematics classes, this paper offers several ways in which students can work with real data. Among the ideas included are their birthdays. Having the students generate a data set that includes their month of birth, exact time of birth, day of the month, and…
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