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Direct linkLoux, Travis; Gibson, Andrew K. – Teaching Statistics: An International Journal for Teachers, 2019
Although the use of real-world data sets is encouraged when teaching statistics, it can be difficult for instructors to find meaningful data for introducing students to univariate descriptive statistics such as the mean, median, and percentiles. The recent lead contamination of the water supply in Flint, Michigan, provides a real-life data set…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Statistics, Mathematics Instruction, Data
