Applications: Analyzing Data Relating to the Challenger Disaster.

Tappin, Linda

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ERIC Number: EJ491926

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Publication Date: 1994

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Applications: Analyzing Data Relating to the Challenger Disaster.

Tappin, Linda

Mathematics Teacher, v87 n6 p423-26 Sep 1994

Presents an activity to analyze the data from the Challenger explosion to help students understand the critical role of statistics in decision making and the importance of considering all available data. (MKR)

Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Interpretation, Decision Making, Exponents (Mathematics), Mathematical Applications, Mathematical Models, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction, Probability, Secondary Education, Statistics, Student Interests

Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles

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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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