Lesson 2.4: Kinds of Analysis
Lesson
This lesson introduces six kinds of questions that students are likely to investigate in middle and high school. It offers a strategy for helping students choose a graph type based on the kind of question they are investigating.
Introduction ![]450 This lesson introduces six kinds of questions that students are likely to investigate in middle and high school. It offers a strategy for helping students choose a graph type based on the kind of question they are investigating. More details about the different kinds of analysis (and graph types) follow in the next few lessons. Key Concepts for Students: Recognize different types of questions Choose a graph type based on the type of question Recognize different kinds of analyses: comparisons, covariance, time series, proportions, spatial variability Key Words: Correlation, scatter plot, time series, line graph, proportion, stacked bar, stretched bar, pie chart
Topics and standards: Data Analysis