Students will use IQ data to practice finding and interpreting z-scores.
Students research online data from players from MLB teams in a position of their choice and then use z-scores to compare players within a team of their choice. Students explain how the General Manager of a baseball team could implement this data towards improving the team.
Analyzing and using the standard normal curve Mathematics Instructional Plans (MIPs) help teachers align instruction with the Mathematics Standards of Learning (SOL) by providing examples of how the knowledge, skills and processes found in the SOL and curriculum framework can be presented to students in the classroom.
This 8-minute video lesson takes some problems from CK12.org to provide Z-score practice. [Statistics playlist: Lesson 31 of 85]