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High School Statistics: Resources for Students, Teachers and Parents

What is the likelihood that someone in your classroom has your same birthday? How is slugging percentage calculated? How did they calculate the margin of error in the latest presidential poll? Questions like these can be answered using statistics. In this guide, you’ll find statistics resources that introduce the world of collecting and analyzing data as well as resources for homework help and lesson plans.

Student Resources for Probability and Statistics

For many high school students, statistics is the highest level of math offered—and one of the most complicated. The Web sites in this section introduce probability and statistics concepts, and offer several practice problems to help hone your skills.

Dulcinea's Insight

  • Your graphing calculator is going to be one of your best friends in statistics. Texas Instruments (TI) offers the best selection of graphing calculators, but there are also free sites on the Web like WebGraphing.com that work just like a graphing calculator.

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For homework and calculator help …
Ask Dr. Math is hosted by the Math Forum at Drexel University and provides searchable answers to common statistics questions. Browse the alphabetical list, click on the key words that you need or search for answers on your own using the search field near the bottom of the page.
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MathBits.com shows you how to use your graphing calculator to solve statistics issues by taking you step-by-step through common statistics problems.
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For test prep …
Oswego City School District has statistics and probability lessons, activities and sample problems that can help you prepare for class and standardized tests.
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Teaching Resources for Probability and Statistics

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Parent Resources for Probability and Statistics

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