Final Project Powtoon Animation – Creating and Comparing Residual Plots

Powtoon animation link: https://youtu.be/WFFU_bHFZmo also available at

https://numb2numbers.weebly.com/final-project.html

Utilizing information from Statistics Lesson plan via

https://numb2numbers.weebly.com/lesson-plans.html

Common Core State Mathematics Standard: CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.HSS.ID.B.6.B

Informally assess the fit of a function by plotting and analyzing residuals.

Intended Grade Level: High School Statistics

Mathematics Learning Objectives:

Students will be able to approximate a line of best fit for a data set.
Students will be able to analyze residuals.
Students will be able to create a residual plot.
Students will be able to assess informally a linear model as the best fit for a given data set.

Language Objectives:
Students will be able to explain corresponding types of residual plots to lines of best fit.
Students will be able to justify chosen lines of best fit.
Students will be able to communicate with a group and explain their findings in presentation
form.

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• Introduction: What has been learned prior to the task?

TEACHER: What are some things we’ve learned about residuals or residual plots thus
far?

Students will recall information previously discussed in class involving the equation of line of
best fit, what is a residual, and types of residual plots. Students may also recall information seen
in the video, “Residual Plots” via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VamMrPZ-8fc. (These are
parts one, two, and three from the statistics lesson plan.)

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• Task: Students will be placed into groups to create residual plots.

(Part 4 of the statistics lesson plan.)

Teacher: Choose your variables and create a line of best fit. Then, create a new attribute
for residuals. Finally, create a residual plot. Afterwards, determine if the line chosen was
best fit. Be prepared to share with the class. (The teacher will monitor progress during
investigation.)

Students will work together utilizing previously learned information to create residual plots in
CODAP using “YouTube Videos 2017” via
https://codap.concord.org/releases/latest/static/dg/en/cert/index.html?url=https://concord-
consortium.github.io/codap-data/SampleDocs/Other/YouTube/YouTube.codap.

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• Discussion: Comparison of residual plots

Teacher: Let’s compare residual plots! Who wants to go first?

Students will share their findings and compare it to the types of residual plots seen/discussed
(part three of the statistics lesson plan) prior to the investigation.
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