TIME FRAME: 1 hour session

OVERVIEW OF LESSON: In this activity, students work with the heights and weights data
they generated in lesson 3. They will construct box plots and calculate measures of center and
spread to determine if there is a difference between two groups, say boys and girls. They will
also compare the proportion of male and female heights (and weights) that are within one
standard deviation of their group mean.

LEARNING OUTCOME(S): At the end of the lesson, the learner is able to

generate and interpret box plots that compare two groups.
interpret and compare measures of center and spread.

LESSON OUTLINE:
Introduction
Data Analysis
Interpretation

DEVELOPMENT OF THE LESSON

Introduction
Begin the lesson by asking the students if they think that boys and girls have the same
heights, weights and BMI. Have them guess what the distribution of heights, weights and
BMI might look like for the whole class and whether the distribution of heights, weights and
BMI for boys and girls would be the same.

Possible questions to ask:

Are the heights, weights, and BMI of boys and girls the same or different?
What methods can we use to compare the heights, weights and BMI of boys and girls?
What are some other factors besides sex that might affect heights, weights and BMI? (Possible
factors that could be studied are age, lo