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• Soc 240: Introduction to Rural America ( More about this ) - A class activity requiring students to perform some simple data analysis of an instructor-compiled data set. Students learn basic concepts of data collection and analysis including crosstabulations and development and testing of hypotheses. Creator: Meredith Redlin Submitted on: 08/23/2010 Subject: rural areas Education Level: Undergraduate (Lower Division) Type: Activity Access Rights: Available by Subscription Relevance

• Comparing the food choices and body image of 15-year-olds around the world ( More about this ) - Students compare lifestyles, with a focus on nutrition, between Canada and other countries. Students will use E-Stat, a simple tool from Statistics Canada for making tables and graph and performing elementary work with data. Creator: Statistics Canada Submitted on: 07/06/2010 Subject: health, North America, youths Education Level: Elementary School, Middle School, High School Type: Activity Access Rights: Free Access Relevance

• Quantitative Skills Module for Introduction to Human Services ( More about this ) - This material is directed towards an introductory class in Human Services at the entry college level but would also be appropriate for high school students as part of a social science curriculum. The mathematics in this module includes reading bar graphs, using percentages and budget planning. Creator: Polly McMahon Submitted on: 05/18/2010 Subject: budget, statistical models Education Level: High School, Undergraduate (Lower Division), Undergraduate (Higher Division), Graduate/Professional Type: Unit of Instruction Access Rights: Free Access Relevance

• Comparing Causes of Death ( More about this ) - This module examines data on the causes of death in the United States. Students will be presented with a bar graph showing data on the comparable number of deaths in the United States attributed to seven different causes. They will examine the information and answer a series of questions designed to help them understand the meaning of the data and the limitations of the data (what does the graph mean and what does it not mean). The mathematics involved is reading and interpreting a bar graph and calculating percentages. Creator: Julie A. Ellsworth Submitted on: 05/18/2010 Subject: death, statistical models Education Level: High School, Undergraduate (Lower Division), Undergraduate (Higher Division), Graduate/Professional Type: Unit of Instruction Access Rights: Free Access Relevance

• Likelihood of Cancer ( More about this ) - In this module students will determine the likelihood of developing cancer by examining various data. They will be presented with two pie charts, one showing the leading cause of death in the United States for people ages 10-24 and one for people ages 25 and older (pie chart data for 33 individual states are also available on line). Students will examine the national data and answer a series of questions designed to help them understand and compare the two charts. Secondly, they will be presented with cancer incident data for two different age groups to compare with the pie chart data and to investigate the likelihood of developing different types of cancer at different ages (other datasets can be generated using the DEVCAN database of cancer data available on line). The mathematics involved is reading and interpreting pie charts; calculating and understanding percentages and proportions. Creator: Julie A. Ellsworth Submitted on: 05/18/2010 Subject: death, age, disease, statistical models Education Level: High School, Undergraduate (Lower Division), Undergraduate (Higher Division), Graduate/Professional Type: Unit of Instruction Access Rights: Free Access Relevance

• Reading and Interpreting Crime Statistics ( More about this ) - In this module Students will learn to interpret crime statistics, including the Crime Index (total number of crimes reported in seven categories) and violent and property crime. They will examine crime status at specific points in time and across given periods of time. The mathematics involved is reading and interpreting data (graphing data optional); figuring rates and rates of change; rounding decimals; expressing and calculating percents. Creator: Lynda R. West Submitted on: 05/18/2010 Subject: crime, statistical models, violence, poverty, trend Education Level: High School, Undergraduate (Lower Division), Undergraduate (Higher Division), Graduate/Professional Type: Unit of Instruction Access Rights: Free Access Relevance

• The Economics of Technology ( More about this ) - This monograph examines the major economic and policy issues that surround the development and use of new technologies. Examples from a wide variety of technologies and industries are used to illustrate the issues involved, many of which are drawn from other monographs in the NLA monograph series. In addition, the monograph is self-contained in that all of the economic concepts that are utilized are first introduced and explained. The monograph is therefore weIl-suited for undergraduate economics courses that include an examination of the economics of technical change. Among the topics covered are. decisions by firms to utilize existing technologies, consequences of government intervention in the process of technical change, implications of technical innovation for the economic welfare of different groups in society, the extent of direct government support and subsidies for research and development in the U.S., the usefulness of benefit cost analysis and technology assessment, and examination of the question of whether or not the recent world wide slowdown in the rate of economic and productivity growth has been caused by a slowdown in the rate of technical change. This volume makes a lot of use of summation notation and reading and interpretation of graphs of algebraic relationships. Discussion questions are included with each chapter, although most are not of a quantitative nature. Creator: Vincent H. Smith Submitted on: 05/18/2010 Subject: technology, government, economics Education Level: High School, Undergraduate (Lower Division), Undergraduate (Higher Division), Graduate/Professional Type: Unit of Instruction Access Rights: Free Access Relevance

• Factors Related to Wages in the Current Population Survey ( More about this ) - This monograph explores the statistics of a random sample of 534 persons from the 1995 Current Population Survey (CPS) with information on wages and other characteristics of the workers, such as gender, years of education, years of work experience, occupational status, and region of residence. It is an ideal dataset for in depth teaching of basic principles of multiple regression. It can be used to understand how wages are related to these characteristics. Creator: Gary Engelhardt Submitted on: 05/18/2010 Subject: income, census, population, statistical models, gender, educational attainment, occupations Education Level: High School, Undergraduate (Lower Division), Undergraduate (Higher Division), Graduate/Professional Type: Unit of Instruction Access Rights: Free Access Relevance

• Mathline Activity IV -- Approval Voting ( More about this ) - Mock election demonstrating approval voting, an electoral system in which voters can select as many or as few candidates as they wish. Rarely used in governmental elections, the approval voting method has often been discussed as an electoral method and is used in many non-governmental situations. This activity is especially useful when used in conjunction with other electoral simulations. Creator: Public Broadcasting System Submitted on: 05/14/2010 Subject: government, elections, legislative branch, systems of government Education Level: Elementary School, Middle School, High School Type: Simulation Access Rights: Free Access Relevance

• Mathline Activity III -- Pairwise Comparisons ( More about this ) - Mock-election demonstrating the pairwise comparison method of decision making, whereby each candidate is compared to another and the candidate who wins the highest number of the pairwise comparisons is the winner. While the pairwise method is rarely, if ever, used in elections, it is used in many other decision making situations. This activity is especially useful when used in conjunction with other electoral simulations. Creator: Public Broadcasting System Submitted on: 05/14/2010 Subject: government, elections, legislation, systems of government Education Level: Middle School, High School Type: Simulation Access Rights: Free Access Relevance