Don't let your knowledge of regression analysis regress. Pupils take part in three activities to learn about regression curves. They research and collect data to predict how long it will take a basketball to hit the ground, find a relationship between height and arm span, and predict the US population in the year 2100.

Concepts

regression analysis, making predictions, data collection, quadratic functions, exponential functions, linear functions

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Additional Tags

math

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Instructional Ideas

• Team up with social studies and science teachers to create a cross-curricular unit
  

Classroom Considerations

• Learners should have prior experience with regression analysis
• If requiring the class to research data, students need Internet access 
  

Pros

• Provides data recording sheets
• Gives very detailed instructions for each activity
  

Cons

• None

Common Core

HSS-ID.B.6.a