Sample Camp Activities

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Sample Camp Activities

Distribution and Outliers

four basketball player boys

Learn about distributions by examining the height of fellow campers. See how a 7-foot-tall basketball player throws off the average height of the class.

Visualizing Data
young girl at computer

Learn to display your data through figures and charts. How does data visualization allow you to interpret your data and draw conclusions?

Comparisons and Predictions
group of tweens

Collect data and analyze it to draw comparisons between variables, such as number of siblings and arm span. Can you draw any conclusions?

Game Day Friday
generic board game

Review the concepts you learned on the last day of camp with fun, group trivia games.

Conducted by:

The National Center for Health Statistics, CDC
Camp Director, Dr. Ryne Paulose, Director of Operations, Juliana McAllister, and Director of Statistics, Dr. Gladys Martinez

In Partnership with:
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UMD Joint Program in Survey Methodology
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UMD School of Public Health
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CDC Museum
NCES, National Center for Education Statistics

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