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Depicting and Analyzing Data: Enriching Science and Math Curricula through Graphical Displays and Mapping

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 08.06.07

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Graphics Creation and Statistical Interpretation: Relating Local Economics and the Global Environment

Jonathan Knickerbocker

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Footnotes

1. A matrix of characteristics of the data types, as well as examples of each, can be found in Larson & Farber, 2000, p11.

2. Larson & Farber, 2000, p71.

3. Larson & Farber, 2000, p61.

4. Larson & Farber, 2000, p197.

5. Larson & Farber, 2000, p433.

6. Source for some environmental terms and definitions: Northern Territory Government, Australia, 2005.

7. (Tufte, 2001). Principles of Graphical Excellence are on p51, Graphical Integrity is found on p77, and Principles in the theory of data graphics is found on p105.

8. The following filenames (in quotes) and sources (in parentheses) contain the described energy data:
(OECD/IEA, 2008), “Gas Web T1” - indigenous production or gross consumption by country,
(OECD/IEA, 2008), “Oil Web T5” - Total OECD Imports of Gasoline by country,
(OECD/IEA, 2008) “mps” page 3 and table 1 - June 2008 Average End User Gasoline Prices by country,
(US Census Bureau, April 18, 2008), Teaching materials “stutable.pdf” - 2000 Resident Population of US by state,
NCHS (CDC, 2007).

9. (Easton & McColl, 1997) has good examples of different variable types.

10. The data in this table is from (OECD/IEA, 2008).



12. The data depicted in the histogram is from (National Center for Health Statistics, June 26, 2008 “CT birth data” p8).

13. The calculation of family budget can be made using (The Economic Policy Institute, 2008).

14. US Census Bureau, (2008 June 3), section 13 table 662 has expenditures somewhat itemized, so they may be related to the output from the family budget calculator. Table 663 has expense categories by state, which could be used to compare the costs of living in two different locations.

15. The data depicted is from both US Census Bureau, (2008 June 3) statpop table and National Center for Health Statistics, June 26, 2008 CT birth data on p13 table 4 columns 1 and 2.

16. (OECD/IEA, 2008) IEA energy tables, page 2, details prices in North America , Europe and Japan from 2005-2008.

17. (OECD/IEA, 2008) filename 19elec



19. (OECD/IEA, 2008) filenames 19prod, 19tpes, all from 1971 to 2005 for North America.

20. (US Census Bureau, April 18, 2008) teaching materials, filename 912ch2.pdf.

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