Objective: Illustrates the measure of variability-average deviation of statistical

data.
Code: M7SP-IVF-1
Grade Level: Grade 7

Subject: Mathematics

1. Review
- Review the concept of measures of central tendency (mean, median, mode) and
range.

2. Motivation
- Show a video clip or image of a data set with different measures of central
tendency and range. Ask the students how they can determine the variability of the
data set.

3. Activity
- Divide the class into groups of 4-5 students.
- Give each group a set of data and ask them to find the mean, median, mode, and
range of the data.
- Ask each group to compute the deviation of each data point from the mean.
- Instruct each group to compute the average deviation by adding all the deviations
and dividing by the number of data points.
- Each group will then present their results to the class.

4. Analysis
- Ask the class to compare the average deviation of each group.
- Discuss which data set has the highest and lowest average deviation and what it
means in terms of the variability of the data.

5. Abstraction
- Define the concept of average deviation and how it measures the variability of a
data set.

6. Application
- Provide a real-life problem related to the objective, such as determining the
average deviation of the heights of students in a class.
- Ask the students to solve the problem and explain their solution.

7. Assessment
1. What is the purpose of computing the average deviation?
Answer: The purpose of computing the average deviation is to measure the
variability of a data set.
2. How is the average deviation computed?
Answer: The average deviation is computed by adding all the deviations and dividing
by the number of data points.
3. What is the difference between range and average deviation?
Answer: Range measures the difference between the highest and lowest values in a
data set, while average deviation measures the variability of the data set by
computing the deviation of each data point from the mean.
4. What does a high average deviation indicate?
Answer: A high average deviation indicates that the data set has a high degree of
variability.
5. Can two data sets with the same mean have different average deviations? Why?
Answer: Yes, two data sets with the same mean can have different average deviations
because the deviation of each data point from the mean can be different.

8. Assignment
- Ask the students to find a data set and compute the mean, median, mode, range,
and average deviation.Illustrates the measure of variability-range of statistical
data.
Code: M7SP-IVF-1
Grade Level: 7

Subject: Mathematics

(1) Review:
- Review the concept of measures of central tendency (mean, median, mode) and their
computation.

(2) Motivation:
- Show a graph of the heights of students in the class and ask the students to
identify the tallest and shortest students.
- Ask the students to identify the limitations of using only measures of central
tendency to describe a dataset.

(3) Activity:
- Distribute a set of data and ask the students to compute the range of the data.
- Divide the class into groups and provide each group with a different dataset. Ask
them to compute the range of their dataset and compare it to the other groups.
- Provide a set of data and ask the students to create a box-and-whisker plot to
illustrate the range.

(4) Analysis:
- Ask the students to explain why range is a measure of variability.
- Have the students compare the range of different datasets and identify which
dataset has a greater variability.

(5) Abstraction:
- Introduce the concept of interquartile range and standard deviation as other
measures of variability.

(6) Application:
- Provide a real-life problem, such as analyzing the range of temperatures in a
city over a week, and ask the students to compute the range and interpret its
meaning.

(7) Assessment:
1. What is the range of the dataset {4, 8, 2, 10, 5}?
Answer: 8
2. Is range a measure of central tendency or variability?
Answer: Variability
3. What is the interquartile range of the dataset {2, 5, 6, 7, 9, 12, 15}?
Answer: 5
4. Which dataset has a greater range: {10, 15, 20, 25, 30} or {5, 10, 20, 25, 35}?
Answer: {5, 10, 20, 25, 35} (range of 30)
5. What is the standard deviation of the dataset {3, 6, 9, 12, 15}?
Answer: 4.32

(8) Assignment:
- Provide a set of data and ask the students to compute the range, interquartile
range, and standard deviation.