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Learning Guide Starters

These documents are referenced in the Fathom Learning Guide.

Document name

Characteristics

Description

CensusAtSchool

Data from Demography, Education with 500 cases, 19 attributes. Useful for Learning Fathom, Project

A random sample of 500 students from the UK, South Africa, and Queensland, Australia taken from the Census at Schools project.

Darwin

Data from Biology with 15 cases, 1 attribute. Useful for Learning Fathom

Measurements made by Charles Darwin of 15 pairs of plants in an experiment to determine whether cross-pollination produces taller plants.

PetSportSurvey

Data from Demography, Education with 325 cases, 3 attributes. Useful for Learning Fathom, Project

Results sampled from an Internet survey of K-8 students taken in the Fall of 1997 by the Annenberg Channel for a teacher workshop.

Planets

Data from Astronomy with 9 cases, 12 attributes. Useful for Learning Fathom

Information about planets from Mercury to Pluto.


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