Math Resources using Canadian Data*

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Overview of datasets with links to support documents

Overview of MDM4U lessons to use with many of these datasets

-- Student Discovery Activity (Fathom)

2001 Census

OntarioFORMULAS.ftm

**Updated November 2008**-- Mini-project based on 2006 Census articles, microdata and E-STAT data (doc format)

-- Sample Student Mini-project

OntarioYouths.FTM

-- Lesson 5: Using the Ontario Youths Microdata to Research Categorical Data (doc format)

TechUse-36attributes.ftm

TechUse-36attributes.xls

-- Lesson 6: Using the Technology Use Microdata to Research Online Chats (pdf format)

-- Lesson 7: Using the Technology Use Microdata to Research Email Use (pdf format)

-- Sample Student Project

ONT1991CensusMicrodatav2.ftm

-- Lesson 8: Using the Census Microdata to explore Income vs. Education across Age Cohorts (doc format)

-- Sample student project

Ont_Census_Data_by_Munic_ER_LatLong.xls

-- Fathom format

-- Lesson 3 : How to build a Fathom datafile from the census database on E-STAT (doc format)

-- Lesson 3 (pdf format)

-- Lesson 4 (pdf format)

FATHOM SIMULATION DEMOS
-- Convergence to the mean when increasing sample size using Age data from 2001 Census microdata writeup (doc)

-- Write-up Margin of error of estimate of height from Census at School 2005-2006 Canadian dataset (doc)

-- see more simulation documents and datasets for Grade 12 Curriculum using Statcan Microdata with Fathom (developed by J. Lee)

STUDENT QUESTIONNAIRES AND SURVEY DATASETS

-- Student survey data, Fathom format

2) Teen Smoking Survey (Kerna, Ashley, and Elizabeth, St. Peter H.S.)
-- Survey questionnaire

-- Student survey data, Fathom format