Pennsylvania Academic Standards for Mathematics / Pennsylvania Assessment Anchors and Eligible Content — Pennsylvania
PSSA Grade 8 Statistics and Probability. Practice it free.
Measures bivariate data analysis, scatter plots, and association patterns. This Grade 8 reporting domain maps to 2 practice skills and 8 representative questions from the playable bank.
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Statistics and Probability skills
Investigate patterns of association in bivariate data
Construct and interpret scatter plots for bivariate measurement data to investigate patterns of association
Understand that patterns of association can also be seen in bivariate categorical data by displaying frequencies in a two-way table
Use a linear model to fit data, analyze residuals, and interpret slope and intercepts in context
Interpret the relationship between two variables using scatter plots and lines of best fit
PSSA is Pennsylvania’s own standards-based, criterion-referenced assessment. Its math reporting structure is built on the Pennsylvania Academic Standards/Assessment Anchors and Eligible Content rather than a separate multi-state framework, and it closely mirrors CCSS-style grade-level domains.
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A trend line for the number of car washes a club holds and the club's funds in dollars is . According to the line, how many dollars did the club have before holding any car washes?
At , dollars: the -intercept is the starting amount.
A two-way table has rows Dog/Cat and columns Boys/Girls: Dog&Boys=10, Dog&Girls=6, Cat&Boys=5, Cat&Girls=9. How many chose Dog in total?
Row total for Dog: .
A trend line for miles jogged and calories burned is . How many calories does the line predict for a -mile jog?
calories.
A two-way table has rows Dog/Cat and columns Boys/Girls: Dog&Boys=10, Dog&Girls=6, Cat&Boys=5, Cat&Girls=9. What fraction of all surveyed were Dog and Boys? Simplify.
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A trend line predicts Mia will spell words correctly in a spelling bee. She actually spells words correctly. What is the residual (actual minus predicted)?
Residual words.
A two-way table has rows Bus/Walk and columns 6th/7th: Bus&6th=12, Bus&7th=8, Walk&6th=4, Walk&7th=16. How many were surveyed in total?
Add all cells: .
A line of best fit for the number of lawns Jaden mows and his savings in dollars is . According to the line, how many dollars did Jaden have saved before mowing any lawns?
At lawns, : the -intercept is the starting savings.
A two-way table has rows Bus/Walk and columns 6th/7th: Bus&6th=12, Bus&7th=8, Walk&6th=4, Walk&7th=16. How many chose Bus in total?
Row total for Bus: .
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