| Article ID: | iaor20161417 |
| Volume: | 38 |
| Issue: | 2 |
| Start Page Number: | 63 |
| End Page Number: | 64 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2016 |
| Journal: | Teaching Statistics |
| Authors: | Cox Richard G |
| Keywords: | statistics: general |
This classroom activity is designed to help students practice calculating percentiles. The approach of the activity involves physical sorting and full classroom participation in each calculation. The design encourages a more engaged approach than simply having students make a calculation with numbers on a paper.