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Mrs. Chamberlain Hebert from Hyannis, MA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Statistics in Literature! Please Help Us Build a Library

My students need a library of books to read about Statistics. Our titles include The Black Swan, Beyond Numeracy, Freakonomics, and many more. These books are not math textbooks but look at ways that statistics is used in a variety of areas.

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My Students

My AP Statistics students are in grades 10-12. They are a diverse group but they are all interested in this very different branch of mathematics. Statistics is the class that lights a fire under the students. For many, it is the first time they see the real life applications of math.

Our high school is a five-year comprehensive high school of about 2000 students in grades 8-12 and is accredited by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges.

32% of the students are identified as low-income, 11% have a first language other than English, and 12% are identified as special education. Our high school serves seven different villages in our community.

My Project

Who would've thought - kids want to read books in math class!

The students in my AP Statistics class are fascinated by the fact that what they are learning about is everywhere.

I am trying to build a classroom library of extra reading outside the curriculum. We need a library of books to read about Statistics. Our titles include The Black Swan, Beyond Numeracy, Freakonomics, and many more. These books are not math textbooks but look at ways that statistics is used in a variety of areas. Books such as Freakonomics, which looks at the correlation between things you wouldn't think of, such as the reduction in crime rates 20 years after Roe v. Wade, and Moneyball, which follows Billy Beane, the GM of the Oakland A's and how he used statistics to build a stronger team.

There are so many different ways people use statistics and my students enjoy doing extra reading on the topic.

Mrs. Chamberlain Hebert Barnstable High School Grades 9-12

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More than half of students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Moneyball The Art of Winning an Unfair Game • AKJ Education $15.95 2 $31.90
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything • AKJ Education $12.40 2 $24.80
Bringing Down the House The Inside Story of Six M.I.T. Students Who Took Vegas for Millions • AKJ Education $11.68 2 $23.36
Calculated Risks: How to Know When Numbers Deceive You • Amazon Business $20.89 1 $20.89
Big Data Baseball Math, Miracles, and the End of a 20-Year Losing Streak • AKJ Education $19.70 1 $19.70
How to Lie with Statistics • AKJ Education $9.45 2 $18.90
200% of Nothing: An Eye-Opening Tour through the Twists and Turns of Math Abuse and Innumeracy • Amazon Business $15.69 1 $15.69
Chance: A Guide to Gambling, Love, the Stock Market, and Just About Everything Else • Amazon Business $15.00 1 $15.00
Beyond Numeracy • Amazon Business $14.77 1 $14.77
Cartoon Guide to Statistics • AKJ Education $14.59 1 $14.59
The Numbers Game Why Everything You Know About Soccer Is Wrong • AKJ Education $12.41 1 $12.41
Superfreakonomics • AKJ Education $12.40 1 $12.40
Think Like a Freak The Authors of Freakonomics Offer to Retrain Your Brain • AKJ Education $12.40 1 $12.40
Aging with Grace: What the Nun Study Teaches Us About Leading Longer, Healthier, and More Meaningful Lives • Amazon Business $11.43 1 $11.43
Modern Romance • Amazon Business $11.14 1 $11.14
Outliers: The Story of Success • Amazon Business $10.29 1 $10.29
The Black Swan: Second Edition: The Impact of the Highly Improbable: With a new section: "On Robustness and Fragility" (Incerto) • Amazon Business $9.72 1 $9.72
Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets (Incerto) • Amazon Business $9.17 1 $9.17
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference • Amazon Business $9.10 1 $9.10
Predictably Irrational, Revised and Expanded Edition: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions • Amazon Business $9.06 1 $9.06
Microtrends: The Small Forces Behind Tomorrow's Big Changes • Amazon Business $8.68 1 $8.68
The Manga Guide to Statistics • Amazon Business $8.52 1 $8.52
The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives • Amazon Business $8.32 1 $8.32
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking • Amazon Business $8.09 1 $8.09
Damned Lies and Statistics: Untangling Numbers from the Media, Politicians, and Activists • Amazon Business $7.93 1 $7.93
Reading Between the Numbers: Statistical Thinking in Everyday Life • Amazon Business $7.29 1 $7.29

Materials cost

$355.55

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$5.33

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$390.88

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$68.98

Total project goal

$459.86

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $459.86

11 Donors

-$319.27

Donations toward project cost

-$280.38

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$38.89

Matching donations from our partners

-$130.00

Match offers toward project cost

-$110.50

Match offers to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$19.50

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$10.59

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