(1) The benchmark for mathematics content standard 6 for a student upon graduation is the ability to:

(a) use curve fitting to make predictions from data;

(b) apply measures of central tendency and demonstrate understanding of the concepts of variability and correlation;

(c) select an appropriate sampling method for a given statistical analysis;

(d) use experimental probability, theoretical probability, and simulation methods to represent and solve problems, including expected values;

(e) design a statistical experiment to study a problem and communicate the outcomes; and

(f) describe, in general terms, the normal curve and use its properties to answer questions about sets of data that are assumed to be normally distributed.