This sentence is nonsense as written, but I have to work with it (it's in a state science standard, one of the sort that seems to have been written by a committee that did not include a competent editor or any final review process). I have a couple of guesses as to what they might have been groping for, but any suggestions are welcome:
"Summarize data to show the cause and effect relationship between qualitative and quantitative observations (using standard, metric, and non-standard units of measurement)."
ETA: On the off chance it will help anything, here's the entire paragraph, which is part of the "inquiry strand" from the Mississippi eighth grade science standard:
"1c Summarize Data
The learner will be able to c. Summarize data to show the cause and effect relationship between qualitative and quantitative observations (using standard, metric, and non-standard units of measurement). (DOK 3)
Tools (e.g., English rulers [to the nearest one-sixteenth of an inch], metric rulers [to the nearest millimeter], thermometers, scales, hand lenses, microscopes, balances, clocks, calculators, anemometers, rain gauges, barometers, hygrometers, telescopes, compasses, spring scales, pH indicators, stopwatches, graduated cylinders, medicine droppers) Types of data (e.g., linear measures, mass, volume, temperature, area, perimeter) Resources (e.g., Internet, electronic encyclopedias, journals, community resources, etc.)."
"DOK" in this field means "depth of knowledge level," on a range from simple memorization of facts to understanding and using concepts. I think it runs 1-4, with 1 the simplest; the idea of the DOK3 is that it's not sufficient for them to be able to say "the meter is a unit of length" if they can't actually measure things, or know when to use meters, and when to use liters or grams or degrees.
"Summarize data to show the cause and effect relationship between qualitative and quantitative observations (using standard, metric, and non-standard units of measurement)."
ETA: On the off chance it will help anything, here's the entire paragraph, which is part of the "inquiry strand" from the Mississippi eighth grade science standard:
"1c Summarize Data
The learner will be able to c. Summarize data to show the cause and effect relationship between qualitative and quantitative observations (using standard, metric, and non-standard units of measurement). (DOK 3)
Tools (e.g., English rulers [to the nearest one-sixteenth of an inch], metric rulers [to the nearest millimeter], thermometers, scales, hand lenses, microscopes, balances, clocks, calculators, anemometers, rain gauges, barometers, hygrometers, telescopes, compasses, spring scales, pH indicators, stopwatches, graduated cylinders, medicine droppers) Types of data (e.g., linear measures, mass, volume, temperature, area, perimeter) Resources (e.g., Internet, electronic encyclopedias, journals, community resources, etc.)."
"DOK" in this field means "depth of knowledge level," on a range from simple memorization of facts to understanding and using concepts. I think it runs 1-4, with 1 the simplest; the idea of the DOK3 is that it's not sufficient for them to be able to say "the meter is a unit of length" if they can't actually measure things, or know when to use meters, and when to use liters or grams or degrees.