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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: S Ic Why Randomize?

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
The exercise demonstrates that judgment (non-random) samples tend to be biased in the sense that they produce samples that are not balanced with respect to the population characteristics of interest. Young scholars will estimate the mean...
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Thinkport Education

Thinkport: Algebra Ii: Inferences

For Students 7th Standards
Focus on the development and collection of data, emphasizing the importance of simple random sampling.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: S Ic Block Scheduling

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
A random sample of 100 students from a specific high school resulted in 45% of them favoring a plan to implement block scheduling. Is it plausible that a majority of the students in the school actually favor the block schedule? Students...
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Other

Statistics Education Web: Bubble Trouble [Pdf]

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Use random sampling to formulate, collect, and compare data from two populations. Written by Peter Banwarth of Oregon State University.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: s.ic.4 the Marble Jar

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Sometimes hotels, malls, banks, and other businesses will present a display of a large, clear container holding a large number of items and ask customers to estimate some aspect of the items in the container as a contest. In some cases,...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 7.sp Estimating the Mean State Area

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
The table below gives the areas (in thousands of square miles) for each of the lower 48 states. This serves as the population for this study. Your task involves taking small samples from this population and using the sample mean to...
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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Probability and Statistics

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This page is a math home page that includes information on all topics of probability and statistics.
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Vision Learning

Visionlearning: Statistics: Introduction to Inferential Statistics

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An introduction to inferential statistics to find relationships and patterns in datasets.