Unit Plan
Mangahigh

Mangahigh: Data: Test a Hypothesis

For Students 5th - 9th
Students explore an interactive tutorial on testing hypothesis and then practice their knowledge by attempting ten questions that increase in difficulty level.
eBook
Missouri State University

Missouri State U.: Introductory Statistics: Concepts, Models, and Applications

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a comprehensive online text about statistics which covers all the basic concepts.
Handout
Other

Stat Soft: Statistics Glossary

For Students 9th - 10th
Dozens of statistical terms are defined and illustrated in this glossary.
Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Fast Food: Can Peppermint Improve Reaction Times?

For Students 9th - 10th
Did you know that some teachers give their students a peppermint candy on state testing days? Is it to give the kids sweet-smelling breath? Or are the teachers hoping for something more on the important testing day? In this human biology...
eBook
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Tea Statistics: Null and Alternative Hypotheses

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Explains what the null and alternative hypotheses are and how these are used when beginning a hypothesis test. Includes examples and exercises.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Statistics: Null and Alternative Hypotheses

For Students 11th - 12th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This Concept introduces students to developing the null and alternative hypotheses.
Handout
Rice University

Hyper Stat Online Statistics Textbook: Trend Analysis

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A series of pages that help us understand testing one or more components of a trend using specific comparisons, a set of coefficients, error analysis of variance and the probability value.
Handout
Other

Westgard Qc: A Note About the "Paired T Test" in Method Comparison

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A note about paired t-tests within a larger article dealing with hypothesis testing.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Statistics: Student's T Distribution

For Students 11th - 12th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This Concept introduces the Student's t-distribution and degrees of freedom.
Article
Other

Journal of Statistics Education: A Sample / Population Size Activity

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
The author of the article admits having had a difficult time in the past when getting students to understand that samples need to contain a substantial portion of the population. Here, an activity is detailed to bring this important fact...
Interactive
Brown University

Brown University: Seeing Theory

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This resource provides interactive visualizations of probability concepts. Covers basic probability, compound probability, probability distributions, frequentist inference, Bayesian inference, and regression analysis. The authors are...
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: Different or Not?

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson has students examine cancer rates in population samples of the New England states to determine if the states' cancer rates are statistically similar. Hypothesis testing is...
Interactive
Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College: Mqed: Instructional Modules

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The statistics resource consists of links to interactive programs that explore introductory statistics concepts. Topics include hypothesis tests, p-value, and analysis of variance.
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: One and Two Sample T Distributions

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This set contains questions about statistics regarding one- and two-sample t-distributions. The student learns to develop hypotheses, find the test statistic, and reach a conclusion in the context of the original problem.
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: The Odds on Favorite

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson introduces students to the odds ratio, a method in statistics for determining if the findings of two groups are statistically significant to each other. Students will find...
eBook
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: 6.8 Comparing Two Groups

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson applies the principals of hypothesis testing to situations involving two samples. It identifies situations with different types of samples, and explores how to test hypotheses about the difference of proportions or means...
Handout
Science Struck

Science Struck: Difference Between Type 1 and Type 2 Errors

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Learn what Type 1 and Types 2 errors are in statistics and how they differ. Includes examples demonstrating the differences.
Handout
National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health

National Cancer Institute: Non Hodgkin's Lymphoma

For Students 9th - 10th
The Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma information page has resources related to treatment, prevention, testing, clinical trials, literature, research information, and statistics.
Handout
National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of Health

National Cancer Institute: Thyroid Cancer

For Students 9th - 10th
This Thyroid Cancer information page has information relating to treatment, prevention, genetics, causes, screening, testing, clinical trials, cancer literature, research information, and statistics.
Interactive
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Hs Statistics & Probability: Using Probability to Make Decisions

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Learn about probability concepts with fun learning games including Algebra II Jeopardy, Deal or No Deal, Decisions Decisions, Show Time, Playin' against All Odds, and more.
eBook
California State University

Ca State University: Classification and Assessment of Abnormal Behavior [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Chapter 3 of a psychology textbook. It explains how abnormal behavior patterns are classified, the DSM, standards and methods of assessment, and the sociocultural and ethnic factors that may need to be taken into account during...
Article
Scientific American

Scientific American: Smart People Believe Weird Things

For Students 9th - 10th
This article, published by Scientific American (September 2002), explores how smart people can believe weird and silly things. The article comes to the conclusion that our beliefs are shaped more by our environment than our understanding...