By Wendy Weber, Carrie Even, and Susannah Weaver (Grades 9-12+) Originally published November 2015, this lesson engages students in an exploration activity and a class discussion. After completing this lesson, students will be able to determine when events are mutually exclusive, and then use the Addition Principle to calculate the probability of mutually exclusive and … [Read more...] about Lesson Plan: Odd or Even? The Addition and Complement Principles of Probability
Archives for January 2017
Double Stuffed?
By Allison Dorko … [Read more...] about Double Stuffed?
Announcements: Winter 2017
Christine Franklin Begins Role as ASA K–12 Statistical Ambassador Christine Franklin (the lead author of the GAISE Pre-K–12 Report and the new SET Report, has started her role as the inaugural ASA K–12 Statistical Ambassador. Chris will provide leadership in the creation and presentation of professional development materials for teacher educators and teachers. She will … [Read more...] about Announcements: Winter 2017
Why 0.05? Two Examples That Put Students in the Role of Decision-Maker
By Leah Dorazio Any teacher of introductory statistics has heard this question more times than they can remember: “Why 0.05?” Here, the value 0.05 refers to the significance level in a hypothesis test. A nice overview of hypothesis tests is described in the Fall/Winter 2015 issue of STN. In this article, I provide a brief review of the concepts of hypothesis test and … [Read more...] about Why 0.05? Two Examples That Put Students in the Role of Decision-Maker
Lesson Plan: You Will Soon Analyze Categorical Data (Classifying Fortune Cookie Fortunes)
By Mary Richardson (Grades 9-12+) Originally published in May 2014, students will have the opportunity to collect and explore real data using two brands of fortune cookies. Students will open each brand of fortune cookie and classify their fortunes into one of four categories. Students will then construct a two-way frequency table to display their data and investigate their … [Read more...] about Lesson Plan: You Will Soon Analyze Categorical Data (Classifying Fortune Cookie Fortunes)
Lesson Plan: What Fits?
By Anna Bargagliotti and Stephanie Casey (Grades 6-12+) Originally published in February 2013, this activity has students explore what a line of best fit is and where a line of best fit should be placed on a scatterplot of data with a linear association. This is done through students’ completion of an activity investigating the relationship between the drop height of a golf … [Read more...] about Lesson Plan: What Fits?
Lesson Plan: Bubble Trouble!
By Peter Banwarth (Grades 6-12+) Originally published in May 2014, this lesson has the following two goals: In this lesson, students will determine if the size of a bubble blown in water is affected by different additions to the water. Students will design an activity to explore this and have fun blowing bubbles. They will use numeric summaries—including the mean and … [Read more...] about Lesson Plan: Bubble Trouble!