Editors’ Note: Spring 2023
Statistics Teacher editors Jessica Cohen, Catherine Case, and Charlotte Bolch provide an overview of the articles in this issue.
Posts tagged ‘data’
Mar 23
Mar 23
Exploring Whether a Difference Is a Meaningful Difference
This investigation focuses on students conducting a comparative experiment to explore whether there are meaningful differences between the number of times people can write their name with their dominant hand and the number of times people can write their name with their non-dominant hand.
Oct 21
New Book, Statistics and Data Science for Teachers, Available for Free Download
The book presents statistical ideas through investigations and engagement with the statistical problem-solving process.
Oct 21
Using Photographs as Data Sources to Tell Stories About Our Favorite Outdoor Spaces
Three lesson plans that use photos as data sources show it is possible to take an idea and develop it to best suit the interests of your students and you.
Mar 20
Posters: April 1; Projects: June 1
Introduce your K–12 students to statistics through the annual poster and project competitions directed by the ASA/NCTM Joint Committee on Curriculum in Statistics and Probability.
Nov 12
How Long Are the Words in the Gettysburg Address?
In this lesson, each student tries two methods for selecting a sample from the population of words in the Gettysburg Address: self-selection and simple random sampling.
Sep 19
Ambiguity: The Biggest Challenge Lies Ahead
Thoughtful statisticians know what far too many users of statistical methods do not, the big and open secret that hides in plain sight: Inference from data cannot be reduced to rules.
Mar 16
Announcements: Spring
A roundup of statistics and education-related information and opportunities.
Jan 5
Double Stuffed?
The question of whether Double Stuf Oreos actually have double the filling is an intriguing one. In this article, I describe an activity that uses that question as a hook to engage students in finding means, comparing distributions, and performing t-tests.
