Posters: April 1; Projects: June 1
Introduce your Kâ12 students to statistics through the annual poster and project competitions directed by the ASA/NCTM Joint Committee on Curriculum in Statistics and Probability.
Posts tagged ‘data’
Mar 20
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.
