Part 7: Inference for Proportions
Statistical Concepts Covered
Point Estimates & Margins of Error
Interpreting a Confidence Interval
Interpreting a Confidence Level
Relevant Topics Covered
Political Polling
Polling Errors
Note: This lesson follows the inference trifecta approach, rather than our standard lesson format. Watch the brief Teacher Guide video on the lesson page for instructions.
Statistical Concepts Covered
95% Interval for One Proportion
Four Step Process for Inference
Relevant Topics Covered
Flint Water Crisis
Environmental Science
Chemical Engineering
Note: This lesson follows the inference trifecta approach, rather than our standard lesson format. Watch the brief Teacher Guide video on the lesson page for instructions.
Statistical Concepts Covered
Critical Values
Sample Size Calculations
Relevant Topics Covered
Flint Water Crisis
Environmental Science
Chemical Engineering
Statistical Concepts Covered
Constructing Hypotheses
Logic of Hypothesis Tests
p-values, Alpha Levels, Conclusions
Relevant Topics Covered
Basketball
Was there a “home court” advantage in the NBA Bubble?
Note: This two-day lesson follows the inference trifecta approach, rather than our standard lesson format. Watch the brief Teacher Guide video on the lesson page for instructions.
Statistical Concepts Covered
One-Sample Z-Test for a Proportion
Four Step Procedure for Inference
One vs. Two-Sided Tests
Relevant Topics Covered
Basketball
Was there a “home court” advantage in the NBA Bubble?
Note: This lesson also has an Experience-First-Formalize-Later (EFFL) version, created in collaboration with Stats Medic. Find it here.
Statistical Concepts Covered
Bad Study Design vs. Error
Type I/II Errors & Power
Problem of Multiple Tests
Relevant Topics Covered
Vaccines & Autism
Study Design
Testing New Medicine
Statistical Concepts Covered
One vs. Two Sample Inference
Two-Sample Z-Interval for Proportions
Statistically vs. Practically Significant
Relevant Topics Covered
Race & Job Hiring
Discrimination
Statistical Concepts Covered
Two-Sample Z-Test for Proportions
Connection to Intervals
Generalizing Study Results
Relevant Topics Covered
Race & Job Hiring
Discrimination
Note: This lesson also has an Experience-First-Formalize-Later (EFFL) version, created in collaboration with Stats Medic. Find it here.
