Our inference trifecta lessons combine three powerful components for teaching statistical inference:

  • Experience-based activities - to give students an intuitive feel for the processes underlying inference methods

  • Computer simulation -  to take those student experiences to scale, without going immediately into formulas

  • Relevant lesson contexts - to drive student engagement by giving them a real stake in the inferences they make with data

Whenever you see the above logo on a lesson page, you’ll know it’s an inference trifecta lesson. These lessons usually have a different format than our standard lessons, so we provide teacher guide videos on the lesson pages, which walk through the lesson materials and how to use them.

Some of our most popular inference trifecta lessons…

Introduction to Sampling Distributions

Key Question: Can math solve gerrymandering?

See the AP Statistics version and the High School Statistics version

Sampling Distribution for a Mean

Key Question: Does the VA meet its wait time goals?

See the AP Statistics version

Introduction to Hypothesis Tests

Key Question: Did “home” teams have an advantage in the bubble?

See the AP Statistics version and the High School Statistics version

Introduction to Confidence Intervals

Key Question: How do polls account for error?

See the AP Statistics version

Interval for a Proportion

Key Question: How did Flint use data to hold officials accountable?

See the AP Statistics version