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…
AP Statistics, Lesson 2.B.5 - Intro to Sampling Distributions
Key Question: Does the VA meet its wait time goals?
Content: Simulations | Sampling Distributions | Central Limit Theorem
AP Statistics, Lesson 3.A.0 - Sampling Distributions & Gerrymandering
Key Question: Can math solve gerrymandering?
Content: Simulation | Sampling Distributions | Gerrymandering
AP Statistics, Lesson 3.A.3 - Intro to Confidence Intervals
Key Question: How do polls account for error?
Content: Point Estimates & Margins of Error | Interpreting Confidence Intervals
AP Statistics, Lesson 3.A.4 - Interval for a Proportion
Key Question: How did Flint use data to hold officials accountable?
Content: One-Sample z-Interval for a Population Proportion
AP Statistics, Lesson 3.A.6 - Introduction to Hypothesis Tests
Key Question: Did “home” teams have an advantage in the bubble?
Content: Hypotheses | P-Values & Simulation | Significance Levels