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Making Statistics Vital
Making statistics vital
This Making Statistics Vital collection consists of forty independent activities covering the topics of exploring data, data presentation, measures of centre and spread, probability, discrete random variables, binomial distribution, the Poisson distribution, the normal distribution, sampling and hypothesis testing using the normal distribution, contingency tables and the Chi-Squared distribution, bivariate data, regression and correlation and Markov chains. Students have practical opportunities to explore and develop further their knowledge and understanding of statistical measures and their application.
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Measures of Centre and Spread: Spot the Error
In this activity students are presented with a calculation of the standard deviation of seven athletes. Students are asked to comment upon the result. It is intended that students will spot that the standard deviation is too large given the data, but can students spot the error? This resource highlights the errors...
Measures of Centre and Spread: a Small Sample
This activity highlights the difficulty finding quartiles for small samples sizes as there appears to be more than one method to be found dependent upon the book being used. In this activity a sample size of 11 is chosen as finding the quartiles for this sample size is straightforward. Students are told the number...
Probability: Random Independence
This activity involves the quest to show whether two events are independent. Students are required to use a Venn diagram and to apply logic to find all possible combinations of values within the diagram and thus calculate the probability of event A and event B being independent events. The answer provides a full...
Probability: Biased Dice Independence
Students are presented with a normal six sided dice students and are asked to show that the probability of two events 'the score is odd' and 'the score is prime' are not independent. Students are then given conditions for the probabilities of the scores on a biased dice and are challenged to discover if it is now...
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| Subject(s) | Mathematics |
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| Age | 16-19 |
| Published | 2010 to 2019 |
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| Direct URL | https://www.stem.org.uk/cx65s |
