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Inference for Matched Pairs
Provided by: Skew the Script |Published on: June 22, 2023
Lesson Plans
1112AP
Synopsis
- This statistics lesson plan is useful for teaching students about "cherry-picked" data, how to create a randomized chart with a matched-pairs structure, and how to calculate a one-sample t-interval.
- This lesson displays how "cherry-picked" data has been used by climate skeptics, the usefulness of a randomized chart with a matched-pairs structure, and how to analyze t-interval calculations of a data set.
Subjects: Earth and Space Sciences, Mathematics
Authors: Skew the Script
Region: Global
Languages: English
Teaching Materials
Positives
- This lesson plan has an excellent discussion question about popular media's coverage of climate change.
- This lesson plan shows the importance of statistical literacy.
- The resource includes a video with accompanying guided notes, a student handout, and a teacher's key.
Additional Prerequisites
- Teachers and students may create a free account for unlimited access to the materials.
- Students need to know what an arithmetic mean is.
Differentiation
- This lesson plan could supplement a classroom discussion on which organizations are fueling climate change denial and what their motivations are.
- This lesson plan could enhance a classroom discussion on the American government's effectiveness at arming children with statistical, scientific, and mathematic literacy.
- For the open-ended questions in this lesson plan, it may be wise to go over them as a class in order to analyze comprehension and address misconceptions.
- This lesson plan could augment a classroom discussion on the importance of scientific expertise when discussing climate change.
- The resource provides guidance on how to align the lesson with the AP Statistics course.
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About the Partner Provider
Skew the Script
Skew The Script offers free, genuinely relevant math lessons for high school courses. Is college worth the cost? Are electric cars actually greener? Can you make a living as an influencer? Their nonpartisan lessons challenge students to tackle these questions with statistics, mathematics, and critical thinking.
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